Patents Examined by J. L. Yang
  • Patent number: 9978956
    Abstract: A compound having a structure of Formula I: is provided. In the structure of Formula I, each one of X1 to X16 is independently CRX or N; each RX and R are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, carbazole, azacarbazole, dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene, dibenzoselenophene, azadibenzofuran, azadibenzothiophene, azadibenzoselenophene, triphenylene, azatriphenylene, and combinations thereof; and any adjacent RX can join to form fused or unfused rings. Formulations and devices, such as an OLEDs, that include the compound containing a structure of Formula I are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kit Yee Tsang, Chi Hang Lee, Raymond Kwong
  • Patent number: 9972805
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display panel includes a light emitting diode array substrate and an encapsulation substrate adhered to the light emitting array diode substrate by an adhesive film. The light emitting array diode substrate includes a driving thin film transistor formed on a substrate, an organic light emitting diode including a first electrode connected to the driving thin film transistor, an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the organic emission layer, and first and second passivation layers formed on the second electrode. In this regard, the first passivation layer is formed of an organic compound having at least one of the structural formulae described in Formula 1 below: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are each independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted C6-C40 aromatic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Dae Seo, Chang-Wook Han, Yoon-Heung Tak, Hyo-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 9969932
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device (1) comprising (a) a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and (b) a light converter (100) configured to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into visible converter light (111), wherein the light converter (100) comprises a matrix (120) containing an organic luminescent material (140) of the benzoxanthene derivative type. The lighting device may further comprise a further luminescent material (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johan Lub, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Dirk Veldman
  • Patent number: 9960368
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound which can be used for a light-emitting element, as a host material of a light-emitting layer in which a light-emitting substance is dispersed. A heterocyclic compound represented by a general formula (G1) is provided. In the formula, A represents any of a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group, R11 to R19 separately represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, and Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kadoma, Yasushi Kitano, Satoko Shitagaki, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9960360
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including: an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer formed of an organic compound and interposed between the cathode and the anode, and two or more layers provided in a hole-injecting/hole-transporting region between the anode and the emitting layer; of the layers which are provided in the hole-injecting/hole-transporting region, a layer which is in contact with the emitting layer containing a compound represented by the formula (1); and of the layers which are provided in the hole-injecting/hole-transporting region, a layer which is interposed between the anode and the layer which is in contact with the emitting layer containing an amine derivative represented by the formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Emiko Kambe, Akifumi Nakamura, Yasunori Kijima, Tadahiko Yoshinaga, Shigeyuki Matsunami
  • Patent number: 9935276
    Abstract: Compounds including a ligand L according to Formula I devices containing the same and formulations including the same are described. In Formula I, B is a 5 or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; C is a condensed aromatic ring system having at least two carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings; A-B represents a bonded pair of carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings coordinated to a metal M via a nitrogen atom in ring A and an sp2 hybridized atom X6 in ring B; RA, RB and RC can represent no substitutions or the maximum substitutions available on the respective ring; X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6 are carbon or nd nitrogen, and X7 is carbon; at least one of RA and RC substituents adjacent to the bond between A and C is not hydrogen; and the ligand is coordinated to a metal, having an atomic number greater than 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bert Alleyne, Raymond Kwong
  • Patent number: 9905781
    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, the organic layer including an emission layer; wherein the organic layer includes a condensed cyclic compound of Formula 1: The organic light-emitting device including the condensed cyclic compound may exhibit low driving voltage, high efficiency, high luminance, and long lifespan characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyein Jeong, Jungsub Lee
  • Patent number: 9899608
    Abstract: An object is to provide a novel heterocyclic compound which can be used for a light-emitting element, as a host material of a light-emitting layer in which a light-emitting substance is dispersed. Other objects are to provide a light-emitting element having low driving voltage, a light-emitting element having high current efficiency, and a light-emitting element having a long lifetime. Provided are a light-emitting element including a compound in which a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline ring and a hole-transport skeleton are bonded through an arylene group, and a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each using this light-emitting element. The heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kadoma, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9899606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for organic electroluminescent element, which comprises: a solvent; and a compound group ? for organic electroluminescent element that is constituted of at least two kinds of compounds which each have a molecular weight of 3,000 or less and have a structure comprising a plurality of aromatic ring groups linked to each other, wherein the compound group ? comprises: a compound ?1; and another compound ?n satisfying a specific condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Gorohmaru, Tomomi Okamoto, Wataru Shimizu, Kazuhiro Nagayama, Takashi Oya, Koichi Ishibashi, Ichiro Imada
  • Patent number: 9893301
    Abstract: Heterocyclic compounds, synthetic methods for preparing the same, and organic light-emitting display devices comprising the same are described. The subject heterocyclic compounds may comprise an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring fused with a carbazole, dibenzothiophene, or dibenzofurane derivative, the compounds featuring rigid backbone structures with high glass transition temperatures and high melting points. The subject heterocyclic compounds may exhibit high electrical stability, improved charge transport ability, high heat resistance and improved light-emitting properties when used in organic light-emitting devices. Organic light-emitting display devices prepared according to the present invention exhibit lower driving voltages, increased luminescent efficiencies and longer lifetimes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum-Woo Park, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Sun-Young Lee, Jong-Won Choi, Wha-Il Choi, So-Yeon Kim, Ji-Youn Lee, Jin-Young Yun
  • Patent number: 9887367
    Abstract: A heterocyclic compound in which three 5-membered rings are fused to a benzene ring and a saturated or unsaturated ring is further fused to each of the 5-membered rings is a novel material, which is useful as a material for organic electroluminescence devices for the production of organic electroluminescence devices and electronic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Haketa, Masahiro Kawamura, Kazuki Nishimura, Yumiko Mizuki
  • Patent number: 9882145
    Abstract: The present specification provides a novel compound greatly improving the life span, efficiency, electrical and chemical stability and thermal stability of an organic light emitting device, and an organic light emitting device containing the compound in an organic compound layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sangbin Lee, Dong Uk Heo, Jungi Jang, Seong So Kim, Dong Hoon Lee, Boonjae Jang, Minyoung Kang
  • Patent number: 9882138
    Abstract: A novel organic compound with which the emission characteristics, emission efficiency, and reliability of a light-emitting element can be improved; a light-emitting element including the organic compound; and a light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each including the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes a hole-transport layer and a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. At least one of the hole-transport layer and the light-emitting layer includes an organic compound having a skeleton represented by General Formula (G0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harue Osaka, Kaori Ogita, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9876177
    Abstract: Provided is a thiadiazole compound with high efficiency and long life which emits light in a near-infrared region and represented by Formula (I). [In the Formula (I), As each independently represent an aryl group which may have a substituent or a diarylamino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Hidetoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9876174
    Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula I. In Formula I: R3-R16 are the same or different and are H, D, alkyl, silyl, aryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated silyl, or deuterated aryl, where no more than two R1-R16 are biphenyl and where at least two of R1-R16 have Formula II. In Formula II: Ar is phenyl, naphthyl, heteroaryl, spirofluorenyl, or a deuterated analog thereof; R11 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, silyl, aryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated silyl, or deuterated aryl, where adjacent R11 groups can join to form a fused aromatic ring or fused deuterated aromatic ring; m is an integer form 0-4; n is an integer from 1-5; and the asterisk represents a point of attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Weishi Wu, Weiying Gao
  • Patent number: 9876187
    Abstract: In a light-emitting element including an EL layer between a pair of electrodes, between an electrode functioning as an anode and a fourth layer having a light-emitting property (light-emitting layer), the EL layer includes at least a first layer having a hole-injecting property (hole-injecting layer), a second layer having a hole-transporting property (first hole-transporting layer), and a third layer having a hole-transporting property (second hole-transporting layer). The absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital level (HOMO level) of the second layer is larger than the absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital level (HOMO level) of each of the first layer and the third layer. With such a structure, the rate of transport of holes injected from the electrode functioning as an anode is reduced and emission efficiency of the light-emitting element is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoko Shitagaki, Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 9871207
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel compound capable of improving light emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of the element, an organic element using the same, and an electric device for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: DUK SAN NEOLUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonsam Kim, Sunhee Lee, Hyeryeong Kim, Jaewan Jang, Yuri Kim, Junghwan Park, Seongje Park
  • Patent number: 9871210
    Abstract: Naphthotriazole derivatives represented by the following general formula (1), wherein, Ar1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and A is a group that contains an aromatic heterocyclic group. The compound features excellent electron injection/transporting capability, a high hole-blocking power and a high stability in the form of a thin film, and can be used as a material for producing highly efficient and highly durable organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Nagaoka, Shigetaka Numazawa, Mari Toriya, Shingo Ozawa, Shigeru Kusano
  • Patent number: 9865820
    Abstract: A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, wherein, in Formula 1, L1, E1, R1, X11 to X13, X21 to X26, a1, and b1 are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungsun Kim, Byungku Kim, Youngkwon Kim, Changwoo Kim, Changju Shin, Seungjae Lee, Eunsun Yu, Byoungki Choi, Kyuyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 9860960
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescence display device including: a substrate; a plurality of lower electrodes formed thereon for each of a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements; a plurality of hole injecting/transporting layers capable of either hole injection or hole transportation which are formed on the lower electrodes for each of the organic electroluminescence elements; a plurality of organic light emitting layers containing a low-molecular weight material which are formed on the hole injecting/transporting layers for each of the organic electroluminescence elements; an electron injecting/transporting layer capable of either electron injection or electron transportation which is formed over the entire surface of the organic light emitting layers; and an upper electrode formed on the electron injecting/transporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Toshiki Matsumoto, Tadahiko Yoshinaga