Patents Examined by Gregory Clark
  • Patent number: 9627625
    Abstract: An organic thin film light-emitting element having both high luminous efficiency and high durability can be provided using a light-emitting element material that comprises a compound having a specified carbazole skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Shinichi Matsuki, HIrotoshi Sakaino, Takeshi Arai, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Patent number: 9627630
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9614166
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) that is improved in luminous efficiency, sufficiently secures driving stability, and has a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes, between an anode and cathode laminated on a substrate, a plurality of organic layers. At least one layer of the organic layers contains a carbazole compound represented by the following general formula (1) having two to three structures in each of which a carbazole ring and a dibenzofuran or dibenzothiophene ring are bonded to each other at 1- and 4-positions. In the formula (1), A represents an n-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or aromatic heterocyclic group, n represents an integer of 2 or 3, and X represents oxygen or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Hideki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9614161
    Abstract: The present specification relates to an organic electronic device in which a new compound, which can improve the life span, the efficiency, the electrochemical stability and the thermal stability of the organic electronic device, is included in an organic material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Yoon Park, Minseung Chun, Dongheon Kim, Jiyeon Ahn, Hyoung Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 9614163
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transportable layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer; and a blocking layer, which is disposed between the hole transportable layer and the light-emitting layer and includes a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: LMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Og Choi, Joon Ho Jung, Oh Kwan Kwon
  • Patent number: 9608206
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device including an anode, a cathode, and an emissive layer between the anode and the cathode, the emissive layer including a phosphorescent material and a compound having a repeat unit that contains a novel triphenylene moiety. A preferred group of the novel triphenylene moiety are triphenylenes that are substituted with a non-fused aryl group having one or more meta-substituents, where each meta-substituent is a non-fused aryl group optionally substituted with further substituents selected from the group consisting of non-fused aryl groups and alkyl groups. A further preferred group of compounds are triphenylenes that are substituted with a non-fused heteroaryl group having one or more meta-substituents, where each meta-substituent is a non-fused aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted with further substituents selected from the group consisting of non-fused aryl groups, non-fused heteroaryl groups, and alkyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Brooks, Chuanjun Xia, Raymond Kwong, James Fiordeliso
  • Patent number: 9601698
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes at least one first host selected from compounds represented by Formula 1 and at least one second host selected from compounds represented by Formula 2:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-Hee Cho, Mi-Kyung Kim, Jae-Yong Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Se-Hun Kim, Chang-Woong Chu, Eun-Hwa Jang
  • Patent number: 9601696
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a composition that can provide an electroluminescent device emitting light with high brightness. The present invention provides following: a composition including a polymer compound comprising one or more structural unit(s) selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by Formula (1), a structural unit represented by Formula (3), a structural unit represented by Formula (5), a structural unit represented by Formula (16), a structural unit represented by Formula (18), a structural unit represented by Formula (20), and a structural unit represented by Formula (22) and an ionic compound represented by Formula (23); an organic film and an electric device comprising the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masanobu Tanaka, Rui Ishikawa, Takayuki Iijima, Kensaku Horie, Ken Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 9601708
    Abstract: The OLEDs of the present invention are characterized by providing an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a bis-carbazole derivative host material; and the phosphorescent emitter material comprises a phosphorescent organometallic complex having a substituted chemical structure represented by one of the following partial chemical structures represented by the formula: LL?L?M wherein M is a metal that forms octahedral complexes, L, L?, L? are equivalent or inequivalent bidentate ligands wherein each L comprises a substituted or unsubstituted phenylpyridine ligand coordinated to M through an sp2 hybridized carbon and N; and one of L, L? and L? is inequivalent to at least one of the other two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yamamoto, Michael S. Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Tetsuya Inoue, Mitsunori Ito
  • Patent number: 9601703
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device (OLED) includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer (EML) between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transport region between the first electrode and the EML; an electron transport region between the EML and the second electrode; and an interlayer between the EML and the hole transport region, wherein the interlayer includes an amine-based compound represented by Formula 1 or 2: where Ar1, Ar2, R1-R4, Z11-Z21, p, and q are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sam-Il Kho, Hyoung-Kun Kim
  • Patent number: 9595679
    Abstract: The present specification relates to an organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jungoh Huh, Dong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9593087
    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: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Esther Breuning, Heinrich Becker, Junyou Pan, Herwig Buchholz, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Irina Martynova
  • Patent number: 9590185
    Abstract: Provided are an amine-based compound and an organic light-emitting diode including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-Hee Cho, Mi-Kyung Kim, Se-Hun Kim, Sam-Il Kho, Hyoung-Kun Kim
  • Patent number: 9590180
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound having substructure F: wherein R?1 is a straight or branched chain of two or more non-fused aryl or non-fused heteroaryl groups substituted with Ra, wherein Ra is a non-fused aryl or non-fused heteroaryl, a branched or straight chain of non-fused aryl or a non-fused heteroaryl, or an alkyl substituted non-fused aryl or an alkyl substituted non-fused heteroaryl group. The compounds may be useful in phosphorescent organic light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Brooks, Chuanjun Xia, Raymond Kwong, James Fiordeliso
  • Patent number: 9590188
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9590184
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is provided. The OLED comprises a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode, an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a hole migration region disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer, and an electron migration region disposed between the emission layer and the second electrode. The hole migration region comprises a tertiary amine having one N-substituent comprising a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole moiety and another N-substituent comprising a substituted or unsubstituted fluorene moiety. At least one of the hole migration region and the emission layer comprises a substituted or unsubstituted compound comprising at least two carbazole moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Young Lee, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Bum-Woo Park, Jong-Won Choi, Wha-II Choi, So-Yeon Kim, Ji-Youn Lee
  • Patent number: 9583716
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device which comprises a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer comprising at least one layer comprising a light emitting layer and disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein at least one layer in the organic thin film layer comprises an anthracene derivative having a specific structure singly or as a component of a mixture, and an anthracene derivative having a specific asymmetric structure and providing an organic electroluminescence device exhibiting a great efficiency of light emission and having a long life, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ikeda, Motohisa Ido, Masakazu Funahashi
  • Patent number: 9583714
    Abstract: Provided is a material for organic electronics which can produce an organic electronic element capable of lowering the driving voltage or capable of performing stable driving for a long time. The material for organic electronics contains at least an ionic compound and a compound having a charge transporting unit (hereinafter, referred to as charge transporting compound), and the ionic compound is composed of a counter cation and a counter anion, while the counter cation is any one kind or two or more kinds selected from H+, a carbocation, a nitrogen cation, an oxygen cation, and a cation having a transition metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Funyuu, Kenichi Ishitsuka, Yousuke Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9583717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinkable compounds, to the crosslinked compounds obtained from these compounds, and to processes for the preparation thereof. The invention is furthermore directed to the use of these compounds in electronic devices and to the corresponding electronic devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Alice Julliart, Anna Hayer, Anja Gerhard, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Fabrice Eckes
  • Patent number: 9577199
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated aryl-anthracene compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Hong Meng, Yulong Shen, Jeffrey A Merlo, Eric Maurice Smith