Patents Examined by Dawn Garrett
  • Patent number: 8039120
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device, and a method of manufacturing the same, where the device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, an organic layer formed on the first electrode and including at least an organic light-emitting layer, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The second electrode is made of an Mg—Ag layer having a thickness in a range of 170 ? to 200 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seoung-Yoon Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Ja-Hyun Im, Jang-Hyuk Kwon
  • Patent number: 8003230
    Abstract: An electroluminescent element includes host materials and guest materials in a part of an electroluminescent layer. Device characteristics (luminous efficiency, luminous characteristics, or the like) of the electroluminescent element is improved by using host materials and guest materials with a common skeleton (represented by the following general formula 14) for an electroluminescent layer interposed between a pair of electrodes in the electroluminescent element. In general formula 14, X1 to X3, each of which may be the same or different, are individually a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, a dialkylamino group, a diarylamino group, a vinyl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, or a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hiroko Abe
  • Patent number: 7998596
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescent device including an aromatic amine derivative formed of a specific structure having a thiophene structure and an organic thin film layer interposed between a cathode and an anode and formed of one layer or a plurality of layers including at least a light emitting layer, in which at least one layer of the organic thin film contains the aromatic amine derivative alone or as a component of a mixture, the organic electroluminescent device in which molecules hardly crystallize, and which decreases a driving voltage, can be produced with improved yields upon the production of the organic electroluminescent device, and has a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative realizing the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Masahiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7993761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quinoxaline derivative represented by a general formula (G1). In the formula, ?1 and ?2 each independently represent an arylene group which has 13 or less carbon atoms forming a ring; Ar represents an aryl group which has 13 or less carbon atoms forming a ring; R1 and R6 each independently represent any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group which has 13 or less carbon atoms forming a ring; and R2 to R5 and R7 to R10 each independently represent any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Osaka, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Sachiko Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7981523
    Abstract: To provide an organic electroluminescence device having high emission luminance, high heat resistance, excellent high-temperature storage stability, and a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative for realizing the device. Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device including: a cathode; an anode; and one or multiple organic thin film layers including at least a light-emitting layer, the one or multiple organic thin film layers being interposed between the cathode and the anode, in which at least one layer of the one or multiple organic thin film layers contains the aromatic amine compound alone or as a component of a mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chishio Hosokawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 7960041
    Abstract: There are provided a novel fused ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device which has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and luminance, and also has extremely high durability. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the layer comprises a fused ring aromatic compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7923129
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device including: a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode; and at least one layer formed of an organic compound interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the at least one layer formed of the organic compound layer contains at least one kind of the carbazole derivative represented by the following general formula (I). The organic light emitting device has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and a high luminance and has an extremely high durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Jun Kamatani
  • Patent number: 7919197
    Abstract: There are provided a condensed ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device having an optical output with high efficiency and high luminance, and durability. An organic light-emitting device including: a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode of which at least one is transparent or translucent; and an organic compound layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic compound layer contains the condensed ring aromatic compound represented by the following formula [1].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chika Negishi, Akihito Saitoh, Hiroki Ohrui, Hironobu Iwawaki, Masanori Muratsubaki
  • Patent number: 7914911
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a luminescent material that has resistance to repeated oxidation reactions. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element that is high in luminous efficiency. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting element that has a long life. An aspect of the present invention is an anthracene derivative represented by a general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R2 to R4 and R7 to R9 are individually any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a group represented by the following structure formula (2), and R1, R5, R6, and R10 are individually any one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Yamagata, Ryoji Nomura, Kumi Kojima, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 7914906
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence device includes a substrate, the first electrode layer, a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, an electron injecting layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is formed over the substrate. The hole injecting layer is formed over the first electrode layer. The hole transporting layer is formed over the hole injecting layer. The light emitting layer is formed over the hole transporting layer. The electron transporting layer is formed over the light emitting layer. The electron transporting layer includes carbazole derivative and n-type material. The electron injecting layer is formed over the electron transporting layer. The second electrode layer is formed over the electron injecting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Min-Ling Hung, Pei-Chi Wu
  • Patent number: 7914908
    Abstract: Azatriphenylene derivatives and their use in the electron-transporting layer of an electroluminescent device that comprises an anode, a spaced-apart cathode, and at least one electron-transporting layer disposed between the spaced-apart anode and cathode. Such EL devices provide lower drive voltage, improved power efficiency, and longer operational lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shiying Zheng, Liang-Sheng Liao
  • Patent number: 7887931
    Abstract: An OLED device comprises an anode and a cathode and located there-between a light emitting layer containing a light emitting dopant and a host comprising a monoanthracene derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lelia Cosimbescu, William B. Vreeland, Scott R. Conley, Jeri L. Mount
  • Patent number: 7883786
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel compound used as a material for organic light-emitting elements, and an organic light-emitting element which has highly efficient and highly luminescent optical power and is superior in durability. The organic light-emitting element includes an anode and a cathode, and a layer which contains an organic compound and is held between the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigemoto Abe, Akihiro Senoo, Jun Kamatani, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada
  • Patent number: 7879465
    Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode layer, an organic luminescent layer, an inorganic compound layer (or reductive dopant layer) and a cathode layer; the organic luminescent layer comprises an aromatic amine compound of a formula (1), and/or an aromatic amine compound of a formula (2) wherein A, B, and Ar1 to Ar6 are independently a C6-60 aromatic group which does not contain a styryl group nor an alkenyl group, at least one of A, Ar1, Ar2, or B, Ar3 to Ar6 contains at least three condensed aromatic rings, and p, q and r of a condensation number are an integer of 1 to 6. The element has significantly long half-life and high luminance even at low driving voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Arakane, Kenichi Fukuoka, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7875369
    Abstract: An organometallic complex for a light emitting layer includes a heterocyclic ligand and a bivalent metal bonded to the heterocyclic ligand, wherein the heterocyclic ligand includes a plurality of linked ring structures that include a total of at least 17 carbon atoms and 1 heteroatom, and the linked ring structures have substantially parallel planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Han Shin, Seung-Gak Yang, Hee-Yeon Kim, Chang-Ho Lee, Hee-Joo Ko
  • Patent number: 7871711
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic EL element having a glass substrate and an anode, a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transport layer, a blue light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an electron-transport layer, and a cathode formed on the glass substrate sequentially in that order, wherein the electron-transport layer contains an electron-transporting material and a light-emitting material having emission-spectrum peak wavelength of longer than 555 nm, and the light-emitting material consumes the holes, thereby preventing degradation of the electron-transporting material, improving blue chromaticity, and elongating the life of the organic EL element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichiro Itai
  • Patent number: 7867631
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing compound is represented by Formula 1 below: wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, and R2b are each independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C4-C30 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 condensed polycyclic group, a hydroxy group, halogen, a cyano group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, and adjacent groups selected from R1a, R1b, R2a, and R2b may join together to form a saturated or unsaturated carbon ring; n and m are each independently an integer of 0 to 5; Ar1a and Ar1b are each independently a C6-C30 aryl group which is unsubstituted or substituted by at least one fluorine or a C4-C30 heteroaryl group which is unsubstituted or substituted by at least one fluorine; and Ar2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group or a substituted
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Kook Kim, Seok-Hwan Hwang, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Hye-Lim Lee
  • Patent number: 7862908
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a conjugated compound containing a hydroindoloacridine structural element and its applications as a host material or a hole transport material in an organic electronic device. The general structure of the conjugated compound containing a hydroindoloacridine structural element is as follows: where R1˜R5 can be identical or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chien-Hong Cheng, Jin-Ju Lin
  • Patent number: 7858207
    Abstract: A novel class of host materials for organic electroluminescent applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Coggan, Hany Aziz
  • Patent number: 7846558
    Abstract: A blue light emitting compound and an organic electroluminescent device using the compound are provided. The device exhibits improved color purity of blue emission and excellent life characteristics so as to be used to manufacture a full-color display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Tae Je, Sang-Hae Lee, Sug-Kwang Hwang, Seon-Keun Yoo