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).

  • Publication number: 20130119360
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of organic compound layers between the anode and the cathode, provided that one of the organic compound layers is a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein, X represents O or S; Y1 to Y3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituent or a group represented by Formula (A) disclosed un the specification, provided that at least two of Y1 to Y3 are groups represented by Formula (A), not all of Y1 to Y3 are the same group, and at least one of the groups represented by Formula (A) has Ar of a carbazolyl group, or an azacarbazolyl group containing 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Rie KATAKURA, Shuichi SUGITA, Eisaku KATOH, Motoaki SUGINO, Rie FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 8367224
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of organic compound layers between the anode and the cathode, provided that one of the organic compound layers is a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein, X represents O or S; Y1 to Y3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituent or a group represented by Formula (A) disclosed in the specification, provided that at least two of Y1 to Y3 are groups represented by Formula (A), not all of Y1 to Y3 are the same group, and at least one of the groups represented by Formula (A) has Ar of a carbazolyl group, or an azacarbazolyl group containing 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Rie Katakura, Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Motoaki Sugino, Rie Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20120326601
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate having thereon an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein the plurality of organic layers comprise: a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound; and an electron transport layer containing a compound represented by Formula (1), (Ar1)n1?Y1??Formula (1) wherein n1 is an integer of 1 or more; Y1 is a substituent when n1 is 1, and Y1 is a single bond or a linking group of n1 valences when n1 is two or more; Ar1 is a group represented by Formula (A), a plurality of Ar1 may be the same or different with each other when n1 is two or more; and the compound represented by Formula (1) contains at least two condensed aromatic heterocyclic rings each comprising 3 or more rings condensed with each other:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: NORIKO YASUKAWA, HIROSHI KITA, EISAKU KATOH, TATSUO TANAKA, SHINYA OTSU, RIE KATAKURA, HIDEKANE OZEKI, HIDEO TAKA
  • Publication number: 20120261654
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a substrate having thereon an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic layers sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein the plurality of organic layers comprise: a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound; and an electron transport layer containing a compound represented by Formula (1), (Ar1)n1-Y1??Formula (1) wherein n1 is an integer of 1 or more; Y1 is a substituent when n1 is 1, and Y1 is a single bond or a linking group of n1 valences when n1 is two or more; Ar1 is a group represented by Formula (A), a plurality of Ar1 may be the same or different with each other when n1 is two or more; and the compound represented by Formula (1) contains at least two condensed aromatic heterocyclic rings each comprising 3 or more rings condensed with each other:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: NORIKO YASUKAWA, HIROSHI KITA, EISAKU KATOH, TATSUO TANAKA, SHINYA OTSU, RIE KATAKURA, HIDEKANE OZEKI, HIDEO TAKA
  • Patent number: 8247089
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL element, which has a controlled emission wavelength, a high emission efficiency and a long emission life. An organic EL element material for such organic EL element, a lighting device, and a display device using such organic EL element are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh
  • Patent number: 8192847
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel organic EL device material. Also disclosed are an organic EL device, an illuminating device and a display each having high emission efficiency and long emission lifetime, which are obtained by employing the organic EL device material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Eisaku Katoh
  • Publication number: 20120085997
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Eisaku Katoh, Motoaki Sugino, Rie Katakura
  • Patent number: 8133597
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic EL device having high luminous efficiency and long emission life, wherein emission wavelength is controlled. Also disclosed are an illuminating device and a display. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device containing at least a light-emitting layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. This organic electroluminescent device is characterized in that the light-emitting layer contains a metal complex having a partial structure represented by the following general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Noriko Yasukawa, Eisaku Katoh, Tomohiro Oshiyama, Shinya Otsu
  • Publication number: 20120037889
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence element having an anode, a cathode and an organic compound layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, provided that the organic compound layer containing at least a phosphorescence dopant and a polymer which contains a partial structure represented by Formula (1), and a terminal end of the polymer is end-capped, wherein the phosphorescence dopant is a metal complex containing a ligand composed of a 5 or six membered aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a 5 or six membered aromatic heterocyclic group which is bonded to a five membered nitrogen containing aromatic heterocyclic group: Formula (1)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tanaka, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh, Rie Katakura
  • Patent number: 8101699
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers useful in optoelectronic devices and comprising structural unit of formula I: wherein R1 and R2 are independently at each occurrence, hydrogen, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; R3 is H or alkyl; a and b are, independently at each occurrence 0, or an integer ranging from 1 to 3; and Ar is a direct bond or aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qing Ye, Jie Liu, James Anthony Cella, Eisaku Katoh
  • Publication number: 20120007498
    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: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya OTSU, Eisaku KATOH, Tatsuo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20110272687
    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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Rie Katakura, Eisaku Katoh, Hideo Taka
  • Publication number: 20110184176
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound containing the step of: reacting a compound represented by Formula (1a) or Formula (1b) with a compound represented by Formula (2) under existence of cupper or a cupper ion, and a ligand to produce a nitrogen-containing condensed heterocyclic compound represented by Formula (3a) or Formula (3b):
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shuichi SUGITA, Eisaku KATOH, Rie FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20110073850
    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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Masato Nishizeki, Eisaku Katoh, Tomohiro Oshiyama
  • Publication number: 20110073851
    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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Masato Nishizeki, Eisaku Katoh, Tomohiro Oshiyama
  • Publication number: 20110006670
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence element comprising an anode, a cathode and a plurality of organic compound layers between the anode and the cathode, provided that one of the organic compound layers is a light emitting layer containing a phosphorescence emitting compound, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers contains a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein, X represents O or S; Y1 to Y3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a substituent or a group represented by Formula (A) disclosed in the specification, provided that at least two of Y1 to Y3 are groups represented by Formula (A), not all of Y1 to Y3 are the same group, and at least one of the groups represented by Formula (A) has Ar of a carbazolyl group, or an azacarbazolyl group containing 2 to 5 nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Rie KATAKURA, Shuichi SUGITA, Eisaku KATOH, Motoaki SUGINO, Rie FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 7862909
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween an emission layer containing a phosphorescent compound and an layer adjacent to the emission layer, the layer adjacent to the emission layer being provided between the emission layer and the cathode, wherein the layer adjacent to the emission layer comprises a compound having an electron withdrawing group; and the compound exhibits a HOMO level of ?5.7 to ?7.0 eV and a LUMO level of ?1.3 to ?2.3 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oshiyama, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh
  • Publication number: 20100270537
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprises a cathode; an electron-transporting layer comprising a compound of formula I; a light emitting-layer; and an anode; wherein R1 and R2 are independently at each occurrence, hydrogen, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; R3 is H or alkyl; a and b are, independently at each occurrence 0, or an integer ranging from 1 to 3; n is 2 or 3; and Ar is an aryl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Qing Ye, James Anthony Cella, Jie Liu, Eisaku Katoh
  • Publication number: 20100231123
    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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Shinya Otsu, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh
  • Patent number: 7790890
    Abstract: According to this invention, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescence element material comprising a metal complex having a specific ligand, and an organic electroluminescence element which exhibits high emission efficiency as well as long emission life, employing the organic electroluminescence element material, and to provide an illumination device and a display device. The electroluminescence element material is characterized by containing a metal complex having a ligand represented by following Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Oshiyama, Hiroshi Kita, Eisaku Katoh, Yoshiyuki Suzuri