Patents by Inventor Christian EICKHOFF

Christian EICKHOFF 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: 20200291291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclic diazaboroles, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds according to the invention, and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Amir PARHAM, Jonas KROEBER, Jens ENGELHART, Anja JATSCH, Christian EICKHOFF, Christian EHRENREICH
  • Publication number: 20200295270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Amir PARHAM, Jonas KROEBER, Jens ENGELHART, Anja JATSCH, Christian EICKHOFF, Christian EHRENREICH
  • Publication number: 20200231578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises an electron-transporting host and a hole-transporting host, to the use thereof in electronic devices and to electronic devices containing this composition. The electron-transporting host is particularly preferably selected from the class of the triazine-dibenzofuran-carbazole systems or the class of the triazine-dibenzothiophene-carbazole systems. The hole-transporting host is preferably selected from the class of the biscarbazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Amir PARHAM, Jonas KROEBER, Tobias GROSSMANN, Anja JATSCH, Christian EICKHOFF, Christian EHRENREICH
  • Publication number: 20200216391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises an electron-transporting host and a hole-transporting host, to the use thereof in electronic devices and to electronic devices containing this composition. The electron-transporting host is particularly preferably selected from the class of the lactams. The hole-transporting host is preferably selected from the class of the biscarbazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Amir PARHAM, Jonas KROEBER, Tobias GROSSMANN, Anja JATSCH, Christian EICKHOFF, Christian EHRENREICH
  • Publication number: 20200199138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: AMIR PARHAM, Dominik JOOSTEN, Aurélie LUDEMANN, Tobias GROSSMANN, Jonas KROEBER, Christian EICKHOFF
  • Publication number: 20200168810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a bipolar host and an electron-transporting host, especially for use as matrix material in electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, and especially in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The invention further relates to electronic devices comprising said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Amir PARHAM, Jonas KROEBER, Christian EICKHOFF, Tobias GROSSMANN, Aurélie LUDEMANN, Dominik JOOSTEN
  • Publication number: 20200044162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Amir PARHAM, Jonas KROEBER, Dominik JOOSTEN, Aurelie LUDEMANN, Christian EICKHOFF
  • Patent number: 10370396
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20190016740
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wegenblast, Thomas Beßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 10118939
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20180127448
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 9917260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoactive material comprising a donor substance and an acceptor substance, wherein the donor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described herein, or the acceptor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described herein, or the donor substance comprises or consists of a first compound of formula (I) described herein and the acceptor substance comprises a second compound of formula (I) described herein with the proviso that the first and second compound are not the same, as well as to an organic solar cell comprising said photoactive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sudhakar Sundarraj, Christian Eickhoff, Sheeja Bahulayan, Robert Send, Yuichi Nishimae, Helmut Reichelt, Junichi Tanabe, Peter Erk
  • Patent number: 9862739
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geβner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20170237020
    Abstract: Metal carbene complexes comprising at least one imidazo-quinoxaline ligand, organic electronic devices, especially OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, a light-emitting layer comprising at least one inventive metal carbene complex, an apparatus selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, the use of such a metal carbene complex for electrophotographic photoreceptors, photoelectric converters, organic solar cells (organic photovoltaics), switching elements, organic light emitting field effect transistors (OLEFETs), image sensors, dye lasers and electroluminescent devices and a process for preparing such metal carbene complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Murer, Thomas Geßner, Christian Eickhoff, Jan Birnstock, Falk May, Klaus Kahle
  • Publication number: 20170183367
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20160248021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoactive material comprising a donor substance and an acceptor substance, wherein the donor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described herein, or the acceptor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described herein, or the donor substance comprises or consists of a first compound of formula (I) described herein and the acceptor substance comprises a second compound of formula (I) described herein with the proviso that the first and second compound are not the same, as well as to an organic solar cell comprising said photoactive material. The present invention also relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising or consisting of two or more organic solar cells comprising said photoactive material and to compounds of formula (I) as described herein for use as donor substance or as acceptor substance in a photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sudhakar SUNDARRAJ, Christian EICKHOFF, Sheeja BAHULAYAN, Robert SEND, Yuichi NISHIMAE, Helmut REICHELT, Junichi TANABE, Peter ERK
  • Publication number: 20160211464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoactive material comprising a donor substance and an acceptor substance, wherein the donor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described below, or the acceptor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described below, or the donor substance comprises or consists of a first compound of formula (I) described below and the acceptor substance comprises a second compound of formula (I) described below with the proviso that the first and second compound are not the same, as well as to an organic solar cell or photodetector comprising said photoactive material. The present invention also relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising or consisting of two or more organic solar cells comprising said photoactive material and to compounds of formula (I) as described below for use as donor substance or as acceptor substance in a photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Junichi TANABE, Yuichi NISHIMAE, Christian EICKHOFF, Peter ERK, Ruediger SENS, Robert SEND, Sudhakar SUNDARRAJ