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 polymer sustained alignment type, or a stabilisers in LC media and LC displays.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 24, 2016
Publication date:
December 27, 2018
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Qiong TONG, Nico SCHWEBEL, Kaja Christina DEING, Elisabeth MEYER
Abstract: The invention relates to alkenyl(perfluoroalkyl)phosphinic acids, to the preparation and intermediates thereof, to the use thereof as monomers for the preparation of oligomers and/or polymers, to the corresponding oligomers/polymers, to the corresponding support materials comprising the oligomers/polymers, and to the use thereof as ion exchangers, as catalysts or extraction medium and corresponding salts thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Karsten Koppe, Vural Bilir, Walter Frank
Abstract: A closure (2) for closing an opening of a container (1) for storing and removing sterile or moisture-sensitive media has a closure cap (3), which can be connected to the container in a fluid-tight manner, and a piercable, self-closing septum (20), which closes at least one removal opening (7) in the closure cap (3) in a fluid-tight manner, wherein the closure (2) has a rotatably mounted protective cap (4) with a cutout (5). The cutout (5) is arranged off-centre in the protective cap (4) and the closure cap (3) has off centre a closure region (9) which is not impinged by the at least one removal opening (7) and is larger than the cutout (5) in the protective cap (4). The closure (2) has a latching mechanism, which is suitable for arranging the protective cap (4) in relation to the closure cap (3) in such a way that the cutout (5) in the protective cap (4) is aligned either in line with the or a removal opening (7) in the closure cap (3) or at a distance from the removal opening or openings (7).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 2, 2008
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Lothar Grunert, Andreas Mrass, Peter Mueller, Kemal Eray, Thorsten Hassenzahl, Klaus Oswald
Abstract: The present invention relates to a methoxyaryl surface modifier. In addition the present invention also relates to organic electronic devices comprising such methoxyaryl surface modifier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignees:
Merck Patent GmbH, InnovationLab GmbH, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften E.V.
Inventors:
Malte Jesper, Manuel Hamburger, Janusz Schinke, Milan Alt, Klaus Muellen
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (??), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio ?1/?n2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a ?? of ??2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the racemization of enantiomerically pure or enantiomerically enriched Praziquantel under basic conditions and a method for the production of (R)-Praziquantel in enantiopure or enantiomerically enriched form, which comprises the racemization method.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 17, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Andreas Waechtler, Hadia Saleh-Kassim, Christian Jasper, Joern Kolb, David Maillard
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymer comprising a thiadiazol group, the production of such a polymer, its use in organic electronic devices as well as such organic electronic devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 21, 2013
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Nicolas Blouin, Lana Nanson, Stephane Berny
Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-rheological fluid comprising particles of at least one inorganic or organic material suspended in a polar liquid crystalline medium, the use of such electro-rheological fluid in an haptic device, an haptic device itself, a method of the production of such haptic device and the use of such haptic device in electro-optical devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 23, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 25, 2018
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Simon Siemianowski, Rachel Tuffin, Roger Kemp, Ian Charles Sage
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of virtual three-dimensional patterns in mouldings, in particular to an injection-moulding process for the production of mouldings having a virtual three-dimensional pattern which is formed by flake-form effect pigments, to the mouldings produced by means of this process, and to the use thereof, in particular for decorative purposes.
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
December 18, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Philipp Stoessel, Irina Martynova, Elvira Montenegro, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Frank Voges, Jonas V. Kroeber, Frank Stieber
Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 18, 2018
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
Abstract: The present invention relates to chemically defined culture medium comprising at least glutamine, cysteine and/or cystine, adenine, guanine, aminobenzoic acid, nicotinaminde adenine dinucleotide and an iron salt for the rapid detection of a broad range of microorganisms comprising prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 9, 2016
Publication date:
December 13, 2018
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Michael Howard RAYNER, Sven KELLY, Bettina ANTHES, Ute SONNTAG, Reiner HEDDERICH
Abstract: The present invention relates to specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or treatment of photodermatoses and to the use of specific ?-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) as active ingredient in typical compositions for the prevention and/or non-therapeutic treatment of photodermatoses, in particular of polymorphic light eruption.
Abstract: The present invention relates to chemically defined culture medium comprising at least one osmoprotectant compound and at least one fatty acid for the detection of a broad range of microorganisms.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 8, 2016
Publication date:
December 13, 2018
Applicants:
Merck Patent GmbH, Universite de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Inventors:
Renaud CHOLLET, Antoine GILLMANN, Didier LIEVREMONT, Marie-Claire LETT
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (??), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio ?1/?n2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a ?? of ??2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for an improved preparative separation of proteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies (mAB) from its associated charge variants (e. g. acidic and basic monomers), glycosylation variants, and/or soluble size variants (e. g. aggregates, monomers, ? fragments, ¾ fragments, antigen binding fragments (Fab) and crystallisable fragments (Fc).
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for detection of microbial colonies on a surface, comprising the steps of obtaining one or a plurality of digital images I0, I1, I2, I3, I4 of the surface, said digital images I0, I1, I2, I3, I4 being represented by at least two-dimensional matrices of pixel values, calculating a statistical noise distribution based on at least one of the digital images I0, applying the statistical noise distribution calculated in the calculation step to the one or the plurality of digital images I0, I1, I2, I3, I4, and detecting an object of interest as a candidate for a microbial colony based on deviation of pixel values from the noise distribution.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 17, 2016
Publication date:
December 6, 2018
Applicants:
MERCK PATENT GMBH, UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
Inventors:
Marine BOUTHILLON, Luc FELDEN, Ola AHMAD, Christophe COLLET
Abstract: The invention relates to monolithic sorbents which are clad with tubes made of metal. The metal cladding can be applied directly to the monolithic sorbents by cold forming. This enables very mechanically stable cladding of the monolithic sorbents with minimal dead space.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 28, 2016
Publication date:
December 6, 2018
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Karin CABRERA, Klaus KREHER, Gisela JUNG