Patents by Inventor Christof Pflumm

Christof Pflumm 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).

  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9620722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) and formula (2), which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Irina Martynova, Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Claire De Nonancourt
  • Compounds for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9608208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of a formula (I), (II) or (III), to the use of this compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III). The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (I), (II) or (III) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I), (II) or (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Irina Martynova, Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm
  • FORMULATIONS OF LUMINESCENT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20170084844
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising organic materials for the production of organic electronic devices having a low failure rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Philipp STOESSEL, Christof PFLUMM, Anja JATSCH, Joachim KAISER, Anna HAYER
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170077418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices, the emitting layer thereof containing a blend of a luminescent material having a narrow singlet-triplet gap and a fluorescent emission material having high steric shielding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp STOESSEL, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Anja JATSCH, Joachim KAISER
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170062732
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: ANJA JATSCH, Tobias GROSSMANN, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Christof PFLUMM, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Philipp STOESSEL, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Rouven LINGE
  • MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170062736
    Abstract: The application relates to compounds having functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, to devices comprising same, and to the preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: AMIR HOSSAIN PARHAM, Tobias GROSSMANN, Anja JATSCH, Thomas EBERLE, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Christof PFLUMM, Lars DOBELMANN
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170033296
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: AMIR HOSSAIN PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Tobias GROSSMANN
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170018722
    Abstract: Triphenylene derivatives, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices, one of example of which is represented by formula 1. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the triphenylene derivatives and to electronic devices comprising the triphenylene derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Anja JATSCH, Rémi M. ANÉMIAN, Bernd SCHRÕDER, Arne BUESING, Philipp STOESSEL, Christof PFLUMM, Jonas V. KROEBER, Thomas EBERLE
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9537105
    Abstract: The present invention describes indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the emission and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices or as matrix material. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • SPIRO-CONDENSED LACTAM COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160372681
    Abstract: The invention relates to polycondensed lactam compounds as materials for use in electronic devices, and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Rouven LINGE
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9515266
    Abstract: Triphenylene derivatives, in particular for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices, one of example of which is represented by formula I. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the triphenylene derivatives and to electronic devices comprising the triphenylene derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Jatsch, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Bernd Schroeder, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel, Christof Pflumm, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Thomas Eberle
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160326429
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which can be used in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Christof PFLUMM, Jonas V. KROEBER
  • Materials for organic electroluminescence devices
    Patent number: 9475792
    Abstract: The present invention describes indenofluorene derivatives of the general formula I, II, III or IV having emitting and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the emission and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • SUBSTITUTED OXEPINES
    Publication number: 20160308146
    Abstract: The invention relates to materials, to electroluminescence devices comprising said materials and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: AMIR HOSSAIN PARHAM, Arne BUESING, Philipp STOESSEL, Anja GERHARD, Christof PFLUMM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Lars DOBELMANN
  • HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20160308147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiro compounds containing electron-conducting groups and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Elvira Montenegro, Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Tobias Grossmann, Thomas Eberle, Lars Dobelmann
  • COMPOUND WITH NOVEL SIX-MEMBERED RING STRUCTURE FOR USE IN ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160301016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds according to formula (I) having a six-membered ring structure substituted with electron donor, electron acceptor and sterically demanding groups. Said compound is suited for use in organic electronic devices, particularly in organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs). Formula (I) wherein Q1 and Q2 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of N, CRA, CRD, and CRS; Z1 and Z2 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of N, CRA and CRD; RA is a group with ?M-effect; RD is a group with +M-effect; and RS is a sterically demanding group, with the provision that the compound of general formula (I) comprises at least one group CRA and at least one group CRD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Philipp STOESSEL, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Anja JATSCH
  • Organic electroluminescent device
    Patent number: 9434877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electro-luminescent devices which in a hole transport layer have a mixture of two or more materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Frank Voges, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160248023
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (1) that have functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, and electronic devices that include a compound of formula (1), and to the preparation of compounds of formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Irina MARTYNOVA, Anja JATSCH, Thomas EBERLE, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Christof PFLUMM
  • Bridged triarylamines and -phosphines as materials for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9422287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound according to formula (I), to the use thereof in an electronic device and to an electronic device which comprises one or more compounds according to formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160240782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formula (1) and to organic electronic devices in which these compounds are used as matrix material in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-blocking or exciton-blocking material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Arne Buesing, Joachim Kaiser