Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • Patent number: 10497877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain fluorenes, to the use of the compounds in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising at least one of these compounds. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds and to a formulation and composition comprising one or more of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Elvira Montenegro, Amir Hossain Parham, Arne Buesing, Frank Voges
  • Publication number: 20190359640
    Abstract: Metal complexes containing substituted allyl ligands and methods of using such metal complexes to prepare metal-containing films are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Bin XI, Joby ELDO, Charles DEZELAH, Ravi KANJOLIA, Guo LIU
  • Publication number: 20190359889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material comprising at least one di- or multireactive mesogenic compound and at least one compound of formula I, in which the parameter R1, A1, Z2, Sp, P, p1, p2, L1, L2, r1, r2 and Ra have one of the meanings as given in claim 1 and to a compound of formula 1, as such. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for the preparation of a polymerisable LC material, a polymer film obtainable from the corresponding polymerisable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Stephen MULCAHY, Iain GARDINER, Helmut HAENSEL, Graziano ARCHETTI
  • Patent number: 10487262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or (II), which is suitable for use as functional material in an electronic device, in particular as emitter material in an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Amandine Darsy, Rouven Linge
  • Patent number: 10490747
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) AB]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit t at has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 10487147
    Abstract: The present application relates to anti-PD-L1 antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof, nucleic acid encoding the same, therapeutic compositions thereof, and their use to enhance T-cell function to upregulate cell-mediated immune responses and for the treatment of T cell dysfunctional disorders, such as tumor immunity, for the treatment of and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Horacio G. Nastri, Christel Iffland, Olivier Leger, Qi An, Mark Cartwright, Sean D. McKenna
  • Publication number: 20190352429
    Abstract: An antigen-binding molecule (ABM) comprising a cognate LC/HC dimer of an antibody light chain (LC) composed of a VL and a CL antibody domain, associated to an antibody heavy chain (HC) comprising at least a VH and a CH1 antibody domain, which association is through pairing the VL and VH domains and the CL and CH domains, wherein the amino acids at the position 18 in the CL domain and at the position 26 in the CH1 domain are of opposite polarity, wherein numbering is according to the IMGT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Florian RÜKER, Maximilian BÖNISCH
  • Publication number: 20190352564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula C as defined in claim 1, and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g. phased array antennas).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Dagmar KLASS, Carsten FRITZSCH, Dmitry USHAKOV, Beate SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20190351622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive for laser-markable and/or laser-weldable polymer materials, and in particular to the use of pigments which comprise niobium-doped titanium dioxide as laser absorbing additive in polymer materials, to polymer materials which comprise a laser absorbing additive of this type and to a laser-marked or laser-welded product comprising at least one polymer material and niobium-doped titanium dioxide containing pigments as laser absorbing additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsuko NISHIMAGI, Kazuhisa AZUMA, Ryuta SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10478501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition of oligopeptides, preferably cyclic oligopeptides, said composition further comprising one or more lipophilic and/or amphiphilic compounds, in the presence or absence of water as the main ingredients, the use of the lipophilic and/or amphiphilic compounds for making pharmaceutical compositions of said oligopeptides, and methods of making said pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Goodman, Christiane Amendt, Marcus Eber
  • Publication number: 20190345389
    Abstract: Liquid-crystalline medium contains at least one compound of formula I, and at least one compound formulae ST-1 to ST-17 and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PA-VA, SS-VA, SA-VA, PS-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, UB-FFS, U-IPS, FFS or PS-FFS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Patent number: 10472569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 and R2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Volker Reiffenrath
  • Publication number: 20190336685
    Abstract: A reloadable auto injector wherein a syringe assembly is movably positioned between a first position in which the needle is accommodated inside a housing and a second position in which the needle protrudes outside the housing. The assembly comprises a syringe, a plunger rod and a plunger rod driver configured to apply a force to the plunger rod to advance the plunger rod in the syringe for delivering at least one dose of medicament. A syringe driver is configured to apply a force to the assembly thereby moving the assembly from the first position to the second position. A reload handle may be connected to the assembly so that user operation of the reload handle retracts the assembly to the first position and simultaneously reload the syringe driver to thereby ready the auto injector for delivering a further dose of medicament. The plunger rod driver is not re-activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Soeren BECHMANN, Flemming MADSEN, Esben W. JOHANSEN
  • Publication number: 20190337862
    Abstract: The invention relates to ceramic colors comprising effect pigments and a silicon comprising polymer for decoration of metallic, ceramic and glassy articles and to a process for the preparation of a ceramic glaze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas HAMM, Carsten HANDROSCH, Marc HUNGER, Jens KERSTEN, Cairon PLATZER, Markus THONG, Khwan Khung LIM
  • Publication number: 20190338134
    Abstract: Ceramic colours containing effect pigments and a liquid glass forming component for decoration of metallic, ceramic and glassy articles and a process for the preparation of a ceramic glaze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Hamm, Carsten Handrosch, Marc Hunger, Jens Kersten, Cairon Platzer, Markus Thong, Khwan Khung Lim
  • Publication number: 20190338135
    Abstract: The invention relates to ceramic colours comprising effect pigments and a sol-gel based glassy matrix for decoration of metallic, ceramic and glassy articles and to a process for the preparation of a ceramic glaze.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas HAMM, Carsten HANDROSCH, Marc HUNGER, Jens KERSTEN, Cairon PLATZER, Markus THONG, Khwan Khung LIM
  • Publication number: 20190338187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having a nematic phase comprising one or more compounds of formula B wherein the parameters have the meaning given in the text, to the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect, to displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type and to the use of the compounds of formula B for improvement of the transmission and/or response times of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more additional mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Constanze BROCKE
  • Patent number: 10465117
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, and a liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy, which comprises a) one or more compounds of the formula I and b) one or more compounds of the formula II in which the parameters have the respective meanings indicated in Claim 1. The use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect. Displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type. Use of the compounds of the formula I for the stabilization of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of the formula II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Goebel, Eveline Baron, Rocco Fortte, Detlef Pauluth
  • Patent number: 10465115
    Abstract: The invention relates to cinnamic acid derivatives of formula S wherein the radicals have the meaning indicated in claim 1, to a process for their preparation and their use as self assembling photoalignment agent in liquid crystal mixtures. The invention further relates to a process for the fabrication of a liquid crystal (LC) display device with homogeneous alignment by photoaligning a liquid crystal mixture with positive or negative dielectric anisotropy comprising one or more compounds of formula S and optionally a polymerizable compound, to the liquid crystal mixture comprising the self assembling photoaligning agent and optionally the polymerizable compound and to the LC display produced by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Kevin Adlem, Alex Davis, Hassan Arasi, Joseph Sargent, Rachel Tuffin, Ian Charles Sage
  • Patent number: 10464874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing fluorinated end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to compositions comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Friedrich, Julian Osthoff