Patents by Inventor Eric Maurice Smith

Eric Maurice Smith 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: 8531100
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Norman Herron, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Kalindi Dogra, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Eric Maurice Smith, Daniel David Lecloux
  • Patent number: 8497495
    Abstract: A compound having at least two diarylamino moieties and at least 10% deuteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Nora Sabina Radu, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Gary A. Johansson, Kalindi Dogra, Eric Maurice Smith, Kyung-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 8487055
    Abstract: There is provided a polymer made from a monomer having Formula I: where: R and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of H, D, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, NR?2, R?, R? is a crosslinkable group; R? is independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, and R?; X is a leaving group; Z is C, Si, or N; Q is (ZR?n)b; a is an integer from 0 to 5; b is an integer from 0 to 20; c is an integer from 0 to 4; q is an integer from 0 to 7; and n is an integer from 1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M. Rossi, Eric Maurice Smith, Yulong Shen, Weiying Gao, Reid John Chesterfield, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Daniel David Lecloux, Frederick P. Gentry
  • Patent number: 8465848
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent benzofluorenes that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a benzofluorene composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Eric Maurice Smith
  • Patent number: 8372525
    Abstract: There is provided an active layer containing a dopant material and a host material, wherein the host material has an HPLC purity of at least 99.9% and an impurity absorbance no greater than 0.01. There is also provided an electronic device containing the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Reid John Chesterfield, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Eric Maurice Smith, Nora Sabina Radu
  • Publication number: 20130009142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to charge transport compositions. The invention further relates to electronic devices in which there is at least one active layer comprising such charge transport compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: NORMAN HERRON, MARK A. GUIDRY, DANIEL DAVID LECLOUX, NORA SABINA RADU, ERIC MAURICE SMITH, YING WANG
  • Patent number: 8343630
    Abstract: There is provided a transparent composite conductor. The composite conductor has a first layer that includes a transparent conductive material and a second layer that includes a fluorinated acid polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Che-Hsiung Hsu, Hjalti Skulason, Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Shawn Yeisley, Robert Clayton Wheland
  • Patent number: 8293139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to charge transport compositions. The invention further relates to electronic devices in which there is at least one active layer comprising such charge transport compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Ying Wang, Norman Herron, Mark A. Guidry, Nora Sabina Radu
  • Patent number: 8287769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to charge transport compositions. The invention further relates to electronic devices in which there is at least one active layer comprising such charge transport compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Ying Wang, Norman Herron, Mark A. Guidry, Nora Sabina Radu
  • Patent number: 8273459
    Abstract: There is provided a transparent composite conductor. The composite conductor has a first layer that includes a transparent conductive material and a second layer that includes a fluorinated acid polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Che-Hsiung Hsu, Hjalti Skulason, Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Shawn Yeisley, Robert Clayton Wheland
  • Patent number: 8242223
    Abstract: There is provided a polymer made from a monomer having Formula I: where: R and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of H, D, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, NR?2, R?, R? is a crosslinkable group; R? is independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, and R?; X is a leaving group; Z is C, Si, or N; Q is (ZR?n)b; a is an integer from 0 to 5; b is an integer from 0 to 20; c is an integer from 0 to 4; q is an integer from 0 to 7; and n is an integer from 1 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M. Rossi, Eric Maurice Smith, Yulong Shen, Weiying Gao, Reid John Chesterfield, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Daniel David Lecloux, Frederick P. Gentry
  • Patent number: 8236990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to triarylamine compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and electronic devices and applications comprising at least one layer containing at least one of the new compounds. The compounds can be used as monomers to create homopolymers or copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Eric Maurice Smith, Nora Sabina Radu, Norman Herron, Arthur Dabrowski, Frederick P. Gentry, Gene M. Rossi, Gary A. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20120187382
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode is provided having an anode, a cathode, and an organic active layer therebetween. The organic active layer includes a deuterated compound and the device has a calculated half-life at 1000 nits of at least 5000 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Weiying Gao, Gary A. Johansson, Yulong Shen, Adam Fennimore, Kalindi Dogra, Hong Meng, Weishi Wu, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Ralph Birchard Lloyd, Nora Sabina Radu, Norman Herron, Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Che-Hsiung Hsu, Kyung-Ho Park, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Christina M. Older, Jerald Feldman, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 8216680
    Abstract: There is provided a transparent composite conductor. The composite conductor has a first layer that includes a transparent conductive material and a second layer that includes a fluorinated acid polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Che-Hsiung Hsu, Hjalti Skulason, Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Shawn Yeisley, Robert Clayton Wheland
  • Publication number: 20120077955
    Abstract: There is provided a polymer made from a monomer having Formula I: where: R and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of H, D, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, NR?2, R?, R? is a crosslinkable group; R? is independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, and R?; X is a leaving group; Z is C, Si, or N; Q is (ZR?n)b; a is an integer from 0 to 5; b is an integer from 0 to 20; c is an integer from 0 to 4; q is an integer from 0 to 7; and n is an integer from 1 to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: NORA SABINA RADU, Gene M. Rossi, Eric Maurice Smith, Yulong Shen, Weiying Gao, Reid John Chesterfield, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Daniel David Lecloux, Frederick P. Gentry
  • Publication number: 20120065432
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III: Ar1 may independently be phenylene, substituted phenylene, naphthylene, or substituted naphthylene. Ar2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is an aryl group. M is the same or different at each occurrence and is a conjugated moiety. T1 and T2 are independently the same or different at each occurrence and are conjugated moieties which are connected in a non-planar configuration; a and e are the same or different at each occurrence and are an integer from 1 to 6; b, c, and d are mole fractions such that b+c+d=1.0, with the proviso that c is not zero, and at least one of b and d is not zero, and when b is zero, M has at least two triarylamine units; and n is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: E.I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: GARY A. JOHANSSON, Eric Maurice Smith, Reid John Chesterfield, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Kyung-Ho Park, Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M. Rossi, Frederick P. Gentry, Troy C. Gehret, Daniel David Lecloux, Adam Fennimore
  • Publication number: 20120013245
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III: Ar1 may independently be phenylene, substituted phenylene, naphthylene, or substituted naphthylene. Ar2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is an aryl group. M is the same or different at each occurrence and is a conjugated moiety. T1 and T2 are independently the same or different at each occurrence and are conjugated moieties which are connected in a non-planar configuration; a and e are the same or different at each occurrence and are an integer from 1 to 6; b, c, and d are mole fractions such that b+c+d=1.0, with the proviso that c is not zero, and at least one of b and d is not zero, and when b is zero, M has at least two triarylamine units; and n is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: GARY A. JOHANSSON, Eric Maurice Smith, Reid John Chesterfield, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Kyung-Ho Park, Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M. Rossi, Frederick P. Gentry, Troy C. Gehret, Daniel David Lecloux, Adam Fennimore
  • Patent number: 8063399
    Abstract: A compound having Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III: Ar1 may independently be phenylene, substituted phenylene, naphthylene, or substituted naphthylene. Ar2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is an aryl group. M is the same or different at each occurrence and is a conjugated moiety. T1 and T2 are independently the same or different at each occurrence and are conjugated moieties which are connected in a non-planar configuration; a and e are the same or different at each occurrence and are an integer from 1 to 6; b, c, and d are mole fractions such that b+c+d=1.0, with the proviso that c is not zero, and at least one of b and d is not zero, and when b is zero, M has at least two triarylamine units; and n is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Gary A. Johansson, Eric Maurice Smith, Reid John Chesterfield, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Kyung-Ho Park, Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M. Rossi, Frederick P. Gentry, Troy C. Gehret, Daniel David Lecloux, Adam Fennimore
  • Publication number: 20110260137
    Abstract: There is provided a process for forming a contained second layer over a first layer, including the steps: forming the first layer having a first surface energy; forming an intermediate layer over and in direct contact with the first layer, said intermediate layer having a second surface energy which is lower than the first surface energy; removing selected portions of the intermediate layer to form a pattern comprising uncovered areas of the first layer and covered areas of the first layer; and forming a contained second layer over the uncovered areas of the first layer. There is also provided an organic electronic device made by the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Eric Maurice Smith, Gary A. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20110147718
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive composition including: a deuterated first host material and an electroluminescent dopant material. The first host is a compound having Formula I: The compound of Formula I is deuterated. In Formula I: Ar1 to Ar4 are the same or different and are aryl; Q is a multivalent aryl group or where T is (CR?)a, SiR2, S, SO2, PR, PO, PO2, BR, or R; R is the same or different at each occurrence and is an alkyl group or an ary group; R? is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected H, D, or alkyl; a is an integer from 1-6; and m is an integer from 0-6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Henry Howard, JR., Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Weiying Gao, Norman Herron, Eric Maurice Smith, Christina M. Older, Adam Fennimore, Ying Wang, Daniel David Lecloux, Kalindi Dogra, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Jerald Feldman, Siddhartha Shenoy