Patents by Inventor Gene Carl Koch

Gene Carl Koch 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: 10923662
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula D-S1-A-S2—B1 wherein A comprises a 2,7-disubstituted 9,9-fluoroalkyl fluorene diradical of the formula wherein S1, S2, D and B1 have meanings given in the description that are useful as charge transport and emissive materials for the fabrication of electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventors: Luke William Judd, Matthew Phillip Aldred, Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 10707426
    Abstract: A charge transporting, liquid crystal photoalignment material comprising a charge transporting moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatising moiety, and a photoalignment moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatising moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 10084137
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula D-S1-A-S2—B1 wherein A comprises a 2,7-disubstituted 9,9-fluoroalkyl fluorene diradical of the formula wherein S1, S2, D and B1 have meanings given in the description that are useful as charge transport and emissive materials for the fabrication of electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventors: Luke William Judd, Matthew Phillip Aldred, Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20180261771
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula D-S1-A-S2—B1 wherein A comprises a 2,7-disubstituted 9,9-fluoroalkyl fluorene diradical of the formula wherein S1, S2, D and B1 have meanings given in the description that are useful as charge transport and emissive materials for the fabrication of electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: LOMOX LIMITED
    Inventors: Luke William Judd, Matthew Phillip Aldred, Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 9761804
    Abstract: OLED materials having the formula: T-A(-S-B(-P-B)m-S-A)n-T where A are independently selected rod-shaped, rigid molecular core units, S are independently selected flexible spacer units, B are polymerisable crosslinking groups independently selected, P are spacer groups independently selected, T are independently selected end groups, m are independently selected from values of from 1 to 4, n is equal to I to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20170084846
    Abstract: A charge transporting, liquid crystal photoalignment material comprising a charge transporting moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatising moiety, and a photoalignment moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatising moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20170033290
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula D-S1-A-S2—B1 wherein A comprises a 2,7-disubstituted 9,9-fluoroalkyl fluorene diradical of the formula wherein S1, S2, D and B1 have meanings given in the description that are useful as charge transport and emissive materials for the fabrication of electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: LOMOX LIMITED
    Inventors: Luke William Judd, Matthew Phillip Aldred, Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 9508942
    Abstract: A charge transporting, liquid crystal photoalignment material comprising a charge transporting moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatizing moiety, and a photoalignment moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatizing moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 9376428
    Abstract: Methods of producing OLED materials containing fluorene ring systems in which two alkyl substituents at the 9-position of fluorene ring are alkyl substituted through key intermediates generically represented by the formula: where X represents a substituent that increases the acidity of the hydrogen atoms on the adjoining methylene group (which is immediately adjacent the fluorene ring systems 9 -position).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20160056389
    Abstract: OLED compounds of the general structure: B-S-A-S-B in which rod-like nuclei A comprise a condensed aromatic ring structure in turn comprising fluorene ring structures condensed with at least one additional fluorene ring structures wherein the fluorene ring systems comprised by the condensed aromatic structure are substituted at the 9-position, and in which the 9-positions of the fluorenes are not susceptible to oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20150141656
    Abstract: Methods of producing OLED materials containing fluorene ring systems in which two alkyl substituents at the 9-position of fluorene ring are alkyl substituted through key intermediates generically represented by the formula: where X represents a substituent that increases the acidity of the hydrogen atoms on the adjoining methylene group (which is immediately adjacent the fluorene ring systems 9-position).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 9029537
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structure: Z-A-(S-B)n where A represents a linear aromatic molecular core, S represents a flexible spacer unit, B represents a crosslinking group such as a methacrylate group, n equals 1 to 3, and Z represents any entity compatible with the B groups, and in which A is a substantially aromatic nucleus containing fluorene ring structures substituted at the 9-position and in which the 9-positions of the fluorenes are not susceptible to oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 9006435
    Abstract: LED compounds of the general structure: (B-S-)n-A-(-S-B)m (Structure 1); wherein the rod-like molecular nucleus A having the structure: -Ar(-T-Ar)p- (Structure 2); wherein T includes a diradical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20150097145
    Abstract: OLED materials having the formula: T-A(-S-B(-P-B)m-S-A)n-T where A are independently selected rod-shaped, rigid molecular core units, S are independently selected flexible spacer units, B are polymerisable crosslinking groups independently selected, P are spacer groups independently selected, T are independently selected end groups, m are independently selected from values of from 1 to 4, n is equal to I to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20130317233
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structure: Z-A-(S—B)n where A represents a linear aromatic molecular core, S represents a flexible spacer unit, B represents a crosslinking group such as a methacrylate group, n equals 1 to 3, and Z represents any entity compatible with the B groups, and in which A is a substantially aromatic nucleus containing fluorene ring structures substituted at the 9-position and in which the 9-positions of the fluorenes are not susceptible to oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Patent number: 8558013
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structure: Z-A-(S—B)n where A represents a linear aromatic molecular core, S represent a flexible spacer unit, B represents a crosslinking group such as a methacrylate group, n equals 1 to 3, and Z represents any entity compatible with the B groups, and in which A is a substantially aromatic nucleus containing fluorene ring structures substituted at the 9-position and in which the 9-positions of the fluorenes are not susceptible to oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Lomox Limited
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20130037752
    Abstract: OLED compounds of the general structure: B—S-A-S—B in which rod-like nuclei A includes a condensed aromatic ring structure in turn having fluorene ring structures condensed with at least one additional fluorene ring structures wherein the fluorene ring systems provided by the condensed aromatic structure are substituted at the 9-position, and in which the 9-positions of the fluorenes are not susceptible to oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: LOMOX LIMITED
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20110020566
    Abstract: A charge transporting, liquid crystal photoalignment material comprising a charge transporting moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatising moiety, and a photoalignment moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatising moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch
  • Publication number: 20110015404
    Abstract: Compounds of the general structure: Z-A-(S—B)n where A represents a linear aromatic molecular core, S represent a flexible spacer unit, B represents a crosslinking group such as a methacrylate group, n equals 1 to 3, and Z represents any entity compatible with the B groups, and in which A is a substantially aromatic nucleus containing fluorene ring structures substituted at the 9-position and in which the 9-positions of the fluorenes are not susceptible to oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Gene Carl Koch