Patents by Inventor David Sparrowe
David Sparrowe 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).
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Publication number: 20160133863Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
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Patent number: 9206352Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
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Publication number: 20150349256Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more thieno[3,2-b]thiophene based polycyclic repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William MITCHELL, Mansoor D'LAVARI, Changsheng WANG, Steven TIERNEY, David SPARROWE
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Publication number: 20150255725Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting oligomers or polymers containing alkylated dithieno[2,3-d:2?,3?-d?]-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b?]dithiophene units, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Mansoor D'Lavari, David Sparrowe
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Publication number: 20150144847Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more repeating units derived from indacenodibenzothiophene or dithia-dicyclopenta-dibenzothiophene, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Mansoor D'Lavari, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, David Sparrowe
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Patent number: 8878165Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of electrodes in organic electronic (OE) devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), to devices prepared by such a process, and to materials and formulations used in such a process.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes, David Sparrowe, Toby Cull, Giles Lloyd
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Patent number: 8586684Abstract: The invention relates to a conjugated copolymer comprising indenofluorene and triarylamine units and to its use in organic electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbHInventors: Michael Heckmeier, William Mitchell, Weimin Zhang, David Sparrowe, Giles Lloyd, Steven Tierney, Stephan Derow
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Publication number: 20130069020Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
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Patent number: 8398895Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers that comprise phenanthrene and/or indenofluorene units and are free of amine-containing units, to methods of their preparation, to the use of the polymers in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising the polymers.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: David Sparrowe, Niels Schulte, Frank Egon Meyer
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Publication number: 20120319097Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of electrodes in organic electronic (OE) devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), to devices prepared by such a process, and to materials and formulations used in such a process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes, David Sparrowe, Toby Cull, Giles Lloyd
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Publication number: 20120068121Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers that comprise phenanthrene and/or indenofluorene units and are free of amine-containing units, to methods of their preparation, to the use of the polymers in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising the polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: David Sparrowe, Niels Schulte, Frank Egon Meyer
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Publication number: 20110284801Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing functional layers, like protection, encapsulation and alignment layers, on an electronic device by a low energy particle beam deposition process, to functional layers obtainable by said process, and to electronic devices comprising such functional layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2009Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Michael Coelle, Owain Llyr Parri, David Sparrowe, Oleg Yaroshchuk, Eugene Telesh
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Patent number: 7674397Abstract: The invention relates to new reactive mesogenic compounds with charge transport properties comprising at least two thiophene groups, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices like for example liquid crystal displays, optical films, organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the reactive mesogenic charge transport compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaff mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Martin Heeney, Weimin Zhang, Steven Tierney, David Sparrowe, Maxim Shkunov, Iain McCulloch
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Patent number: 7510672Abstract: The invention relates to formulations comprising one or more polymers with semiconducting, charge transport, photoconducting and/or photo- or electroluminescent properties and one or more organic solvents, to their use for the preparation of electrooptical or electronic devices, including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, in particular by ink-jet printing, and to FETs and other semiconducting or light emitting components or devices comprising the formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Iain McCulloch, David Sparrowe, Maxim Shkunov, Phil Bentley, Mark Giles
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Publication number: 20080067475Abstract: The invention relates to formulations comprising one or more polymers with semiconducting, charge transport, photoconducting and/or photo- or electroluminescent properties and one or more organic solvents, to their use for the preparation of electrooptical or electronic devices, including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, in particular by ink-jet printing, and to FETs and other semiconducting or light emitting components or devices comprising the formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2005Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Iain McCulloch, David Sparrowe, Maxim Shkunov, Phil Bentley, Mark Giles
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Patent number: 7329896Abstract: The invention relates to polymerizable charge transport compounds, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices like for example organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in plotovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the polymerisable charge transport compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Steven Tierney, Mark Goulding, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney
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Publication number: 20070059519Abstract: The present invention relates to a barrier coating composition which is characterized in that it comprises a polymeric material and at least one inorganic flake material, its use as well as to a device, preferably a display, comprising a barrier coating layer, which is characterized in that the barrier coating layer comprises a barrier coating composition of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2004Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Iain McCulloch, Udo Heider, David Sparrowe, Robert Hammond-Smith
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Publication number: 20070034842Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymerizable dielectric material comprising crosslinkable organic amine compounds and crosslinked polymers obtained therefrom, which are useful for the manufacture of dielectric layers of electronic devices; to a novel method for the manufacture of dielectric layers of electronic devices; and to electronic devices obtained by said method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2006Publication date: February 15, 2007Inventors: David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Maxim Shkunov
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Patent number: 7115755Abstract: The invention relates to new reactive mesogenic azulene derivatives, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices like for example liquid crystal displays, optical films, organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the reactive mesogenic azulenes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Michael Findlater, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
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Publication number: 20060157693Abstract: The invention relates to new reactive mesogenic azulene derivatives, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices like for example liquid crystal displays, optical films, organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the reactive mesogenic azulenes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Louise Farrand, Michael Findlater, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch