Abstract: The present disclosure relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) any of IL-17A, IL-17F and/or IL-17A/F including combinations thereof, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 4, 2012
Date of Patent:
July 10, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Heidi Rommelaere, Joost Alexander Kolkman, Michael John Scott Saunders, Ann Union, Yolande Chvatchko, Amanda E. I. Proudfoot, Alain Vicari, Denis Bruniquel, Laurent Chevalet, Olivier Leger
Abstract: The present application relates to a compound according to formula (I), and the use thereof as a functional material in an electronic device. The compound according to formula (I) is preferably used as a hole-transporting material in an organic electroluminescence device (OLED).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 10, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Arne Buesing, Irina Martynova, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Frank Voges
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 2, 2016
Publication date:
July 5, 2018
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Dong-Mee SONG, Ki-Sun KWON, Hoo-Yong LEE, Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Konstantin SCHNEIDER, Matthias KOCH, Joerg PESCHKE, Matthias BREMER, Nils GREINERT
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of preparing a light modulation element of the PS-ULH (polymer stabilised ULH) type, which allows to reduce the operational voltage and allows to improve the switching time of the light modulation element.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 9, 2016
Publication date:
July 5, 2018
Applicant:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Rachel TUFFIN, Rebecca PROCTOR, Simon SIEMIANOWSKI
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 3, 2016
Publication date:
June 28, 2018
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Nils GREINERT, Matthias BREMER, Andreas TAUGERBECK, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Patrick SUESS
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) or (2) and to the use thereof in electronic devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds. The invention furthermore relates to the preparation of the compounds of the formula (1) or (2) and to formulations comprising one or more compounds of the formula (1) or (2).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2011
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Constanze Brocke, Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Rocco Fortte
Abstract: The invention relates to arylamino compounds and to the use thereof in electronic devices, for example organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to electronic devices comprising one or more of the said compounds, for example as hole-transport materials in a corresponding functional layer of the device. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the said compounds, and to a formulation comprising one or more of the said compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gmbh
Inventors:
Philipp Stoessel, Frank Voges, Arne Buesing, Christof Pflumm, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Christian Wirges
Abstract: This invention relates to electrophoretic fluids, the use of these fluids for the preparation of an electrophoretic display device, and electrophoretic displays comprising such fluids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Nils Greinert, Thomas Bauer, Matthias Koch, Wolfgang Hechler, Nathan Smith
Abstract: The present invention relates to pyridine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as BTK inhibitors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Lesley Liu-Bujalski, Ngan Nguyen, Hui Qiu, Reinaldo Jones, Igor Mochalkin, Richard D. Caldwell
Abstract: The present disclosure describes combination therapies comprising an antagonist of Programmed Death Ligand 1 receptor (PD-L1) and another therapeutic agent, and the use of the combination therapies for the treatment of cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 15, 2016
Publication date:
June 21, 2018
Applicants:
MERCK PATENT GMBH, PFIZER INC.
Inventors:
Glen Ian ANDREWS, Shihao CHEN, Alessandra DI PIETRO, David FONTANA, Zelanna GOLDBERG, Chia-Yang LIN, Hua LONG, Marcella MARTIGNONI, Dimitry Serge Antoine NUYTEN, Aron David THALL, Adrian WOOLFSON
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for generating bispecific shark variable antibody domains (vNAR domains) and uses thereof. The present invention further provides fusion proteins comprising the inventive bispecific vNAR domains as well as polynucleotide libraries for use in the generation of the inventive bi-specific vNARs. Furthermore, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inventive bispecific vNARs or fusion proteins comprising bi-specific vNAR domains for use in the treatment of pathological conditions in an individual. The invention also provides kits of parts comprising the bispecific vNAR domains or fusion proteins.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2015
Publication date:
June 21, 2018
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Stefan Becker, Bjoern Hock, Stefan Zielonka, Harald Kolmar, Martin Empting
Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of the formula I and to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds which contains at least one compound of the formula I in which in which R1, R2, ring A1, Z1, Z2, Sp, P, L1, L2, r1, r2, r3, m, n, p1 and p2 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1 and to the use of the LC mixtures in electro-optical displays, especially for the self-aligning VA, PSA, PS-VA, PVA, MVA, PM-VA, HT-VA or VA-IPS mode.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 8, 2016
Publication date:
June 21, 2018
Applicant:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Graziano ARCHETTI, Elena NEUMANN, Rocco FORTTE, Timo UEBEL, Helmut HAENSEL, Kristin MUELLER
Abstract: The present invention relates to crystal modifications of racemic (2R,S)- and enantiomerically pure (2R)-resp. (2S)-DOTAP chloride, to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2012
Date of Patent:
June 19, 2018
Assignee:
MERCK PATENT GMBH
Inventors:
Michael Wilhelm Platscher, Alfred Hedinger
Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which can be used in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 19, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Amir Hossain Parham, Thomas Eberle, Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Jonas V. Kroeber
Abstract: The invention relates to co-activated magnesium alumosilicate based phosphors, to a process of its preparation, the use of these phosphors in electronic and electro optical devices, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) and solar cells and especially to illumination units comprising said magnesium alumosilicate-based phosphors.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of anti-counterfeit protection of products. Specifically, the invention is directed to a composite security marking for a physical object, in particular to an anti-counterfeit product marking. In particular, without limitation, such composite security marking can be used in connection with or can form a component of a multi-component security system, in particular of an anti-counterfeit protection system, which is also disclosed herein as part of an overall solution for anti-counterfeit protection. The composite security marking comprises a physical unclonable function, PUF, and a representation of a digital signature or of a pointer indicating a location where said digital signature can be accessed. The digital signature digitally signs a hash value resulting from application of a predetermined cryptographic hash function to data representing a response generated by the PUF in reaction to a challenge of a predetermined challenge-response authentication scheme.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 19, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Thomas Endress, Daniel Szabo, Fabian Wahl
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of anti-counterfeit protection of products. Specifically, the invention is directed to a method of reading with a reader device a marking comprising a physical unclonable function, PUF, and a corresponding reader device. In particular, such reader device marking can be used in connection with or can form a component of a multi-component security system, in particular of an anti-counterfeit protection system, which is also disclosed herein as part of an overall security solution for anti-counterfeit protection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 19, 2018
Assignee:
Merck Patent GmbH
Inventors:
Thomas Endress, Daniel Szabo, Fabian Wahl