Patents by Inventor Alexander Tronnier

Alexander Tronnier 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).

  • Pt- or Pd-carbene complexes for use in organic light emitting diodes
    Patent number: 10424746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complexes, to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising at least one such Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complex, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complex, a device, for example stationary or mobile visual display units or illumination means, comprising a corresponding OLED, and to the use of the inventive Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complexes in OLEDs, for example as emitters, matrix materials, charge transport materials and/or charge blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Mario Tenne
  • TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES WITH CARBENE LIGANDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN OLEDS
    Publication number: 20180090693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to palladium and platinum complexes with one bidentate carbene ligand of the general formula to OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Stefan Metz, Ute Heinemeyer
  • PT- OR PD-CARBENE COMPLEXES FOR USE IN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
    Publication number: 20170365803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complexes, to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising at least one such Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complex, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complex, a device, for example stationary or mobile visual display units or illumination means, comprising a corresponding OLED, and to the use of the inventive Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complexes in OLEDs, for example as emitters, matrix materials, charge transport materials and/or charge blockers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Mario Tenne
  • Dinuclear metal complexes comprising carbene ligands and the use thereof in OLEDs
    Patent number: 9590196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dinuclear metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from platinum and palladium, where both metal atoms are cyclometalated to the same aromatic group, to OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Ute Heinemeyer
  • TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES WITH CARBENE LIGANDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN OLEDS
    Publication number: 20150243912
    Abstract: The palladium and platinum complexes with one bidentate carbene ligand have the general formula (I). The OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) comprise the said complexes. A device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary units and mobile visual display units comprises the said OLEDs. The use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Stefan Metz, Ute Heinemeyer
  • DINUCLEAR METAL COMPLEXES COMPRISING CARBENE LIGANDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN OLEDS
    Publication number: 20150171350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dinuclear metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from platinum and palladium, where both metal atoms are cyclometalated to the same aromatic group, to OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Ute Heinemeyer