Patents Examined by Dylan C Kershner
  • Patent number: 11189805
    Abstract: Heteroleptic iridium complexes having the formula are disclosed. In this formula, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, are selected from hydrogen, deuterium, cycloalkyl, deuterated cycloalkyl, alkyl, and deuterated alkyl, and can optionally be linked together to form a ring; at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is cycloalkyl, deuterated cycloalkyl, alkyl, or deuterated alkyl; ring A is attached to the 4- or 5-position of ring B; and R and R? can represent any of a variety of subsitutents. These iridium compounds contain alkyl substituted phenylpyridine ligands, which provide these compounds with beneficial properties when the iridium complexes are incorporated into OLED devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bin Ma, Alan DeAngelis, Chuanjun Xia, Bert Alleyne
  • Patent number: 11171293
    Abstract: This application relates, in part, to an organic electroluminescent element including a substrate, a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, disposed on the substrate, and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, disposed between the electrodes, in which at least one layer of the organic layer(s) contains a compound represented by the following formula (1). The organic electroluminescent element has low driving voltage and excellent durability. wherein X1 to X11 represent CR0 or N, and R0 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. Adjacent two of X1 to X11 each independently represent at least CR0, R0s of the adjacent two CR0s are bonded to each other to form a ring, and only one R0 of the adjacent two CR0s represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Yosuke Yamamoto, Kousuke Watanabe, Yuichiro Itai
  • Patent number: 11133469
    Abstract: A compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an organic optoelectronic device including the same are provided. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R5 are independently hydrogen, deuterium, —NH2, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C26 to C30 arylamine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C30 heteroaryl group, or a combination thereof, at least one of R2, R4, and R5 is a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 arylamine group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C30 heteroaryl group, each of a, c, d, e, and f is an integer of 1 to 4, and b is an integer of 1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Wook Park, Hayoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11133476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electron transport material having a structure represented by formula (I). The present disclosure enhances the glass transition temperature of the material by way of increasing the molecular weight thereof through modifying phenanthroline, without influencing the electron transport property of the material. A novel type of electron transport material having a glass transition temperature of more than 100° C. is designed by the present disclosure. The compound provided by the present disclosure is used as an electron transport material, i.e. as an electron transport layer; and the compound is doped with metals for use as an electron injection layer, thereby improving the efficiency of an OLED device and reducing the operation voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miao Wang, Xiangcheng Wang, Ying Liu, Yuji Hamada, Jinghua Niu
  • Patent number: 11121327
    Abstract: The invention relates to polycondensed lactam compounds as materials for use in electronic devices, and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Thomas Eberle, Anja Jatsch, Elvira Montenegro, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Rouven Linge
  • Patent number: 11107995
    Abstract: A novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound, which is represented by General Formula (G1), has a structure in which a dibenzoquinazoline ring is bonded to a skeleton with a hole-transport property via one or more arylene groups. Any one of R1 to R9 in General Formula (G1) is bonded to any one of R10 to R14 in General Formula (G1-1). Note that n is any of 0 to 3; m is 1 or 2; A represents a single bond, or an arylene group; B represents a ring having a dibenzofuran skeleton, dibenzothiophene skeleton, or carbazole skeleton; and each of R1 to R15 independently represents any of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, and an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Inoue, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11081650
    Abstract: The present specification provides a compound having a spiro structure represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same: wherein R1 to R8, p, q, r, s, t, u, X and Y are defined therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yongbum Cha, Jin Joo Kim, Sung Kil Hong, Sang Duk Suh
  • Patent number: 11075345
    Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by one of Formulae 1A and 1B: wherein, in Formulae 1A and 1B, A11, b20, L11, M, m, n, and R15 to R20 are the same as described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoko Ishibe, Hyejin Bae, Wook Kim, Changho Noh, Sangho Park, Virendra Kumar Rai, Miyoung Chae, Dmitry Kravchuk
  • Patent number: 11056657
    Abstract: A compound having a carbene ligand LA of Formula I: is disclosed wherein ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; Z is nitrogen or carbon; R7 represents from mono-substitution to the possible maximum number of substitution, or no substitution; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrite, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; any adjacent substituents of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are optionally joined or fused into a ring or a double bond; the ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M through the carbene carbon and Z; and the ligand LA is optionally linked with other ligands to comprise a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun Lin, Chuanjun Xia
  • Patent number: 11050027
    Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, groups X1 to X8, L11, L12, R11, R12 and variables a11, a12, b11, b12 are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changju Shin, Byungku Kim, Youngkwon Kim, Changwoo Kim, Hyungsun Kim, Seungjae Lee, Eunsun Yu, Byoungki Choi, Kyuyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11038127
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one organic functional layer, which is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic functional layer includes a matrix material, a first compound, and a second compound. The first compound interacts with the second compound, and the first compound and/or the second compound interacts with the matrix material. A conductivity of the organic functional layer is produced by the interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Arndt Jaeger, Günter Schmid
  • Patent number: 11024818
    Abstract: Organic Light-Emitting Device An organic light-emitting device (100) comprising an anode (103); a cathode (109); a light-emitting layer (107) between the anode and the cathode; and a hole-transporting layer (105) between the anode and the cathode, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a light-emitting compound of formula (I) and the hole-transporting layer comprises a hole-transporting material having a HOMO level that is no more than 5.1 e V from vacuum level: N N ML x R 2 (R) m (R) n y (I) wherein: R in each occurrence is independently a substituent; R 2 is H or a substituent; m is 0, 1 or 2; n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; M is a transition metal; L is a ligand; y is at least 1; and x is 0 or a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Simon King, David Mohamad
  • Patent number: 11024815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes, especially as emitters, and in particular monometallic metal complex containing a hexadentate tripodal ligand in which three bidentate sub-ligands coordinate to a metal and the three bidentate sub-ligands, which may be the same or different, are joined via a bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Nils Koenen, Philipp Harbach, Christian Ehrenreich
  • Patent number: 11018309
    Abstract: This invention discloses phosphorescent metal complexes with novel ligand structures of Formula I: wherein X, Z1, Z2, Z3, rings A and C, RA, RB, RC, and ligand LA are as described herein. These complexes are used as emitters in phosphorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chuanjun Xia, Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 11005051
    Abstract: A compound comprising a ligand LA of Formula I: as well as, devices and formulations containing the compound of Formula 1 are disclosed. In the compounds, having a ligand La of Formula I: wherein R1 represents mono, or di-substitution, or no substitution; wherein R2 represents di, tri, or tetra-substitution; wherein R is selected from hydrogen, deuterium, alkyl, cycloalkyl, and combinations thereof; wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen, deuterium, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and combinations thereof; wherein at least one pair of adjacent R2 substitutions are joined to form a fused ring; wherein the ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M; and wherein the ligand LA is optionally linked with other ligands to comprise a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jui-Yi Tsai, Gregg Kottas, Walter Yeager, Zeinab Elshenawy, Chuanjun Xia, Geza Szigethy, Jason Brooks
  • Patent number: 10998507
    Abstract: This invention discloses metal complexes containing carborane moiety. The metal complexes showed desired properties in term of EQE, LT, and CIE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jui-Yi Tsai, Gregg Kottas
  • Patent number: 10991895
    Abstract: Ir phenyl parazolepyrazole complexes substituted with one or more strong electron withdrawing groups such as cyano groups resulted in enhancing the metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) which in turn resulted in enhanced emission efficiency and red shifted emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond Kwong, Kit Yee Tsang, Siu Tung Lam, Chi Hang Lee, Sze Kui Lam
  • Patent number: 10991896
    Abstract: A compound having an ancillary ligand L1 having the formula: Formula I is disclosed. The ligand L1 is coordinated to a metal M having an atomic number greater than 40, and two adjacent substituents are optionally joined to form into a ring. Such compound is suitable for use as emitters in organic light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Alexey Dyatkin, David Zenan Li, Scott Joseph, Chuanjun Xia, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Bert Alleyne, James Fiordeliso
  • Patent number: 10981876
    Abstract: The present specification provides a spiro structured compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device including the same: wherein L1, n, Ar1, R1 to R7, p, q, r, s, and t are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yongbum Cha, Jin Joo Kim, Sang Duk Suh
  • Patent number: 10985322
    Abstract: Light-emitting composition and devices including the same, the composition including a fluorescent light-emitting material and a polymer having a conjugating repeat unit and a non-conjugating repeat unit in a backbone of the polymer, and in which the conjugating repeat unit provides at least one conjugation path between repeat units linked to it; the non-conjugating repeat unit reduces conjugation of the polymer as compared to a polymer in which the non-conjugating repeat unit is absent; and a triplet excited state energy level of the light-emitting material is higher than a triplet excited state energy level of the non-conjugating repeat unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology, Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Natasha M. J. Conway, Jonathan Pillow, Thomas Pounds, Fredrik Jakobsson, Christian Nielsen