Patents Examined by Gregory Clark
  • Patent number: 9123903
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device that includes an anode, a cathode, an enhancement layer, and an emissive layer that includes homoleptic iridium complexes containing phenyl-imidazole ligands, which include at least one fused substituent. The enhancement layer also includes a new dibenzothiophene and dibenzofuran-containing compound that is useful as a material in an enhancement layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Lin, Alexey Dyatkin, Zeinab Elshenawy, Walter Yeager
  • Patent number: 9120748
    Abstract: A fluoranthene compound with a specified asymmetric structure; an organic EL device which is composed of one or more organic compound layers including at least one emitting layer sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains at least one kind of the fluoranthene compound; and a solution containing a material for the organic EL which is composed of the fluoranthene compound as the material for the organic EL and a solvent. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device having a superior luminance of light emission, an enhanced efficiency of light emission, and a prolonged lifetime and a compound realizing the device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoriyuki Takashima, Masakazu Funahashi, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 9123900
    Abstract: A host material is disclosed. The host material, as a compound which is represented by the following formula 1, has a chemical structure in which nitrogen and silicon atoms are chemically and directly bonded to each other. Wherein the “a” is one selected from a material group which includes N, S, O, SO2 and NSiG1G2G3, and the “G1, G2 and G3” each become one of a hydrogen, and aromatic, heterocyclic and aliphatic groups which are or not substituted, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kwan Bin, In Bum Song, Jung Keun Kim, Nam Sung Cho, Bang Sook Lee, Suk Young Bae, Young Ju Ryu
  • Patent number: 9118017
    Abstract: Novel compounds containing a triphenylene moiety linked to an ?? connected binaphthyl ring system are provided. These compounds have surprisingly good solubility in organic solvents and are useful as host compounds in red phosphorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chuanjun Xia, Kwang-Ohk Cheon
  • Patent number: 9115055
    Abstract: A novel fluorenylamine compound represented by a general formula below, where R1 to R6 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom and alkyl groups; R21 to R23 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom and the alkyl groups; and the alkyl groups are a methyl group, an ethyl group, a n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, a n-butyl group, an isobutyl group, a sec-butyl group, and a tert-butyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomonari Horikiri, Naoki Yamada, Maki Okajima, Minako Nakasu
  • Patent number: 9112172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white-emitting organic electroluminescent devices which have at least one blue-fluorescent emitter layer and at least one phosphorescent emitter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Holger Heil, Simone Leu, Horst Vestweber
  • Patent number: 9105860
    Abstract: A full color organic light emitting diode having high efficiency and high color purity while having low manufacturing costs due to simple manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Hye-Jin Jung, Jin-O Lim, Sang-Hyun Han, Hee-Joo Ko, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Chang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9096578
    Abstract: A novel compound which can be used as a material for a light-emitting element is provided. Specifically, a novel compound is provided which can be suitably used as a material for a light-emitting element where a phosphorescent compound enabling high emission efficiency of the light-emitting element is used as a light-emitting substance. In addition, a novel compound is provided which can be easily synthesized and inexpensively manufactured as well as having the above-described characteristics. A compound is provided in which at least one dibenzothiophenyl group or dibenzofuranyl group is directly bonded to a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Osaka, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 9090532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white emitting organic electroluminescent devices having at least one blue fluorescent emitter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Horst Vestweber, Simone Leu, Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9090819
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is characterized in that constituent layers including at least a phosphorescent light-emitting layer are provided between a pair of electrodes, and at least one of the constituent layers contains a compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 each represents a substituent; n1 and n2 each represents an integer of 0-3; X1 and X2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group, or alternatively X2 represents a bonding hand; and Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 each represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, provided that all of the Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are not aromatic hydrocarbon rings at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Motoaki Sugino, Rie Katakura
  • Patent number: 9095033
    Abstract: A top-emission organic electroluminescence device (1) includes in order a first electrode (20), one or more organic layers (30B) including a blue-emitting layer (34B), a second electrode (40), and a capping layer (50), wherein the capping layer (50) is formed of a material that satisfies the expression “n(?=430 nm)?n(?=460 nm)>0.08” (where, n(?=x nm) indicates a refractive index at a wavelength of x nm) and has an extinction coefficient of 0.1 or less at a wavelength of 430 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Naraoka, Hitoshi Kuma, Hiroyuki Saito, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 9087997
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure. An organic electroluminescence device which is composed of one or more organic thin film layers sandwiched between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layers, especially a hole transporting layer, contains the aromatic amine derivative. The aromatic amine derivative has at least one substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran skeleton and at least one substituted or unsubstituted terphenylene skeleton. Because the molecules in the aromatic amine derivate hardly crystallize, organic electroluminescence devices improving their production yield and having prolonged lifetime are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi
  • Patent number: 9079903
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound: wherein X1 and X2, X1 and R1 to R10 are defined as in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum-Woo Park, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Sun-Young Lee, Chang-Ho Lee, Se-Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 9067919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dibenzofurans and dibenzothiophenes which have at least one nitrogen-bonded five-membered heterocyclic ring as a substituent as host, blocker and/or charge transport material in organic electronics. The present invention further relates to dibenzofurans and dibenzothiophenes which comprise at least one nitrogen-bonded five-membered heterocyclic ring and at least one carbazolyl radical as substituents, to a process for preparation thereof, and to the use of these compounds in organic electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicolle Langer, Christian Schildknecht, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Schäfer
  • Patent number: 9070883
    Abstract: Novel anthracene derivatives, novel materials capable of blue light emission with high color purity, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device using any of the novel materials. The anthracene derivative represented by general formula (1) is provided. With the anthracene derivative, a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency can be provided. With the anthracene derivative, a light-emitting element emitting blue light with high color purity can be provided. In the formula, A1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, B1 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, ? represents any of a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl-4,4?-diyl group, and R1 to R9 individually represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Osaka, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9070885
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence element having superior element service life. An anthracene compound in which an aryl group having C10 or greater is bonded to the 9-position and a naphthyl group is bonded to the 10-position, wherein a compound in which a specific aryl group has been substituted, in particular, at the 7-position of the naphthyl group (which is bonded at the 2-position thereof to the anthracene) is used as a material for a luminescence layer to produce the organic electroluminescence element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: JNC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Ono
  • Patent number: 9065058
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency which includes a novel carbazole derivative that has a wide energy gap and can be used for a transport layer or a host material in a light-emitting element. A carbazole derivative in which the 4-position of dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran is bonded to the 2- or 3-position of carbazole has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative. Further, a light-emitting element having high emission efficiency has been able to be provided by use of the carbazole derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Harue Osaka, Sachiko Kawakami, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Tsunenori Suzuki, Hiromi Nowatari, Hiroki Suzuki, Kyoko Takeda
  • Patent number: 9051233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), to the use thereof in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, particularly organic electroluminescence devices, comprising said compounds according to the invention, particularly as blue emitting material in an emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9051266
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a carbazole derivative is provided. The carbazole derivative has formula (I): In formula (I), Ar1 and Ar2 are, independently, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthalenyl or heteroaryl containing nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, and R is hydrogen, methyl or t-butyl. In another embodiment, an organic light emitting diode including the carbazole derivative is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Sheng Lin, Mei-Rurng Tseng, Miao-Tsai Chu
  • Patent number: 9054321
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and an organic layer including the heterocyclic compound: wherein Formula 1 is as defined in the specification. The organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound has high efficiency, low driving voltage, high brightness, and long lifespan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum-Woo Park, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Sun-Young Lee