Patents by Inventor Constanze Brocke

Constanze Brocke 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).

  • Liquid crystal medium and high frequency components comprising same
    Patent number: 9605204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Liquid-crystalline medium and high-frequency components comprising same
    Patent number: 9593279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Dagmar Klass, Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170044437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Monika BAUER, Martina WINDHORST, Marcus REUTER, Constanze BROCKE, Rocco FORTTE, Matthias BREMER, Sabine SCHOEN
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170044438
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Monika BAUER, Martina WINDHORST, Marcus REUTER, Constanze BROCKE, Rocco FORTTE, Matthias BREMER, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Polymerizable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal displays
    Patent number: 9567526
    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 PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Engel, Eveline Baron, Constanze Brocke, Helga Haas, Stephan Derow, Christoph Marten, Qiong Tong
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20160362606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerizable compounds and liquid crystalline media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid crystalline displays, especially in liquid crystalline displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Qiong TONG, Nico SCHWEBEL, Constanze BROCKE, Kaja Christina DEING, Julian VOGT, Elisabeth MEYER
  • Liquid crystal medium and high-frequency components comprising same
    Patent number: 9493703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high-frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • FLUORINATED DIBENZOFURAN AND DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20160298034
    Abstract: Disclosed are dibenzofuran and dibenzothiophene derivatives of the general formula I, in which X1, X2, W, Y, R, A, Z and m have the meaning defined in claim 1, to a process for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof as components in liquid-crystalline media, and to electro-optical display elements which contain the liquid-crystalline media according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Lars LIETZAU, Constanze BROCKE, Volker REIFFENRATH, Atsutaka MANABE
  • ALKINYL-TOLANES, LIQUID-CRYSTAL MIXTURES CONTAINING THEM AND COMPONENTS FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20160208167
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the description, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tunable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christian JASPER, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH, Volker REIFFENRATH, Atsutaka MANABE
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160190447
    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: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20160152587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Monika BAUER, Martina WINDHORST, Marcus REUTER, Constanze BROCKE, Rocco FORTTE, Matthias BREMER, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9312495
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENTS COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20160040066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Dagmar KLASS, Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH
  • POLYMERISABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20160032189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Eveline BARON, Julian VOGT, Qiong TONG, Constanze BROCKE, Helga HAAS, Alexander HAHN
  • COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150340613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and to the use thereof in organic electronic devices, and to organic electronic devices which comprise compounds of the formula (I), preferably as hole-transport materials and/or as matrix materials, in particular in combination with a further matrix material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: AMIR H. PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Constanze Brocke
  • POLYMERISABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20150267119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Eveline BARON, Julian VOGT, Qiong TONG, Constanze BROCKE, Helga HAAS, Alexander HAHN
  • COMPOUNDS HAVING A C-C TRIPLE BOND AND USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20150267115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing at least one C—C triple bond of the formula I R1-[A1-Z1]m-A2A3-[Z2-A4]n-[Z3-A5]o-R2??I, which have neutral dielectric anisotropy, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the giga- and terahertz region, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable phased-array antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Constanze Brocke, Christian Jasper, Detlef Pauluth, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Compounds for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9133119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and to the use thereof in organic electronic devices, and to organic electronic devices which comprise compounds of the formula (I), preferably as hole-transport materials and/or as matrix materials, in particular in combination with a further matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Constanze Brocke
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM AND HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENTS COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20150014584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20140375943
    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 PSA (“polymer sustained alignment”) type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Martin ENGEL, Eveline BARON, Constanze BROCKE, Helga HAAS, Stephan DEROW, Christoph MARTEN, Qiong TONG