Patents Assigned to Merck Patents GmbH
  • Formulations containing conductive polymers and use thereof in organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 9972782
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations containing doped conductive polymers, which due to outstanding hole injection characteristics and high conductivity are very suitable for use in organic electronic devices, preferably in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular in the buffer layers thereof. Thus the invention further relates to the use of the formulations according to the invention in organic electronic devices, preferably in electroluminescent devices, in particular in the buffer layers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Susanne Heun
  • Heteroaryl compounds as IRAK inhibitors and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9969710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as IRAK inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Catherine Jorand-Lebrun, Ruoxi Lan, Austin Chen, Ryan C. Clark
  • DEVICE FOR SUBSTANCE SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20180126298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for substance separation with monolithic sorbents which can be produced by means of 3-D printing. They comprise pressure- and solvent-stable thermoplastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karin CABRERA, Klaus KREHER, Gisela JUNG
  • Liquid crystal medium
    Patent number: 9963637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystalline medium comprising a polymerizable compound, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid crystalline displays, especially in a liquid crystalline display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to a liquid crystalline display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Eun-Kyu Lee, Hyun-Jin Yoon, Ji-Won Jeong, Hye-Ryung Park, Seung-Jai Kim, Yong-Jun Ji, Min-Ok Jin, Yong-Kuk Yun
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180119010
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, rings A and B, Z1, L1, L2, a and b have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Achim GOETZ, Georg BERNATZ
  • WAVELENGTH CONVERSION POLYMER FILM
    Publication number: 20180122974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer film comprising an inorganic fluorescent compound and an organic fluorescent compound. The invention further relates methods for preparing such a film, and to its use as wavelength conversion film in a solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hiroshi OKURA, Takeo WAKIMOTO, Katsuyuki MATSUI, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Masayoshi SUZUKI, Tadashi KISHIMOTO
  • PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20180118721
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I or II in which R1, X1 and X2 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are MTH1 inhibitors and can be employed, inter alia, in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Timo HEINRICH, Ulrich PEHL
  • SCREEN-PRINTABLE BORON DOPING PASTE WITH SIMULTANEOUS INHIBITION OF PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION IN CO-DIFFUSION PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20180122640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel printable boron doping paste in the form of a hybrid gel based on precursors of inorganic oxides, preferably of silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide and boron oxide, in the presence of organic polymer particles, where the pastes according to the invention can be used in a simplified process for the production of solar cells, where the hybrid gel according to the invention functions both as doping medium and as diffusion barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver DOLL, Ingo KOEHLER, Sebastian BARTH
  • Dispenser for opening a tape-like packaging
    Patent number: 9956813
    Abstract: A dispenser for opening a tape like packaging comprising first and second films releasably connected to each other, forming envelopes sealed around an object, and disposed sequentially with a predetermined pitch. The dispenser comprises a space for holding a container of the packaging, a separator through which the packaging can be passed, for spreading apart and separating the films at an outlet thereof when a pulling force is acting on said first and second films, thereby opening envelopes and releasing the objects contained therein, and means for winding up separated first and second films of the tape like packaging. The separator further comprises a cover member that is articulated to the dispenser to be movable between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Gerard Muller, Mathieu Arrault, Jean-Jacques Richert
  • Liquid-crystalline medium
    Patent number: 9951274
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula I, to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, L1, L2, L3 and L4 have the meanings indicated herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PM-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, SA-VA, SS-VA, FFS or PS-FFS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Volker Reiffenrath, Matthias Bremer
  • Organic semiconducting formulation
    Patent number: 9954173
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to formulations for use in organic semiconductor layers of organic electronic devices, and more specifically in organic field effect transistors, to organic semiconductor layers prepared from such formulations, and to organic electronic devices and organic field effect transistors encompassing such organic semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Piotr Wierzchowiec, Pawel Miskiewicz
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM, COMPOUNDS, AND HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20180105748
    Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media are disclosed containing one or more compounds of formula I along with components containing these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Dagmar KLASS
  • THIADIAZOLOPYRIDINE POLYMERS, THEIR SYNTHESIS AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20180105637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiadiazolopyridine polymers, their synthesis and their use. The present invention further relates to organic electronic devices comprising such thiadiazolopyridine polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William MITCHELL, Mansoor D'LAVARI
  • Filling device and use thereof for dispensing a fluid
    Patent number: 9944416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling device (1) for dispensing a fluid into at least one container, where the filling device (1) has a weighing system (2) and a filling-needle system (3). The weighing system (2) has a positioning device (4) which can be adapted to a container diameter and which may have an annular design. The weighing system (2) is arranged on an accommodation platform (7) which can be moved vertically by means of a linear unit. The filling-needle system (3) is arranged on a displacement unit in a position at a distance in the axial direction above the positioning device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Hauke, Holger Jost, Leticia Garcia Diez, Michael Ukelis, Guenter Brenner
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9947874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • Microspheres
    Patent number: 9944778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to microspheres and to their use, preferably as laser absorbing additive, and to a process for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Gelissen, Franciscus Gerardus Henricus Van Duijnhoven
  • 3-(1H-BENZIMIDAZOL-2-YL)-1H-PYRIDIN-2-ONE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20180099947
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which W, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of ALK1, AL2 and ALK5, and can be employed for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter DORSCH, Alfred JONCZYK, Mireille KRIER
  • LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180100104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media (LC media), characterised in that they comprise one or more compounds of the formula I, and one or more compounds of the formula II, where the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof in electro-optical displays, and to LC displays which contain these LC media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mark GOEBEL, Rocco FORTTE, Lars LIETZAU, Christian HOCK
  • C-ring modified tricyclic benzonaphthiridinone protein kinase inhibitors and use thereof
    Patent number: 9938268
    Abstract: Disclosed are C-ring modified tricyclic benzonaphthiridinone compounds and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and processes for preparing the same. The compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases amenable to protein kinase signal transduction inhibition, regulation and/or modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Yufang Xiao, Bayard R. Huck, Amanda E. Sutton, Thomas E. Richardson, Srinivasa R. Karra
  • Liquid-crystalline media, components for high-frequency technology, and mesogenic compounds
    Patent number: 9938462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds selected from the group of the formulae I-M and I-U in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Dagmar Klass, Renate Seeger, Michael Wittek, Matthias Bremer