Patents by Inventor Frank Wuerthner

Frank Wuerthner 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: 20230097455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), a process for its preparation and its use as fluorescent dye that absorbs light emitted from an irradiation source and emits light different from that of the irradiation source and having a wavelength in the range from 680 to 950 nm; in photovoltaic applications; or as semiconductor in organic electronic applications; as laser dye, in an ink for machine readability and/or security applications or for the laser-welding of plastics; or for brand protection or as marker for liquids. The compounds of formula (I) may have a high fluorescence quantum yield, a high molar extinction coefficient, a high solubility and stability in the application medium, good storage stability and/or good detectability even in very small amounts in the correspondingly marked liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Frank WUERTHNER, Magnus MAHL, Helmut REICHELT
  • Patent number: 10214525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chlorinated naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, preparation thereof and use thereof as charge transport materials, exciton transport materials or emitter materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Gabriele Mattern, Frank Wuerthner, Cornelia Goepfert, Ruediger Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10186664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where R1 and R2 independently of each other, are selected from 1H,1H—C2-C10-perfluoroalkyl and 1H,1H,2H,2H—C3-C10-perfluoroalkyl, except for the compound of formula (I), where R1 and R2 are both 1H,1H-perfluorobutyl, and to their use, especially as an n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Gessner, Daniel Kaelblein, Jochen Brill, Thomas Musiol, Frank Wuerthner, Sabin-Lucian Suraru, Matthias Stolte
  • Publication number: 20170174676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chlorinated naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, preparation thereof and use thereof as charge transport materials, exciton transport materials or emitter materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin KOENEMANN, Gabriele MATTERN, Frank WUERTHNER, Cornelia ROEGER, Ruediger SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20170117479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where R1 and R2 independently of each other, are selected from 1H,1H—C2-C10-perfluoroalkyl and 1H,1H,2H,2H—C3-C10-perfluoroalkyl, except for the compound of formula (I), where R1 and R2 are both 1H,1H-perfluorobutyl, and to their use, especially as an n-type semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas GESSNER, Daniel KAELBLEIN, Jochen BRILL, Thomas MUSIOL, Frank WUERTHNER, Sabin-Lucian SURARU, Matthias STOLTE
  • Patent number: 9583719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbazolocarbazol-bis(dicarboximides), a method for their preparation and their use as semiconductors, in particular as semiconductors in organic electronics and organic photovoltaics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabin-Lucian Suraru, Frank Würthner, Thomas Geβner
  • Patent number: 9512354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chlorinated naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, preparation thereof and use thereof as charge transport materials, exciton transport materials or emitter materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Gabriele Mattern, Frank Wuerthner, Cornelia Roeger, Ruediger Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9444058
    Abstract: The present invention provides the compounds of formulae and electronic devices comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Geβner, Sabin-Lucian Suraru, Frank Würthner
  • Patent number: 9368729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise, as components K1), one or more merocyanines selected from the group of the compounds of the general formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, IIa and IIb, as defined in more detail in the description, as an electron donor or electron acceptor, and, as component K2), one or more compounds which, with respect to component K1), act correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor, for producing photoactive layers for organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, to a process for producing photoactive layers, corresponding solar cells and organic photodetectors, and to mixtures which comprise, as components, one or more compounds of the general formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, IIa and/or IIb of component K1, as defined in more detail in the description, and one or more compounds of component K2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Hwang, Peter Erk, Helmut Reichelt, Ruediger Sens, Ingmar Bruder, Antti Ojala, Jan Schoeneboom, Frank Wuerthner, Hannah Buerckstuemmer, Elena Tulyakova, Klaus Meerholz, Vera Steinmann, Nils Kronenberg
  • Publication number: 20160104846
    Abstract: The present invention provides the compounds of formulae and electronic devices comprising these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas GEßNER, Sabin-Lucian SURARU, Frank WÜRTHNER
  • Patent number: 8946376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole (DPP) derivatives of the below formula to their manufacture; to their use as organic semiconductors, e.g. in semiconductor devices, especially a sensor, a diode, a photodiode, an organic field effect transistor, a transistor for flexible displays, and/or a solar cell (photovoltaic cell); to such semiconductor devices comprising diketopyrrolopyrrol derivatives of the formula I as a semiconducting effective means, and to devices containing said semiconductor devices. The compounds of the formula I have excellent solubility in organic solvents. High efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when said compounds are used in semiconductor devices or organic photovoltaic (PV) devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Würthner, Sabin-Lucian Suraru, Pascal Hayoz
  • Publication number: 20140231773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbazolocarbazol-bis(dicarboximides), a method for their preparation and their use as semiconductors, in particular as semiconductors in organic electronics and organic photovoltaics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sabin-Lucian Suraru, Frank Wuerthner, Thomas Gessner
  • Patent number: 8350035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorinated rylenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, to a process for their preparation and to their use, especially as n-type semiconductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Peter Osswald, Ruediger Schmidt, Frank Wuerthner
  • Publication number: 20120267579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise, as components K1), one or more merocyanines selected from the group of the compounds of the general formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, IIa and IIb, as defined in more detail in the description, as an electron donor or electron acceptor, and, as component K2), one or more compounds which, with respect to component K1), act correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor, for producing photoactive layers for organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, to a process for producing photoactive layers, corresponding solar cells and organic photodetectors, and to mixtures which comprise, as components, one or more compounds of the general formulae Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, IIa and/or IIb of component K1, as defined in more detail in the description, and one or more compounds of component K2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jae Hyung Hwang, Peter Erk, Helmut Reichelt, Ruediger Sens, Ingmar Bruder, Antti OJala, Jan Schoeneboom, Frank Wuerthner, Hannah Buerckstuemmer, Elena Tulyakova, Klaus Meerholz, Vera Steinmann, Nils Kronenberg
  • Publication number: 20120074393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1,4-diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole (DPP) derivatives of the below formula to their manufacture; to their use as organic semiconductors, e.g. in semiconductor devices, especially a sensor, a diode, a photodiode, an organic field effect transistor, a transistor for flexible displays, and/or a solar cell (photovoltaic cell); to such semiconductor devices comprising diketopyrrolopyrrol derivatives of the formula I as a semiconducting effective means, and to devices containing said semiconductor devices. The compounds of the formula I have excellent solubility in organic solvents. High efficiency of energy conversion, excellent field-effect mobility, good on/off current ratios and/or excellent stability can be observed, when said compounds are used in semiconductor devices or organic photovoltaic (PV) devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank WÜRTHNER, Sabin-Lucian SURARU, Pascal Hayoz
  • Publication number: 20110256422
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise, as components K1), one or more merocyanines selected from the group of the compounds of the general formulae I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and IIIe, as defined in more detail in the description, as an electron donor or electron acceptor, and, as component K2), one or more compounds which, with respect to component K1), act correspondingly as an electron acceptor or electron donor, for producing photoactive layers for organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, to a process for producing photoactive layers, corresponding solar cells and organic photodetectors, and to mixtures which comprise, as components, one or more compounds of the general formulae I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId and/or IIIe of component K1, as defined in more detail in the description, and one or more compounds of component K2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Helmut Reichelt, Jae Hyung Hwang, Ruedinger Sens, Jan Schoeneboom, Peter Erk, Ingmar Bruder, Antti Ojala, Frank Wuerthner, Klaus Meerholz
  • Publication number: 20100171108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of N,N?-bis(1,1-dihydroperfluoro-C3-C5-alkyl)perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic diimides as charge transport materials or exciton transport materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicants: BASF SE, The Board of Trust. of the Lelnd Stanf. Jun. Univ.
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Frank Wuerthner, Ruediger Schmidt, Zhenan Bao, Joon Hak Oh
  • Publication number: 20100140559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures which comprise compounds D-A in which D is a donor moiety and A is an acceptor moiety, especially to the use of mixtures which comprise compounds D-A and fullerene derivatives, for producing photoactive layers for organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, to corresponding organic solar cells and organic photodetectors, and to mixtures which comprise compounds D-A and fullerene derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Meerholz Klaus, Frank Wuerthner
  • Publication number: 20090301552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chlorinated naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, preparation thereof and use thereof as charge transport materials, exciton transport materials or emitter materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin KOENEMANN, Gabriele MATTERN, Frank WUERTHNER, Cornelia ROEGER, Ruediger SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20090166614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorinated rylenetetracarboxylic acid derivatives, to a process for their preparation and to their use, especially as n-type semiconductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Könemann, Peter Osswald, Rüdiger Schmidt, Frank Würthner