Patents by Inventor Andreas Taugerbeck

Andreas Taugerbeck 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: 20160159763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas TAUGERBECK, Achim GOETZ, Alexander HAHN, Martin ENGEL
  • Patent number: 9347000
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays having a polymer-stabilised blue phase, and in LC media for LC displays of the PS or PSA (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment”) type, and to LC media and LC displays comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Jansen, Andreas Taugerbeck, Helmut Haensel, Achim Goetz
  • Publication number: 20160115388
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic compounds of formula I-Z to mesogenic media, preferably exhibiting a blue phase, comprising a component, component A, consisting of one or more compounds of formula I-Z, and, preferably, a second component, component B, consisting of one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I-M and I-U, wherein the parameters are as specified in the text, preferably stabilised by a polymer, and their use in electro-optical light modulation elements and their respective use in displays, as well as to such displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Matthias BREMER, Andreas TAUGERBECK
  • Patent number: 9315729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, in particular liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays having a polymer-stabilised blue phase, and LC media for LC displays of the PS or PSA type (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Norihiko Tanaka, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 9279082
    Abstract: Polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Taugerbeck, Achim Goetz, Alexander Hahn, Martin Engel
  • Publication number: 20160060530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature-reactive device for the regulation of light transmission, containing a liquid-crystalline medium and a compound of formula I, capable of promoting or inducing homeotropic alignment to the adjacent liquid crystal medium at a given temperature. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the temperature-dependent control of light transmission through a layer of a liquid-crystalline medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Graziano ARCHETTI, Andreas TAUGERBECK
  • Patent number: 9249355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media (LC media) comprising self-aligning additives which effect homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell walls of a liquid-crystal display (LC display). The invention therefore also encompasses LC displays having homeotropic alignment of the liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium) without conventional imide alignment layers. The LC media are optionally supplemented by a polymerisable or polymerised component, which serves for stabilisation of the alignment, for adjustment of the tilt angle and/or as passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Graziano Archetti, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 9234136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having a negative dielectric anisotropy which contains at least one self-aligning additive, especially at least one additive selected from the group of the compounds of the formula IA to ID in which R1A, R1B, R1C, L1-12, R1D, Ring l, u, v, w, x, y, z and m have the meanings indicated in Claim 4 and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA and PS-VA effect in LC displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Graziano Archetti, Andreas Taugerbeck, Renate Bender, Ming-Chou Wu
  • Publication number: 20150322342
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds of the formula I and to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds which contains at least one compound of the formula I in which R1, L1, L2 and L3 and m have the meanings indicated in claim 1 and to the use of the LC mixtures for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA and PS-VA effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Graziano ARCHETTI, Andreas TAUGERBECK, Izumi SAITO
  • Patent number: 9181482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (polymer-stabilised) and PSA (polymer-sustained alignment) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Goetz, Erdal Durmaz, Malgorzata Rillich, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Publication number: 20150301368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media (LC media) having negative or positive dielectric anisotropy comprising self-alignment additives (SAMs) with an at least one bifunctional or polyfunctional anchor group, which effects the homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell walls of a liquid-crystal display (LC display). The invention therefore also encompasses LC displays having homeotropic alignment of the liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium) without conventional imide alignment layers. The LC media may be supplemented by a polymerizable or polymerized component, which serves for stabilisation of the alignment, for adjustment of the tilt angle and/or as passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Graziano ARCHETTI, Andreas TAUGERBECK, Renate BENDER, Rocco FORTTE, Peer KIRSCH, Izumi SAITO
  • Patent number: 9133395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerizable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Taugerbeck, Martin Engel
  • Patent number: 9120970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystal displays (LC displays) with polymer-stabilized, homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium) without conventional imide alignment layers. The LC medium according to the invention comprises particles having a mass of at least 450 Da which have been functionalized by a polar, organic anchor group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Graziano Archetti, Andreas Taugerbeck, Renate Bender
  • Patent number: 9096795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilised) and PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Taugerbeck, Alexander Hahn, Achim Goetz
  • Patent number: 9090822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS or PSA type (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment” respectively).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Goetz, Christoph Marten, Sven Christian Laut, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 9045683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Taugerbeck, Achim Goetz, Stephan Derow
  • Patent number: 8940184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PS (“polymer sustained”) or PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Taugerbeck, Achim Goetz
  • Publication number: 20140362334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays having a polymer-stabilised blue phase, and in LC media for LC displays of the PS or PSA (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment”) type, and to LC media and LC displays comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Axel JANSEN, Andreas TAUGERBECK, Helmut HAENSEL, Achim GOETZ
  • Patent number: 8895117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays having a polymer-stabilized blue phase, and in LC media for LC displays of the PS or PSA (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment”) type, and to LC media and LC displays comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Jansen, Andreas Taugerbeck, Helmut Haensel, Achim Goetz
  • Patent number: 8778466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal display of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to novel liquid-crystal media and novel polymerizable compounds for use in PSA displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bernatz, Andreas Taugerbeck