Patents by Inventor Elvira Montenegro

Elvira Montenegro 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: 9790426
    Abstract: A component for high-frequency technology or for the microwave range and millimeter wave range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The component contains a liquid-crystal compound of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, or a liquid-crystal medium which itself comprises one or more compounds of this formula I. Also, the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, the use and preparation thereof, and the production and use of the components. The components are particularly suitable as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave range, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable reflectarrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Mark Goebel, Dagmar Klass, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Patent number: 9768391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain fluorenes, to the use of the compounds in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising at least one of these compounds. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds and to a formulation and composition comprising one or more of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Elvira Montenegro, Amir Hossain Parham, Arne Buesing, Frank Voges
  • Patent number: 9765259
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal medium containing a component A of one or more compounds of formula X the preparation thereof, and the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and components of this type which contain the media, and the production and use of these components. The components are suitable for phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and for tuneable reflectarrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Patent number: 9752077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Patent number: 9752076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I where one or more of the radicals A1-5 denote a 1,4-naphthylene or 1,4- or 9,10-anthracenylene radical, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention additionally includes liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, and components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Patent number: 9657231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula II or at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula III or at least one compound of the formula II and at least one compound of the formula III or at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula II and at least one compound of the formula III: in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Mark Goebel, Elvira Montenegro
  • Publication number: 20170125701
    Abstract: The present application relates to heterospirobifluorene compounds, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising the heterospirobifluorene derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jochen PFISTER, Frank VOGES, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD
  • Patent number: 9595681
    Abstract: The present invention concerns particular fluorenes, the use of the compound in an electronic device, and an electronic device containing at least one of these compounds. The present invention further concerns a method for producing the compound and a formulation and composition containing one or more of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Elvira Montenegro, Amir Hossain Parham, Arne Buesing, Frank Voges
  • Publication number: 20170062732
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: ANJA JATSCH, Tobias GROSSMANN, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Thomas EBERLE, Christof PFLUMM, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Philipp STOESSEL, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Rouven LINGE
  • Publication number: 20170018710
    Abstract: The invention relates to phenanthrene compounds comprising one or more arylamino groups. Said compounds can be used in electronic devices, in particular OLED's.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Jochen PFISTER
  • Patent number: 9540566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for high-frequency technology, or for the microwave region and millimeter wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, characterized in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which consists of one or more compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings, or in that it contains a liquid-crystal medium which itself comprises a component A, which itself consists of one or more of the said compounds, which one or more compounds, which contain 6 to 15 five-, six- or seven-membered rings, preferably 1,4-linked phenylene rings. The present invention additionally relates to compounds of the formula (I), in which the parameters have the meanings given in the text, and to the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, to the use and preparation thereof, and to the production and use of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20170002269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of the formula I, and one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae II and III and/or IV, in which the parameters have the respective meanings indicated in the specification, and optionally one or more further dielectrically positive compounds and optionally one or more further dielectrically neutral compounds, and to liquid-crystal displays, especially active-matrix displays and in particular TN, IPS and FFS displays, containing these media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael JUNGE, Volker REIFFENRATH, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Michael WITTEK, Markus Czanta
  • Publication number: 20160372681
    Abstract: The invention relates to polycondensed lactam compounds as materials for use in electronic devices, and electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Amir Hossain PARHAM, Christof PFLUMM, Thomas EBERLE, Anja JATSCH, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Jonas Valentin KROEBER, Rouven LINGE
  • Patent number: 9523037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Publication number: 20160329507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: PHILIPP STOESSEL, Elvira Montenegro, Arne Buesing, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Joachim Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20160308129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: PHILIPP STOESSEL, Irina MARTYNOVA, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Frank VOGES, Jonas V. KROEBER, Frank STIEBER
  • Publication number: 20160308147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiro compounds containing electron-conducting groups and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Elvira Montenegro, Anja Jatsch, Christof Pflumm, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Tobias Grossmann, Thomas Eberle, Lars Dobelmann
  • Publication number: 20160301005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain fluorenes, to the use of the compounds in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising at least one of these compounds. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds and to a formulation and composition comprising one or more of the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: JOCHEN PFISTER, Frank STIEBER, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Frank VOGES
  • Patent number: 9434882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy which comprises a) a compound of the formula (I), b) one or more compounds of the formula (II) and c) one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae (III-1) to (III-4. The liquid-crystalline medium is useful in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Goebel, Atsutaka Manabe, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20160254449
    Abstract: The invention relates to 2,2?,7,7?-tetrakis-(N,N?-di-4-methoxy-3-methylphenylamine)-9,9?-spirofluorene, to a process for its preparation, and to its use as hole transport material for electronic or optoelectronic devices, especially for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Hiromi SHINOHARA, Atsushi SAWADA, Elvira MONTENEGRO, Heinrich BECKER