Patents by Inventor Harald Hirschmann

Harald Hirschmann 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: 11952527
    Abstract: A liquid crystal medium containing a compound of formula I and one or more compounds of the formulae IIA, IIB, IIC and IID, useable in optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Christian Laut, Harald Hirschmann, Juergen Radestock
  • Patent number: 11939509
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IA to IH, in which Z1 denotes a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —C2F4—, —(CH2)4—, —CHFCHF—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —C?C—, —CF?CF—, —CH?CHCHO— or —CH2CF2O—, and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, SA-VA, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Kristin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11932797
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IA to IH, in which Z1 denotes a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —C2F4—, —(CH2)4—, —CHFCHF—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —C?C—, —CF?CF—, —CH?CHCHO— or —CH2CF2O—, and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, SA-VA, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Kristin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11920075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium), to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to LC displays containing this medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Andreas Pohle, Christian Hock, Martina Windhorst, Sabine Schoen
  • Publication number: 20240067879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystal (LC) media as defined in claim 1, to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays containing said LC media. The invention in particular relates to LC media with improved response time that enable energy saving displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Christian LAUT, Hee-Kyu LEE, Minghui YANG, Harald HIRSCHMANN, Kaja Christina DEING
  • Patent number: 11884863
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium having least one compound of the formula I, and at least one compound of the formulae ST-1 to ST-17, in which R1 and R1*, A1 and A1*, Z1 and Z1*, X, L1 and L2, RST, ring A, ZST, p and q have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PA-VA, SS-VA, SA-VA, PS-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, UB-FFS, U-IPS, FFS or PS-FFS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Sabine Schoen
  • Publication number: 20240002728
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal (LC) material having negative dielectric anisotropy and the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, such as for example in LC displays, in particular energy saving displays based on the ECB, IPS or FFS effect, where the liquid crystal medium contains one or more compounds of formula I and one or more compounds compounds of formulae IIA, IIB, IIC and IID
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Chi-Shun HUANG, Sven Christian LAUT, Hee-Kyu LEE, Minghui YANG, Harald HIRSCHMANN, Kuang-Ting CHOU, Shih-Chieh HUNG, Alexander HAHN, Philipp WUCHER
  • Publication number: 20230392077
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal (LC) medium based on a mixture of polar compounds, its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the vertically aligned mode, to an LC display of the vertically aligned mode containing the LC medium, especially an energy-saving LC display and a process of manufacturing the LC display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Sabine SCHOEN, Philipp WUCHER
  • Publication number: 20230357637
    Abstract: A liquid crystal medium containing a) one or more compounds of formula I b) one or more compounds of the formula IIBa and c) one or more compounds of the formula IIDa and the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and/or electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in IPS, FFS, VA or PS-VA displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Publication number: 20230323207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal material (LC media) comprising thiophene derivatives which are stabilised by sterically hindered amines or amine derivatives (HALS, hindered amine light stabilisers), and to liquid-crystal displays (LC displays) which contain these LC materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Rocco FORTTE, Harald HIRSCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20230272282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystal (LC) media having negative dielectric anisotropy comprising one or more compounds of formula I and one, two, three or more compounds of formula III as defined in claim 1, and to the use of the LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular useful to enable energy-saving LC displays of the VA, IPS or FFS type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Kaja Christina DEING, Brigitte SCHULER, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Publication number: 20230024370
    Abstract: A liquid crystal medium containing a compound of formula I and one or more compounds of the formulae IIA, IIB, IIC and IID, useable in optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Christian LAUT, Harald HIRSCHMANN, Juergen RADESTOCK
  • Publication number: 20220325181
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IA to IH, in which Z1 denotes a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —C2F4—, —(CH2)4—, —CHFCHF—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —C?C—, —CF?CF—, —CH?CHCHO— or —CH2CF2O—, and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, SA-VA, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Monika BAUER, Martina WINDHORST, Marcus REUTER, Kristin WEISS
  • Publication number: 20220325180
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of the formulae IA to IH, in which Z1 denotes a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —CH?CH—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —C2F4—, —(CH2)4—, —CHFCHF—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —C?C—, —CF?CF—, —CH?CHCHO— or —CH2CF2O—, and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, SA-VA, PS-IPS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Monika BAUER, Martina WINDHORST, Marcus REUTER, Kristin WEISS
  • Publication number: 20220315838
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Marcus Reuter, Rocco Fortte, Detlef Pauluth, Matthias Bremer, Helmut Haensel, Harald Hirschmann
  • Patent number: 11453824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PM-VA, SS-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS or PS-FFS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Martina Windhorst
  • Patent number: 11441073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, wherein the radicals R11, L1, L2, n and A are as defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PA-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Martina Windhorst, Monika Bauer, Volker Reiffenrath, Matthias Bremer
  • Patent number: 11377596
    Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Marcus Reuter, Rocco Fortte, Detlef Pauluth, Matthias Bremer, Helmut Haensel, Harald Hirschmann
  • Publication number: 20220112426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium), to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, and to LC displays containing this medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Andreas POHLE, Christian HOCK, Martina WINDHORST, Sabine SCHOEN
  • Patent number: 11279879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula IA, and one or more compounds of the formula IB, in which RA, RB, XA, XB and Y1-13 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, in particular for shutter glasses, 3D applications, in TN, PS-TN, STN, TN-TFT, OCB, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS, PS-FFS and PS-VA-IPS displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hirschmann, Sabine Schoen