Abstract: A glazing (10) comprising a switchable optical device (26) is proposed. The switchable optical device (26) has a layer structure comprising in this order a first substrate (12), a switchable layer (18) and a second substrate (24). Further, at least one of the first substrate (12) and the second substrate (24) is attached to a further sheet (30) by means of an adhesive tape (40) or an optically clear adhesive (48). Further aspects of the invention relate to a laminated structure and an insulated glazing unit comprising such a glazing (10) and a method for manufacturing of such a glazing (10).
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a solid pharmaceutical administration form using a 3D printing process as well. The process is a printing process that allows the production of solid pharmaceutical administration forms in a flexible manner and in conformity with the high quality standards required for the production of pharmaceuticals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Stefan Schiller, Andrea Hanefeld, Gerhard Jonschker
Abstract: The present invention relates to carbazole derivatives, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 24, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Amir Hossain Parham, Thomas Eberle, Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Jonas Valentin Kroeber
Abstract: A radar-compatible plastic part that has a surface provided with a colouring coating that is free from metal-effect pigments; a process for the production of a radar-compatible plastic part of this type; and the use thereof in vehicle construction. The radar-compatible, coated plastic part is suitable for use for cover parts of radar devices, omits conventional metal-effect pigments in its colouring coating, and has a silver-coloured metallic appearance, high hiding power, and a strong lightness flop, and at the same time, a good radar wave transparency.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula GF in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined in claim 1, to a liquid crystal medium comprising a compound of formula GF 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.
Abstract: Opaque fluoride-doped effect pigments having a metallic lustre based on flake-form substrates, and a process for the preparation of these pigments, and the use thereof, in particular in automotive paints and cosmetic formulations.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for loading a polymer with an active pharmaceutical ingredient in a melt granulation process and to the prepared product. More specifically the invention relates to a process of preparing granules which contain at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient and polyvinyl alcohol.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 31, 2022
Publication date:
June 13, 2024
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Thomas KIPPING, Finn BAUER, Nicole DI GALLO, Anja-Nadine KNUETTEL, Alessandro Giuseppe ELIA
Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides binding Aggrecan as well as ADAMTS5 and/or MMP13, more in particular to polypeptides that comprise or essentially consist of immunoglobulins binding Aggrecan as well as immunoglobulins binding ADAMTS5 and/or immunoglobulins binding MMP13 (also referred to herein as “polypeptides of the invention”, and “immunoglobulin(s) of the invention”, respectively).
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 6, 2023
Publication date:
June 6, 2024
Applicants:
Merck Patent GmbH, ABLYNX NV
Inventors:
Soren STEFFENSEN, Gerald BESTE, Hans GUEHRING, Lars TOLEIKIS, Christoph LADEL, Sven LINDEMANN, Roland KELLNER, Ralf GUENTHER
Abstract: [Problem] To provide a polycarbosilazane making it possible to form a silicon-containing film which is bearable to acid etching, and a composition comprising the polycarbosilazane. [Means for Solution] The present invention provides a polycarbosilazane comprising a repeating unit of —[R1R2Si—(CH2)n]— and —(R3R4Si—NR5)—, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently a single bond, hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R5 is independently a single bond or hydrogen; and n is 1-2, and a composition comprising the polycarbosilazane. The present invention also provides a method for forming a silicon-containing film, comprising coating the composition above a substrate and heating.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2021
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Toshiya Okamura, Tetsuo Okayasu, Thorsten Vom Stein
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) medium comprising one or more polymerisable compounds and to the use of the LC medium for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment (PS, PSA) or self-aligning (SA) type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2024
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Helmut Haensel, Qiong Tong, Edward Plummer, Rocco Fortte, Thomas Eichhorn
Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments which comprise niobium-doped titanium dioxide as well as a layer encapsulating the niobium-doped titanium dioxide, to polymer materials containing same and to the use of said pigments as laser absorbing additive in products comprising at least one polymer material and said encapsulated niobium-doped titanium dioxide containing pigments.
Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations comprising at least one hyper-branched polymer which contains 30 to 70 mol % of at least one hole-transporting recurring unit A, 5 to 30 mol % of least one branching recurring unit B, 5 to 30 mol % of at least one further recurring unit C and 5 to 40 mol % of least one end group E, where the recurring units A, B and C are different from one another, and at least one organic solvent, characterised in that the formulation has a viscosity of ?25 mPas. The present invention furthermore relates to the corresponding hyperbranched polymers and to processes for the preparation thereof. The present invention additionally also relates to the use of the hyperbranched polymers according to the invention in electronic or opto-electronic devices, and to electronic or opto-electronic devices containing these polymers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 8, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Beate Burkhart, Miriam Engel, Matthias Hengst, Holger Heil, Manuel Hamburger, Christoph Leonhard, Gaelle Bealle
Abstract: A polymerizable mixture which can be used to form a dielectric material for the preparation of passivation layers in electronic devices comprises a first monomer and a second monomer which may react to form a copolymer providing excellent film forming capability, excellent thermal properties, and excellent mechanical properties. The polymerizable mixture can be used in a method for forming copolymers and the copolymers can be used in an electronic device as dielectric material. The copolymers can also be used in a manufacturing method for preparing a packaged microelectronic structure and microelectronic devices comprising the packaged microelectronic structure.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a new class of dielectric polymer material, which is particularly suitable for the manufacturing of electronic devices. The dielectric polymer material is formed by reacting bismaleimide compounds and shows an advantageous well-balanced profile of favorable material properties. The bismaleimide compounds have an oligomeric structure with an amide-imide extended repeating unit in the middle part of the molecule and maleimide groups at each terminal end of the molecule. There is further provided a method for forming said dielectric polymer material. Beyond that, the present invention relates to the dielectric polymer material and to an electronic device comprising the same.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 1, 2022
Publication date:
May 30, 2024
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Gregor LARBIG, Frank Egon MEYER, Pawel MISKIEWICZ
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition including a sulfonic acid selected from the group consisting of an alkylbenzenesulfonic acid, or its hydrate, a sulfosalicyclic, or its hydrate, and mixtures thereof and the solvent dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether [CAS registry number 111109-77-4] (III).
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:
February 20, 2023
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Elvira Montenegro, Amir Hossain Parham, Arne Buesing, Frank Voges
Abstract: The present invention refers to a crystalline salt comprising 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-valine ethyl ester wherein the molar ratio of 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid and L-valine ethyl ester is from 1:0.3 to 1:3.0 (in mol/mol) and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof as well as to a process of obtaining the same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Rudolf Moser, Viola Groehn, Ruth Boehni Stamm, Fritz Blatter, Martin Szelagiewicz
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises an electron-transporting host and a hole-transporting host, to the use thereof in electronic devices and to electronic devices containing this composition. The electron-transporting host is particularly preferably selected from the class of the lactams. The hole-transporting host is preferably selected from the class of the biscarbazoles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 28, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Amir Parham, Jonas Kroeber, Tobias Grossmann, Anja Jatsch, Christian Eickhoff, Christian Ehrenreich
Abstract: The present invention describes carbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and fluorene derivatives which are substituted by electron-deficient heteroaryl groups, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising these compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Amir Hossain Parham, Anja Jatsch, Thomas Eberle, Tobias Grossmann, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Lars Dobelmann-Mara
Abstract: Method and System to remote control different electronic instruments (2) by using a mobile computer device (1) with a software (7) including a compatible graphical user interface (5), which comprises the following steps of Login and Authentication of a user (3) at the mobile device (1); Pairing of an electronic instrument (2) with the mobile device (1) to identify the instrument (2) by the user (3); Performing an security check by the mobile device (1) if the authenticated user (3) is authorized to control the identified instrument (2); If the user (3) is authorized pairing of the mobile device (1) with the instrument (2) via a data connection, loading of the correct compatible graphical user interface (5) of the paired instrument (2) and displaying it at the screen of the mobile device (1); and Remote controlling of the instrument (2) by using the graphical user interface (5) displayed on the mobile device (1).