Patents by Inventor Aurélie Ludemann

Aurélie Ludemann 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).

  • Patent number: 9728724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer which comprises at least one structural unit which contains at least one aldehyde group, and to a process for the preparation of a crosslinkable or crosslinked polymer including a polymer which contains aldehyde groups. The present invention thus also relates to a crosslinkable polymer and a crosslinked polymer which is prepared by the process according to the invention, and to the use of this crosslinked polymer in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi M. Anémian, Alice Julliart
  • Patent number: 9653687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture comprising a) a polymer which contains at least one L=X structural unit, b) a triplet emitter compound and c) a carbazole compound or a soluble neutral molecule. The invention furthermore relates to organic electroluminescent devices which contain the mixture according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Almut Rapp
  • Patent number: 9583717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinkable compounds, to the crosslinked compounds obtained from these compounds, and to processes for the preparation thereof. The invention is furthermore directed to the use of these compounds in electronic devices and to the corresponding electronic devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Alice Julliart, Anna Hayer, Anja Gerhard, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Fabrice Eckes
  • Patent number: 9534077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electroluminescent polymers which comprise indenofluorenarylamine derivatives as recurring units, to a process for the preparation thereof, to blends and formulations comprising these polymers, and to the use of these polymers or blends in electronic devices, in particular in organic light-emitting diodes, so-called OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan
  • Publication number: 20160301003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising organic light emitting materials and/or charge transporting materials and a polymeric binder which comprises acrylic and/or methacrylic acid ester units, to their use as conducting inks for the preparation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OLED devices using the novel formulations, and to OLED devices prepared from such methods and formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Junyou PAN, Aurélie LUDEMANN, Christoph LEONHARD, Philip E. MAY
  • Patent number: 9394406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers containing substituted benzodithiophene units and to blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in organic electronic devices and to these devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann
  • Publication number: 20160181538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device comprising a) an anode, b) a cathode, c) at least one emitter layer, which is arranged between the anode and the cathode, containing at least one semi-conductive, organic material, and d) at least one intermediate layer, which is arranged between the at least one emitter layer and the anode, and which contains a polymer having hole-conducting structural units. The device is characterized in that the polymer having hole-conducting structural units additionally have structural units having electron-conducting properties. The devices according to the invention have significantly longer service lives compared to known devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurelie Ludemann, Susanne Heun, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9368726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer which contains at least one structural unit which has electron-transport properties, to processes for the preparation thereof and to mixtures (blends), solutions and formulations which comprise these polymers. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of these polymers in electronic devices, in particular in organic electro-luminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diodes), and to these organic electroluminescent devices themselves. The polymers according to the invention exhibit improved efficiency, in particular on use in OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Publication number: 20160163987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device containing a) an anode, b) a cathode and c) at least one first emitter layer arranged between anode and cathode, containing at least one semiconducting, organic material, said device being characterized in that at least one second emitter layer comprising at least one polymer having hole-conducting properties and at least one emitter is arranged between the first emitter layer and the anode, and to the use thereof. The use of two emitter layers allows simple production from solution, and the production of electroluminescence devices having broadband emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurelie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9349960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers which contain substituted indenofluorene derivatives as structural unit, to substituted indenofluorene derivatives, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, to mixtures and solutions which comprise the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diode).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Junyou Pan, Thomas Eberle
  • Patent number: 9315617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cross-linkable and cross-linked polymers and to a method for the production thereof. The invention further relates to the use of said polymers in electronic devices and to the corresponding electronic devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, René Peter Scheurich, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Alice Julliart
  • Patent number: 9236571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric materials which have electron-transporting, hole-transporting and/or emitting units in the side chains. The present invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to the use of these polymers in electroluminescent devices and to electroluminescent devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, René P. Scheurich, Thomas Eberle, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9231220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices comprising at least one compound of the formula (1) where X is N and Y is CR1, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Mamouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Thomas Eberle, Sigurd Hoeger, Eva M. Reis, Vanessa Bobbe
  • Publication number: 20150364689
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) A?B]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as a host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit that has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Publication number: 20150325793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer which comprises at least one structural unit which contains at least one aldehyde group, and to a process for the preparation of a crosslinkable or crosslinked polymer including a polymer which contains aldehyde groups. The present invention thus also relates to a crosslinkable polymer and a crosslinked polymer which is prepared by the process according to the invention, and to the use of this crosslinked polymer in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting device).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi M. Anémian, Alice Julliart
  • Patent number: 9175132
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units which contain alkylalkoxy groups, and blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in opto-electronic devices and to these devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Anna Hayer, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Patent number: 9159930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two functional compounds of the general formula (I) where A is a functional structural element, B is a solubility-promoting structural element and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20, the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I) where Ar1, Ar2 is each, independently of one another, an aryl or heteroaryl group, which may be substituted by one or more radicals R of any desired type, X is in each case, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH, R1, R2 is each, independently of one another, hydrogen, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms or is a silyl group or a substituted keto group having 1 to 40 C atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms, an aryloxycarbonyl group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 9156939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer which comprises at least one structural unit which contains at least one aldehyde group, and to a process for the preparation of a crosslinkable or crosslinked polymer including a polymer which contains aldehyde groups. The present invention thus also relates to a crosslinkable polymer and a crosslinked polymer which is prepared by the process according to the invention, and to the use of this crosslinked polymer in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Alice Julliart
  • Patent number: 9150687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic devices comprising organic semiconductors whose content of halogens is less than 20 ppm. This increases the lifetime and the efficiency of the corresponding electronic devices, and these materials are thus better suited to use in organic electronic devices than materials with a higher halogen content. The present invention further relates to corresponding organic semiconductors and to a process for their production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Spreitzer, Aurélie Ludemann, René Scheurich, Niels Schulte, Arne Büsing, Philipp Stössel
  • Publication number: 20150270489
    Abstract: The invention concerns polymers, electroluminescence devices, compositions and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Martin Engel, Nils Koenen, Aurélie Ludemann