Patents by Inventor Frank Egon Meyer
Frank Egon Meyer 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).
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Patent number: 10158079Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 10125214Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units having partially fluorinated substituents, to mixtures and formulations comprising the polymers according to the invention, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention as functional materials in electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: René Peter Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
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Patent number: 10050201Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 10032983Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel electron transfer composition comprising one or more metal ion comprising compound, the use of such electron transfer composition in organic electronic devices, particularly in photodiodes, as well as such organic electronic devices, particularly photodiodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Lichun Chen, Frank Egon Meyer, Andromachi Malandraki, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Tomas Backlund
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Patent number: 9837613Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Frank Egon Meyer, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
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Patent number: 9559305Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising in their backbone one or more divalent donor units, like for example benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene-2,6-diyl (BDT), that are linked on both sides to an acceptor unit, to methods of preparing the polymers and educts or intermediates used in such preparation, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing the polymers, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductors organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Lana Nanson, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull, Priti Tiwana, Stephane Berny, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Publication number: 20160181537Abstract: The present application relates to an electroluminescence device containing a) an anode, b) a cathode, c) at least one emitter layer containing at least one electroluminescent material and arranged between the anode and the cathode, and d) at least one electron transport layer containing at least one material having electron-conducting or predominantly electron-conducting properties and arranged between the at least one emitter layer and the cathode, said device being characterized in that the at least one emitter layer contains a polymer having hole-conducting or predominantly hole-conducting properties. The electroluminescence device according to the invention is distinguished by a high lifetime and a high radiation efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer
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Publication number: 20160181533Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel electron transfer composition comprising one or more metal ion comprising compound, the use of such electron transfer composition in organic electronic devices, particularly in photodiodes, as well as such organic electronic devices, particularly photodiodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Lichun CHEN, Frank Egon MEYER, Andromachi MALANDRAKI, Piotr WIERZCHOWIEC, Tomas BACKLUND
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Patent number: 9315617Abstract: The present invention relates to cross-linkable and cross-linked polymers and to a method for the production thereof. The invention further relates to the use of said polymers in electronic devices and to the corresponding electronic devices themselves.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, René Peter Scheurich, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Alice Julliart
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Patent number: 9287505Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on thieno[3,4-b]thiophene, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer, Steven Tierney
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Patent number: 9287504Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodifuran, benzodipyrrole or benzodithiophene, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Steven Tierney, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 9246103Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to oligomers and/or polymers with functionalized side groups which are bound to the backbone of the polymer via spacer.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, René Peter Scheurich
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Patent number: 9175132Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units which contain alkylalkoxy groups, and blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in opto-electronic devices and to these devices themselves.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Anna Hayer, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian
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Patent number: 9153784Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Frank Egon Meyer, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
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Publication number: 20150270490Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: William MITCHELL, Steven TIERNEY, Nicolas BLOUIN, Frank Egon MEYER, Miguel CARRASCO-OROZCO
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Publication number: 20150207076Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven TIERNEY, Nicolas BLOUIN, William MITCHELL, Changsheng WANG, Miguel CARRARSCO-OROZCO, Frank Egon MEYER
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Publication number: 20150108409Abstract: The invention relates to compounds based on benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene (BDT), methods for their preparation and intermediates used therein, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Nicolas Blouin, Toby Cull, William Mitchell
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Publication number: 20150076418Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising in their backbone one or more divalent donor units, like for example benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene-2,6-diyl (BDT), that are linked on both sides to an acceptor unit, to methods of preparing the polymers and educts or intermediates used in such preparation, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing the polymers, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductors organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Lana Nanson, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull, Priti Tiwana, Stephane Berney, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Publication number: 20140175421Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to oligomers and/or polymers with functionalized side groups which are bound to the backbone of the polymer via spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, René Peter Scheurich
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Publication number: 20130207045Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on thieno[3,4-b]thiophene, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Nicolas Bloun, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer, Steven Tierney