Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150275088
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula IA and to a liquid-crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula IA, in which RA, XA and Y1-6 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, in particular for shutter glasses, 3D applications, in TN, PS-TN, STN, OCB, ECB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, PS-FFS and PS-VA-IPS displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Brigitte Schuler, Lars Lietzau
  • PYRROLIDINES
    Publication number: 20150274657
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I: wherein: R is H or alkyl, X denotes one of the following groups: Y is OH, Oalkyl, NR2R3. The compounds are useful e.g. in the treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory disorders, such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Cyril Montagne, Jerome Molette, Julie Routier
  • Imidazole amines as modulators of kinase activity
    Patent number: 9145392
    Abstract: The invention provides novel imidazole amine compounds according to Formula (I) and Formula (II) their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ruoxi Lan, Bayard R. Huck, Yufang Xiao, Xiaoling Chen, Lizbeth Celeste Deselm, Hui Qiu, Constantin Neagu, Donald Bankston, Christopher Charles Victor Jones
  • Coating compositions
    Patent number: 9146467
    Abstract: Developable bottom antireflective coating compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Francis Houlihan, Lin Zhang, Alberto Dioses, Meng Li
  • Electrode
    Patent number: 9147853
    Abstract: Photovoltaic cells containing a novel electrode, as well as related systems, methods, modules, and components, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Russell Gaudiana, Claire Lepont, Michael Lee, Edward Lindholm, Dick Estes
  • COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CYCLIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20150265516
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to cyclic peptides and their use in compositions, especially topical, cosmetic and/or personal care compositions, and compositions containing said cyclic peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Soheila ANZALI, Alfred JONCZYK
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BANK STRUCTURES, BANK STRUCTURES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES PRODUCED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20150270318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an organic electronic device, wherein a layer is selectively swelled with a swelling solvent so as to form bank structures allowing the deposition of the semiconductor material in a specific and well-defined area. The present invention further relates to bank structures, organic electronic devices and products or assemblies produced by said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Rashmi Bhintade, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund
  • METAL COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20150270500
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Joachim Kaiser, Dominik Joosten, Nils Koenen, Esther Breuning
  • POLYMERISABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150267119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Eveline BARON, Julian VOGT, Qiong TONG, Constanze BROCKE, Helga HAAS, Alexander HAHN
  • CONJUGATED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20150270490
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: William MITCHELL, Steven TIERNEY, Nicolas BLOUIN, Frank Egon MEYER, Miguel CARRASCO-OROZCO
  • COMPOUNDS HAVING A C-C TRIPLE BOND AND USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20150267115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing at least one C—C triple bond of the formula I R1-[A1-Z1]m-A2A3-[Z2-A4]n-[Z3-A5]o-R2??I, which have neutral dielectric anisotropy, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the giga- and terahertz region, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable phased-array antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Constanze Brocke, Christian Jasper, Detlef Pauluth, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Surface-modified phosphors
    Patent number: 9139763
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified phosphor particles based on luminescent particles of (Ca,Sr,Ba)2SiO4 and/or other silicates, in each case individually or mixtures thereof with one or more activator ions, such as Eu, Mn, Ce and/or Mg and/or Zn, where at least one metal, transition-metal or semimetal oxide coating and an organic coating are applied to the luminescent particles, and to a preparation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Winkler, Reinhold Rueger, Ralf Petry, Tim Vosgroene, Walter Tews
  • Organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9139582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising compounds of the formula (1), and the corresponding compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Philipp Stoessel, Arne Buesing, Dominik Joosten
  • Heterocyclic carboxamides as modulators of kinase activity
    Patent number: 9139568
    Abstract: The invention provides novel heterocyclic carboxamide compounds according to Formula (I), their manufacture, and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bayard R. Huck, Xiaoling Chen, Yufang Xiao, Ruoxi Lan, Lizbeth Celeste De Selm, Constantin Neagu, Justin Potnick, Srinivasa R. Karra, Theresa L. Johnson
  • Organic electroluminescent device
    Patent number: 9139765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which comprise compounds of the formula (1) or (2), and to the corresponding compounds and to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Dominik Joosten
  • MICROSPHERES
    Publication number: 20150259518
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microspheres and to their use, preferably as laser absorbing additive, and to a process for their production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Gelissen, Franciscus Gerardus Henricus Van Duijnhoven
  • 4,6-DIFLUORODIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20150259602
    Abstract: 4,6-difluorodibenzofuran derivatives of the formula I the preparation thereof, the use thereof as components in liquid-crystalline media and electro-optical display elements which contain the liquid-crystalline media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker REIFFENRATH, Matthias BREMER, Rocco FORTTE, Harald HIRSCHMANN, Martin ENGEL
  • GOLD PIGMENT
    Publication number: 20150259538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a golden interference pigment which is suitable, in particular, for printing processes, to a process for the preparation of a pigment of this type, and to the use thereof
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ute Honeit, Sylke Klein
  • Metal Complexes
    Publication number: 20150263297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Esther Breuning, Joachim Kaiser, Christian Ehrenreich
  • Polymerizable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal displays
    Patent number: 9133395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerizable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Taugerbeck, Martin Engel