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).

  • Publication number: 20140316134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formulae (1), (2) or (3) that are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic device, in particular organic electroluminescence devices, containing these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Elvira Montenegro, Esther Breunning
  • Patent number: 8747695
    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-anthracenylene radical, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention additionally includes liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20140061548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), to the use of the compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising a compound of the formula (I). The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (I) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent CmbH
    Inventors: Elvira Montenegro, Arne Buesing, Frank Voges, Christof Pflumm
  • Publication number: 20140021409
    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 X 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 the media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, for phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Publication number: 20140008575
    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 IA 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 the media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, for phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tunable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20130292608
    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 millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass
  • Publication number: 20130277611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing at least three ring systems, at least one of which is a 2,6-naphthylene group, and two unsaturated bridging groups between the ring systems, and to the use of the compounds for high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz region. The liquid-crystalline media comprising these compounds serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Patent number: 8557142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bistolans of the formula I where one or more of the radicals L1 to L3 denote an Rx, where Rx denotes cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention also encompasses liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, to components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Elvira Montenegro, Christian Jasper, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20130258268
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy which comprises a) one or more compounds of formula I b) one or more compounds of formula II and c) one or more compounds selected from the compounds of formulae III-1 to III-4 in which the parameters have the meanings indicated herein, to the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect, to displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type, and to the use of the compounds of the formula I for the stabilisation of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of formula II and one or more compounds selected from the compounds of formulae III-1 to III-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Goebel, Elvira Montenegro, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20130248763
    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), in which the parameters have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, to the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect, displays of this type contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type, and the use of the compound of the formula I for the stabilisation of a liquid-crystalline medium that comprises one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds selected from the group of the compounds of the formulae (III-1) to (III-4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Goebel, Atsutaka Manabe, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20130221274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-diethynylbenzene derivatives having substituents in the 2,3-position (cf. formula I, Claims), to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Christian Jasper, Atsutaka Manabe, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20130207046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • Publication number: 20120326084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, ring A have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Volker Reiffenrath, Konstantin Schneider, Andreas Waechtler, Elvira Montenegro
  • Publication number: 20120273724
    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-anthracenylene radical, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention additionally includes liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20120267571
    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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Christian Jasper, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20120261615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for high-frequency technology, or for the microwave region and millimetre wave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, characterised 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20120205583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bistolans of the formula I where one or more of the radicals L1 to L3 denote an Rx, where Rx denotes cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and the other parameters are as defined in Claim 1. The invention also encompasses liquid-crystalline media which comprise the title compounds, to components for high-frequency technology which comprise these media, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Elvira Montenegro, Christian Jasper, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
  • Publication number: 20120182200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for high-frequency technology or for the microwave range and millimetre wave range of the electromagnetic spectrum, characterised in that it 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, and to the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, to the use and preparation thereof, and to the production and use of the components. The components according to the invention are particularly suitable as phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave range, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable reflectarrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Mark Goebel, Dagmar Klass, Elvira Montenegro, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20120119141
    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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Mark Goebel, Elvira Montenegro
  • Patent number: 8129002
    Abstract: The present invention is related to compounds for use in liquid crystal media, liquid crystal media comprising said compounds, the use of said media in electro-optical devices, said electro-optical devices, and the use of said compounds in mesogenic media for use in electro-optical devices that may be operated in an optically isotropic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peer Kirsch, Elvira Montenegro, Louise Diane Farrand, Detlef Pauluth, Michael Heckmeier