Patents by Inventor Eisaku Katoh

Eisaku Katoh 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: 10109800
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10017691
    Abstract: A wet process using an organic solvent is used to produce an organic EL element, which has high light emission efficiency, a long light emission life and a small color change when continuously driven, an illuminating device and a display device are provided. Especially, an organic EL element which emits white light and can be manufactured at low cost is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Masato Nishizeki, Eisaku Katoh, Tomohiro Oshiyama, Dai Ikemizu
  • Publication number: 20180037546
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel aromatic heterocyclic derivative, providing an organic EL element that uses the derivative and has high luminous efficiency, long luminescence life, and few changes over time when used under high temperatures, and providing a display device and an illumination device that are equipped with the organic El element. This aromatic heterocyclic derivative is characterized by having a specific structure which includes a carbazole ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Motoaki SUGINO, Eisaku KATOH
  • Patent number: 9780322
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element includes a hole injection layer (HI), a first hole transport layer (HT1), a second hole transport layer (HT2), and a light-emitting layer containing a host compound (H) and a phosphorescence emitting dopant compound (D), which are laminated in this order, between and an anode and a cathode. The phosphorescence emitting dopant compound has a partial structure represented by Formula (1): The “highest occupied molecular orbital” HOMO of the second hole transport layer satisfies the expression: ?5.4<HOMO (HT2)<?4.8; and the relationship of triplet excitation energies (T1) between the phosphorescence emitting dopant compound and a hole transport material contained in the second hole transport layer satisfies the expression: T1 (HT2)?T1 (D)>0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kunio Tani, Eisaku Katoh, Hiroto Ito, Kunimasa Hiyama
  • Patent number: 9692000
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of ?5.15 to ?3.50 eV and a LUMO of from ?1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh
  • Patent number: 9634275
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of ?5.15 to ?3.50 eV and a LUMO of from ?1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh
  • Patent number: 9634276
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of ?5.15 to ?3.50 eV and a LUMO of from ?1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh
  • Patent number: 9627630
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9617255
    Abstract: Provided is an o organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of composing layers including a light emitting layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein an electron transport layer containing the compound represented by Formula (1) is included in the composing layers; the light emitting layer contains a phosphorescence emitting organic metal complex; and the cathode or one composing layer adjacent to the cathode contains a metal or a metal compound belonging to Group 1 or Group 2 of the periodic table of elements, provided that the metal exhibits a standard electrode potential larger than ?3 V vs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Rie Katakura, Eisaku Katoh, Hideo Taka
  • Patent number: 9590188
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170054092
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shinya OTSU, Eisaku KATOH, Tatsuo TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9428687
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element containing an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains a guest compound having a substructure represented by the following Formula (A): wherein Ra represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aromatic hydrocarbon, aromatic heterocyclic or heterocyclic, Rb and Rc represent hydrogen or a substituent, A1 represents a group of atoms which forms an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocycle, M represents Ir or Pt, and a host compound having the following Formula (1): wherein Ra1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or heterocyclic, R1, R2 and R5 each represent hydrogen or a substituent, and n1, n2 and n5 each represent 0 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Masato Nishizeki, Eisaku Katoh, Tomohiro Oshiyama
  • Patent number: 9379337
    Abstract: This invention provides an organic EL element, which can control luminescence wavelength, exhibits high luminescence efficiency, and has a prolonged emission life, and a lighting equipment and a display device. They can be realized by an organic electroluminescent element material characterized by a metal complex having a structure represented by the following general formula (A) as a partial structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oshiyama, Eisaku Katoh, Noriko Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 9293715
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150318499
    Abstract: A wet process using an organic solvent is used to produce an organic EL element, which has high light emission efficiency, a long light emission life and a small color change when continuously driven, an illuminating device and a display device are provided. Especially, an organic EL element which emits white light and can be manufactured at low cost is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya OTSU, Masato NISHIZEKI, Eisaku KATOH, Tomohiro OSHIYAMA, Dai IKEMIZU
  • Publication number: 20150295191
    Abstract: This invention provides an organic EL element, which can control luminescence wavelength, exhibits high luminescence efficiency, and has a prolonged emission life, and a lighting equipment and a display device. They can be realized by an organic electroluminescent element material characterized by a metal complex having a structure represented by the following general formula (A) as a partial structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro OSHIYAMA, Eisaku KATOH, Noriko YASUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9099659
    Abstract: This invention provides an organic EL element, which can control luminescence wavelength, exhibits high luminescence efficiency, and has a prolonged emission life, and a lighting equipment and a display device. They can be realized by an organic electroluminescent element material characterized by a metal complex having a structure represented by the following general formula (A) as a partial structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oshiyama, Eisaku Katoh, Noriko Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 9090819
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which is characterized in that constituent layers including at least a phosphorescent light-emitting layer are provided between a pair of electrodes, and at least one of the constituent layers contains a compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 each represents a substituent; n1 and n2 each represents an integer of 0-3; X1 and X2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an alkylene group, an imino group, a carbonyl group, a sulfoxide group or a sulfonyl group, or alternatively X2 represents a bonding hand; and Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 each represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, provided that all of the Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 are not aromatic hydrocarbon rings at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Motoaki Sugino, Rie Katakura
  • Publication number: 20150179958
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL element configured to have at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, in which the light emitting layer contains an iridium complex compound represented by any one of formulas (1) to (4), and the maximum emission wavelength of the iridium complex compound is 470 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh, Mayuka Hikime
  • Publication number: 20150162550
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having long life, while exhibiting high luminous efficiency. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display, each using such an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device, a compound represented by the general formula (A) which is suitable as a host material for a phosphorescent metal complex is used at least in one sublayer of a light-emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Shinya OTSU, Eisaku KATOH, Tatsuo TANAKA