Patents Examined by Gregory D Clark
  • Patent number: 11780831
    Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by formula 1, and a display panel and a display apparatus including the compound. In formula 1, L1 and L2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a single bond, C6-C30 aryl, and C4-C30 heteroaryl; a and b are each independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; D1 and D2 are each independently a nitrogen-containing electron donor unit selected from the group consisting of carbazolyl and derivative groups thereof, acridinyl and derivative groups thereof, diarylamino and derivative groups thereof, and triarylamino and derivative groups thereof; and c and d are each independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, and c+d?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Gao, Lei Zhang, Wenpeng Dai, Quan Ran, Lu Zhai, Wenjing Xiao, Jinghua Niu
  • Patent number: 11773321
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer contains a first compound and a second compound. The first compound is a phosphorescent iridium metal complex having a LUMO level of greater than or equal to ?3.5 eV and less than or equal to ?2.5 eV, and the second compound is an organic compound having a pyrimidine skeleton. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer contains a first compound and a second compound. The first compound is a phosphorescent iridium metal complex having a diazine skeleton, and the second compound is an organic compound having a pyrimidine skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Kyoko Takeda, Harue Osaka, Satoko Shitagaki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo
  • Patent number: 11778904
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I) and (II): as compounds capable of emitting delayed fluorescence, and uses of the compounds in organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KYULUX, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitake Suzuki, Naoto Notsuka, Hiroaki Ozawa, Shuo-Hsien Cheng, Yu Seok Yang, Hayato Kakizoe, Ayataka Endo, Jorge Aguilera-Iparraguirre
  • Patent number: 11778907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a bipolar host and an electron-transporting host, especially for use as matrix material in electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, and especially in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The invention further relates to electronic devices comprising said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Jonas Kroeber, Christian Eickhoff, Tobias Grossmann, Aurélie Ludemann, Dominik Joosten
  • Patent number: 11770969
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the host material is higher than a LUMO level of the host material, and a HOMO level of the guest material is lower than a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of the host material is greater than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV. The energy difference between the LUMO level and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to light emission energy of the guest material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo, Satomi Mitsumori
  • Patent number: 11770970
    Abstract: A series of thermally stable and highly luminescent cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds was designed and synthesized. The cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds can be used as light-emitting material for fabrication of light-emitting devices. The cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds can be deposited as a layer or a component of a layer using a solution-processing technique or a vacuum deposition process. The cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds are robust and can provide electroluminescence with high efficiency and brightness. More importantly, the vacuum-deposited OLEDs demonstrate long operational stabilities with half-lifetime of over 29,700 hours at 100 cd m?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Man-Chung Tang, Lok-Kwan Li, Mei-Yee Chan
  • Patent number: 11760734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorene derivatives and to electronic devices in which these compounds are used as matrix material in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-blocking or exciton-blocking material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Adam W. Franz, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Patent number: 11753426
    Abstract: Provided are an organometallic compound, an organic light-emitting device including the organometallic compound, and an organic light-emitting apparatus including the organic light-emitting device. The organometallic compound has the structure M(L1)n1(L2)n2, wherein M is a transition metal, L1 is a ligand represented by the following structure: wherein n1 is 1, 2, or 3, and when n1 is two or more, two or more L1(s) are identical to or different from each other, L2 is an organic ligand, and n2 is 0, 1, or 2, and when n2 is two or more, two or more L2(s) are identical to or different from each other. The sum of n1 and n2 is 2 or 3. More details about Formula 2 is provided in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongwook Yoo, Myeongsuk Kim, Jimyoung Ye, Yiseul Kim, Jaehoon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11751472
    Abstract: Provided are a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure and an organic electroluminescence device in which an organic thin layer comprising a single layer or plural layers including a light emitting layer is interposed between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the above organic thin layer contains the aromatic amine derivative described above in the form of a single component or a mixed component. Thus, the organic electroluminescence device is less liable to be crystallized in molecules, improved in a yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device and extended in a lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 11751415
    Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed over the substrate, a semiconducting layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the semiconducting layer, the second electrode having a first portion and a second portion, a nucleation inhibition coating disposed over the first portion of the second electrode; and a conductive coating disposed over the second portion of the second electrode, wherein the nucleation inhibition coating is a compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OTI Lumionics Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Lu Chang, Qi Wang, Scott Nicholas Genin, Michael Helander, Jacky Qiu, Zhibin Wang, Benoit Lessard
  • Patent number: 11739081
    Abstract: Transition metal compounds having naphthalene imide moiety having enhanced electron withdrawing property and more metal-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) based excited state are disclosed. The disclosed compounds will improve the photoluminescent quantum yield (PLQY) and produce phosphorescent emission in red to near IR region which has many desired applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Ji, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault
  • Patent number: 11744151
    Abstract: The present invention includes organic compounds with two substituted triazine, pyridine, pyrimidine or pyrazine rings attached to an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system. The compounds are expected to improve OLED performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Walter Yeager, Lichang Zeng, Chuanjun Xia
  • Patent number: 11744146
    Abstract: An amine-based compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided. The organic light-emitting device may include: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer and at least one of the amine-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwoo Kim, Sanghyun Han, Youngkook Kim, Seokhwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11737301
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device including a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first emission layer disposed on the hole transport layer, the first emission layer including a first light emitting particle on which a first ligand and a second ligand having a hole transporting property are attached, a second emission layer disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer including a second light emitting particle on which a first ligand and a third ligand having an electron transporting property are attached, an electron transport layer disposed on the second emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer, wherein a solubility of the second ligand in a solvent is different than a solubility of the third ligand in the solvent and a display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Young Chung, Moon Gyu Han, Oul Cho, Tae Hyung Kim, Sujin Park, Hongkyu Seo, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 11737345
    Abstract: Provided are: an organic electronic material which can be easily multilayered and that can be used in substrates, such as resin, that cannot be processed at high temperatures; an ink composition containing the same; an organic thin film formed using said organic electronic material or said ink composition; and an organic electronic element and an organic EL element that are formed using said organic thin film and that have a superior luminous efficacy and emission lifespan than conventional elements. Specifically, provided are: an organic electronic material that is characterized by containing an oligomer or a polymer having a structure that branches into three or more directions and has at least one polymerizable substituent; an ink composition containing said organic electronic material; and an organic thin film prepared using the aforementioned organic electronic material. Further, provided are an organic electronic element and an organic electroluminescent element containing said organic thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeaki Funyuu, Kenichi Ishitsuka, Yousuke Hoshi
  • Patent number: 11737361
    Abstract: Devices include a substrate, a collector layer, and an emitter layer positively biased relative to the collector. Devices further include a semiconductor layer located between the collector and the emitter. The semiconductor layer includes an organic semiconductor polymer with a donor-acceptor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mingqian He, Robert George Manley, Karan Mehrotra, Hsin-Fei Meng, Hsiao-Wen Zan
  • Patent number: 11737297
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least two light emitting units disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light emitting units each comprises at least one light emitting layer, and a connection layer of a specific structure is further disposed between adjacent two light emitting units. By using a connection layer of a specific structure, the organic light-emitting device reduces the device voltage, prolongs life time of the device, and improves the device performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING SUMMER SPROUT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Gao, Huiqing Pang, Menglan Xie, Chuanjun Xia, Chi Yuen Raymond Kwong
  • Patent number: 11731975
    Abstract: The present invention includes novel organic materials comprising indolo[2,3-c]carbazole linked to an aromatic heterocycle via a carbazole linker. These materials may be useful as host materials for PHOLED devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventor: Jerald Feldman
  • Patent number: 11716902
    Abstract: Devices containing novel carbazole-containing compounds are provided. The novel compounds also contain electron donor groups, aryl linkers, and at least one nitrogen heterocycle. These novel organic compounds can exhibit delayed fluorescence in the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chuanjun Xia, Chun Lin, Raymond Kwong, Scott Joseph, James Esler
  • Patent number: 11713416
    Abstract: A thin film including a combination of a donor compound and an acceptor compound, and a phosphorescent dopant, wherein the donor compound and the acceptor compound form an exciplex having characteristics described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sooghang Ihn, Dalho Huh, Namheon Lee, Jhunmo Son, Hosuk Kang, Sangmo Kim, Jongsoo Kim, Joonghyuk Kim, Hyunjung Kim, Youngmok Son, Myungsun Sim, Yeonsook Chung, Youngseok Park, Yongsik Jung