Patents by Inventor David Christoph Mueller

David Christoph Mueller 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: 9647222
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as gate insulator layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin gate insulator and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin gate insulator layers and electronic devices encompassing such layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 9647213
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 9583713
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20150372246
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as gate insulator layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin gate insulator and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin gate insulator layers and electronic devices encompassing such layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20150349263
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Pawel Miskiewickz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 9175123
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as gate insulator layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin gate insulator and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin gate insulator layers and electronic devices encompassing such layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 8883546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing improved electronic devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), with patterned insulator and organic semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
  • Patent number: 8637343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an electronic device using a protection layer, and to improved electronic devices prepared by this process, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Simon Dominic Ogier
  • Publication number: 20130153885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing improved electronic devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), with patterned insulator and organic semiconductor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
  • Patent number: 8426848
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electronic (OE) device, in particular a transistor, comprising an interlayer between the gate insulator and the gate electrode, to novel processes for preparing the device, and to dielectric materials for use in the interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Pawel Miskiewicz
  • Publication number: 20120153285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solution processable passivation layers for organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising such passivation layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Mark James, Nils Greinert, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Paul Craig Brookes, David Christoph Mueller, Philip Edward May, Stephen Armstrong, Sivanand Pennadam
  • Publication number: 20120056249
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: Promerus LLC, Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20120056183
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as gate insulator layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin gate insulator and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin gate insulator layers and electronic devices encompassing such layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicants: Promerus LLC, Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Pawel Miskiewicz, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20110227055
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a closed field unbalanced magnetron sputter ion plating process in the preparation of organic electronic devices or components thereof, and to organic electronic devices, or components thereof, obtainable by such a process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Paul Craig Brookes, Katie Patterson, Frank Egon Meyer, Mark James, Toby Cull, David Christoph Mueller
  • Publication number: 20110065222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic component having at least one anode, at least one cathode, at least one charge injection layer, at least one layer of an organic semiconductor and at least one layer situated between the charge injection layer and the organic semiconductor layer, which component is characterized in that the layer situated between the charge injection layer and the organic semiconductor layer and the organic semiconductor layer are obtainable by coating the charge injection layer with a mixture composition at least one material which can be made insoluble by means of chemical reaction, and at least one organic semiconductor, method for producing said component and use of said component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Meyer, Aurélie Ludemann, René Scheurich, Heinrich Becker, Klaus Meerholz, David Christoph Mueller, Nina Riegel, Anne Koehnen
  • Patent number: 7901766
    Abstract: The invention relates to electronic devices whose electronic properties can surprisingly be improved to a significant degree by inserting at least one crosslinkable polymeric buffer layer, preferably a cationically crosslinkable polymeric buffer layer, between the conductive doped polymer and the organic semiconductor layer. Particularly good properties are obtained with a buffer layer in which crosslinking is thermally induced, i.e. by raising the temperature to 50 to 250° C. Alternatively, crosslinking can be radiation-induced by adding a photoacid. Moreover, such a buffer layer can be advantageously applied by means of printing techniques, especially inkjet printing, as the ideal temperature for the thermal treatment is independent of the glass transition temperature of the material. This avoids having to rely on material that has a low molecular weight, making it possible to apply the layer by means of printing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Nina Riegel, Frank Meyer, René Scheurich, Aurélie Falcou, Klaus Meerholz
  • Publication number: 20110037064
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electronic (OE) device, in particular a transistor, comprising an interlayer between the gate insulator and the gate electrode, to novel processes for preparing the device, and to dielectric materials for use in the interlayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Pawel Miskiewicz
  • Publication number: 20100108999
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an electronic device using a protection layer, and to improved electronic devices prepared by this process, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTING
    Inventors: David Christoph Mueller, Toby Cull, Simon Dominic Ogier
  • Patent number: 7608856
    Abstract: The present invention describes organic electronic devices in which at least one organic layer of low refractive index is introduced. The light output of the electronic devices is thereby improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Reinhard Strey, Klaus Meerholz, David Christoph Müller
  • Publication number: 20090026448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic component having at least one anode, at least one cathode, at least one charge injection layer, at least one layer of an organic semiconductor and at least one layer situated between the charge injection layer and the organic semiconductor layer, which component is characterized in that the layer situated between the charge injection layer and the organic semiconductor layer and the organic semiconductor layer are obtainable by coating the charge injection layer with a mixture composing at least one material which can be made insoluble by means of chemical reaction, and at least one organic semiconductor, method for producing said component and use of said component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Meyer, Aurelie Ludemann, Rene Scheurich, Heinrich Becker, Klaus Meerholz, David Christoph Mueller, Nina Riegel, Anne Koehnen