Patents by Inventor Beate Burkhart

Beate Burkhart 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: 11629126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (1). The compounds are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds. In some embodiments, the compounds are used as matrix materials for phosphorescent or fluorescent emitters as well as a hole-blocking or electron-transport materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Katja Maria Scheible, Fabrice Eckes, Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Dominik Joosten, Elvira Montenegro
  • Patent number: 11456420
    Abstract: The present application relates to a blue light-emitting organic electroluminescent device (OLED) having an anode, a cathode, at least one blue light-emitting layer and at least one hole-transport layer, wherein the at least one blue light-emitting layer comprises an elongated bis-indenofluorene derivative as a main component and wherein the at least one hole-transport layer comprises a polymer with non-conjugated units as a main component as well as to a method for producing the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Katja Scheible, Beate Burkhart, Nils Koenen, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Miriam Engel, Aaron Lackner, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 11407854
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymer containing at least one structural unit of a formula (I). The polymer is suitable for use in an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil
  • Publication number: 20220127286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound suitable as ligand for binding to the surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle, said compound comprising an anchor group, a linker group and an organic functional group; a semiconductor nanoparticle have said ligand attached to the outermost particle surface; a composition, a formulation and a process for the preparation of said semiconductor nanoparticle; and an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Itai LIEBERMAN, Manuel HAMBURGER, Christian MATUSCHEK, Thomas EBERLE, Beate BURKHART, Sebastian MEYER
  • Publication number: 20220119590
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers having at least one repeating unit of the following formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4, R and X, and a, b, c, d, e and f can have the meanings defined in claim 1, to processes for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof in electronic or optoelectronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=Organic Light Emitting Diodes). The present invention also relates to electronic or optoelectronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which contain said polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Nils KOENEN, Dominik JOOSTEN, Beate BURKHART, Katja SCHEIBLE, Miriam ENGEL, Holger HEIL
  • Patent number: 11261291
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymer containing at least one structural unit of a formula (I) and at least one further structural unit selected from structural units A, B and C. The present application further relates to the use of the polymer in an electronic device and to a process for preparing the polymer. The present application further relates to an electronic device comprising the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Maria Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 11258020
    Abstract: A method produces cross-linked hole-conducting electric layers by converting functionalized p-dopants. The functionalized p-dopants are organic metal complexes containing at least one central atom and organic ligands, wherein the central atom is selected from a metal of the groups 6-15 of the periodic table, and at least one of the organic ligands is selected from the following formulas I-V, in which E independently of one another is oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or N(E1)x, and each Rv has at least one functionalizing group selected from the group RF including —OH, —COOH, —NH2, —NHR?, halogen, C2-C40-alkenyl, -dienyl, -alkinyl, -alkenyloxy, -dienyloxy, -alkinyloxy, acrylic acid, oxetan, oxiran, silane, acrylic acid, anhydride, and cyclobutane or consists of the groups, and G=C(RF)uHvFw where u+v+w=3 and n=1-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: OSRAM OLED GmbH, MERCK Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Schmid, Florian Kessler, Katja Stegmaier, Fabrice Eckes, Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Henning Seim
  • Patent number: 11189801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formulae (1) and (2) and to organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, in which these compounds are used as host material or dopant in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge
  • Patent number: 11158816
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of a formula (I) or formula (II) which is suitable for use as functional material in an electronic device, especially as emitter material in an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy
  • Publication number: 20210277176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations comprising at least one hyperbranched polymer which contains 30 to 70 mol % of at least one hole-transporting recurring unit A, 5 to 30 mol % of least one branching recurring unit B, 5 to 30 mol % of at least one further recurring unit C and 5 to 40 mol % of least one end group E, where the recurring units A, B and C are different from one another, and at least one organic solvent, characterised in that the formulation has a viscosity of ?25 mPas. The present invention furthermore relates to the corresponding hyperbranched polymers and to processes for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Miriam Engel, Matthias Hengst, Holger Heil, Manuel Hamburger, Christoph Leonhard, Gaelle Bealle
  • Patent number: 11063221
    Abstract: The present application relates to a substituted benzanthracene compound of a formula (I) or (II). The application furthermore relates to an electronic device which comprises the said benzanthracene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Beate Burkhart, Sebastian Meyer
  • Patent number: 10892414
    Abstract: Described herein is a process for the preparation of an electronic device such as an organic electroluminescent device (OLED), wherein two adjacent functional layers having an interface are formed from solution in a kinetically controlled manner. The process is particularly suitable for fast and efficient production of electronic devices by printing or coating processes. The description further relates to an electronic device which is obtainable by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Gaelle Béalle, Christoph Leonhard, Hsin-Rong Tseng, Manuel Hamburger, Beate Burkhart, Katja Maria Scheible, Anja Jatsch
  • Patent number: 10790456
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of a formula (I), to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices, and to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Linge Rouven, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20200216605
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymer containing at least one structural unit of a formula (I). The polymer is suitable for use in an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10696664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formula (1) and to organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, in which these compounds are used as host material or dopant in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy
  • Publication number: 20200144505
    Abstract: The present application relates to a blue light-emitting organic electroluminescent device (OLED) having an anode, a cathode, at least one blue light-emitting layer and at least one hole-transport layer, wherein the at least one blue light-emitting layer comprises an elongated bis-indenofluorene derivative as a main component and wherein the at least one hole-transport layer comprises a polymer with non-conjugated units as a main component as well as to a method for producing the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Scheible, Beate Burkhart, Nils Koenen, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Miriam Engel, Aaron Lackner, Holger Heil
  • Publication number: 20200066990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an electronic device such as an organic electroluminescent device (OLED), wherein two adjacent functional layers having an interface are formed from solution in a kinetically controlled manner. The process is particularly suitable for fast and efficient production of electronic devices by printing or coating processes. The invention further relates to an electronic device which is obtainable by said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Gaelle BÉALLE, Christoph LEONHARD, Hsin-Rong TSENG, Manuel HAMBURGER, Beate BURKHART, Katja SCHEIBLE, Anja JATSCH
  • Patent number: 10559756
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds with benzindenofluorene base bodies having a structure of formula (I): and to the use thereof in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Beate Burkhart, Amandine Darsy
  • Patent number: 10487262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or (II), which is suitable for use as functional material in an electronic device, in particular as emitter material in an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Amandine Darsy, Rouven Linge
  • Publication number: 20190322796
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymer containing at least one structural unit of a formula (I) and at least one further structural unit selected from structural units A, B and C. The present application further relates to the use of the polymer in an electronic device and to a process for preparing the polymer. The present application further relates to an electronic device comprising the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Maria Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil