Patents by Inventor Akihiro Senoo

Akihiro Senoo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090278447
    Abstract: An organic luminescent device having organic-compound layers is provided which takes on luminous hues with very good purity and has optical power with high efficiency, high luminance and a long life. At least one of the organic-compound layers contains a benzo[k]fluoranthene compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 is a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl and a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, and R1 's may be the same or different; R10 to R20 are each independently a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, aralkyl, phenyl, a condensed bicyclic aromatic group and a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; and a is an integer of 0 or more to 9 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Masanori Muratsubaki, Satoshi Igawa, Hiroki Ohrui, Chika Negishi, Masashi Hashimoto, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada
  • Patent number: 7604873
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light emitting device having a long-life optical output. The organic light emitting device according to the present invention is provided with an emission layer including at least a host material, a light emitting material, and another material, wherein the another material has a smaller ionization potential than and almost the same hole mobility as or a greater hole mobility than an ionization potential and a hole mobility of a compound which forms an emission layer-side-interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Naoki Yamada, Masataka Yashima, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20090218940
    Abstract: A novel phenanthroline compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is selected from a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic group, and a halogen atom; and Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and each is selected from an unsubstituted or substituted fluorenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted fluoranthenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted perylenyl group, and an unsubstituted or substituted carbazolyl group). An organic light emitting device using the phenanthroline compound is also provided that has a light output with a high efficiency and a high luminance and has a high long-term durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Maki Okajima, Tatsundo Kawai, Takao Takiguchi, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Toshinori Hasegawa, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7550594
    Abstract: A novel phenanthroline compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is selected from a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic group, and a halogen atom; and Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and each is selected from an unsubstituted or substituted fluorenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted fluoranthenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted perylenyl group, and an unsubstituted or substituted carbazolyl group). An organic light emitting device using the phenanthroline compound is also provided that has a light output with a high efficiency and a high luminance and has a high long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maki Okajima, Tatsundo Kawai, Takao Takiguchi, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Toshinori Hasegawa, Keiji Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20090121625
    Abstract: To provide a material for an organic light emitting device showing a light emission hue with an extremely good purity and outputting light having high luminance and a long lifetime with high efficiency, the present invention relates to a fused heterocyclic compound having at least one partial structure represented by the following general formula [1].
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohrui, Shinjiro Okada, Akihiro Senoo, Naoki Yamada, Masanori Muratsubaki
  • Patent number: 7510781
    Abstract: Provided are a novel spiro compound, and an organic luminescence device using the spiro compound and having an optical output with an extremely high efficiency and a high luminance, and an extremely high durability. The Spiro compound is represented by the following general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, a cyano group, or a halogen atom, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be identical or different from each other; and Ar1 and Ar2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, which may be identical or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Mizuho Hiraoki, Akihiro Senoo, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Akihito Saito
  • Publication number: 20090079344
    Abstract: Provided is a novel dibenzo[a,c]anthracene compound having substituents, which can be used in an organic light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Masanori Muratsubaki, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada, Minako Nakasu
  • Patent number: 7491450
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device having a high-efficiency optical output with high luminance and long life, which includes at least: a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode; and one or more organic-compound-containing layers sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, and in which among the organic-compound-containing layers, at least one layer having a light-emitting region contains a first compound represented by the following general formula [1] and a second compound having a band gap larger than a band gap of the first compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20090033211
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an organic light emitting device array whose power source voltage is not raised. The difference in ionization potential between a host material and a hole transport layer and the difference in electron affinity between a host material and of an electron transport layer are set in a favorable range for all organic light emitting devices which emit light of different colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Akihiro Senoo, Akihito Saitoh
  • Publication number: 20090033210
    Abstract: To provide a novel fluoranthene derivative and an organic light emitting device having the fluoranthene derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Masanori Muratsubaki, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada, Minako Nakasu
  • Publication number: 20080297034
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel compound used as a material for organic light-emitting elements, and an organic light-emitting element which has highly efficient and highly luminescent optical power and is superior in durability. The organic light-emitting element includes an anode and a cathode, and a layer which contains an organic compound and is held between the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigemoto Abe, Akihiro Senoo, Jun Kamatani, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080161574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel diazafluorene compound for manufacturing a 4,5-diazafluorene derivative. The diazafluorene compound is represented by the general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and may be the same or different from each other; and X1 and X2 each represent a halogen atom, and may be the same or different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohrui, Akihiro Senoo, Tetsuya Kosuge
  • Publication number: 20080154040
    Abstract: A novel azafluorene derivative and an organic light-emitting device having the derivative are provided. The organic light-emitting device includes a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode one of which is a transparent or semi-transparent electrode, and an organic compound layer interposed between the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kosuge, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroki Ohrui, Masanori Muratsubaki
  • Patent number: 7387845
    Abstract: A novel monoamino compound is provided. Using the monoamino compound, an organic luminescence device is provided, which exhibits a luminescence hue with extremely high purity, and having an optical output of a high luminance with a high efficiency and a long life time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Mizuho Hiraoka, Akihiro Senoo, Hiroshi Tanabe, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi
  • Publication number: 20080138656
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound which is useful as a material for an organic electroluminescent device. The heterocyclic compound is represented by the general formula [I]: wherein X represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom; Y represents O or S; R1 and R2 each represent, independently of one another, a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group and the like; a represents 0 or more and 3 or less; b represents 0 or more and 3 or less; and Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring or the like; and n represents an integer of 2 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohrui, Akihiro Senoo, Tetsuya Kosuge, Taiki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7375250
    Abstract: There is provided an aminoanthryl derivative substitution compound represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno, Keiji Okinaka, Koichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7358409
    Abstract: There is disclosed a substituted anthryl derivative is represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno, Keiji Okinaka, Koichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7338721
    Abstract: A new condensed polycyclic compound represented by general formula [I]: wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, a substituted amino or a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, each having no substituent or a substituent; and Ar1 to Ar5 are the same or different and are each independently a condensed polycyclic aromatic group or a condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, each having no substituent or a substituent is used for an organic light-emitting device that is extremely efficient in a light output with high luminance and is extremely durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Suzuki, Tatsundo Kawai, Akihiro Senoo, Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Maki Okajima
  • Patent number: 7309533
    Abstract: An anthryl derivative group substituted compound having a specific chemical structure is provided. This compound is used for producing an organic luminescent device which can emit luminescent hues with a very high purity and effect light emission with a high luminescence efficiency and a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno, Keiji Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20070249878
    Abstract: A high-performance organic light-emitting element and a novel organic compound realizing the above element are provided. A fluoranthene compound having a specific structure and an organic light-emitting element using the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironobu Iwawaki, Chika Negishi, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Masashi Hashimoto