Patents by Inventor Heinz Wolleb

Heinz Wolleb 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: 11839140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 11744152
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula a process for the production of the compound and its use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. Improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices are provided when the compound of formula I is used as host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Ute Heinemeyer, Nicolle Langer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Annemarie Wolleb, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 11691983
    Abstract: Specifically substituted benzofuro- and benzothienoquinolines and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as charge transport material, charge blocker material and/or host material in electroluminescent devices, the specifically substituted benzofuro- and benzothienoquinolines may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices and reduced driving voltage of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nishimae, Michelle Groarke, Heinz Wolleb, Annemarie Wolleb, Yuki Nakano, Hideaki Nagashima, Tasuku Haketa, Masahiro Kawamura, Takushi Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20230123170
    Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I), a material for an organic electroluminescence device having the specific compound, an organic electroluminescence device of the specific compound, an electronic equipment having the organic electroluminescence device and the use of the compound of formula (I) in an organic electroluminescence device, where in formula (I), R1 and R1? each independently represent a C1 to C6 alkyl group; R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C24 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 9 carbon atoms, or CN; L represents a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C40 arylene group; m is 0 to 5; and n is 1, 2 or 3:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Heinz WOLLEB, Michelle GROARKE, Fabrice ECKES, Masatoshi SAITO, Kei YOSHIDA, Natalia CHEBOTAREVA
  • Publication number: 20230099759
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and one or more organic thin film layers including an emitting layer disposed between the cathode and the anode. Also, the organic thin film layer includes an electron-transporting zone provided between the emitting layer and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Michelle GROARKE, Heinz WOLLEB, Natalia CHEBOTAREVA
  • Publication number: 20230090208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula a process for their production and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as host material for phasphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula I may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Christian Schildknecht, Nicolle Langer, Ute Heinemeyer, Heinz Wolleb, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Annemarie Wolleb, Kristina Bardon, Flavio Luiz Benedito
  • Publication number: 20230026258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20220359831
    Abstract: To provide a compound that further improves the capability of an organic EL device, an organic EL device having a further improved device capability, and an electronic device including the organic EL device. A compound represented by the following formula (1) (wherein *p, *q, *r, *s, *b, *a, R1, R2, R11 to R18, L, and R31 to R35 are defined in the description), an organic electroluminescent device containing the compound, and an electronic device including the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokatsu KUSHIDA, Kei YOSHIDA, Masatoshi SAITO, Yoshinao SHIRASAKI, Masato NAKAMURA, Michelle GROARKE, Heinz WOLLEB, Natalia CHEBOTAREVA
  • Publication number: 20220310933
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device comprising an electron-transporting zone comprising i) at least one compound represented by formula (I), and ii) at least one rare earth metal, rare earth metal compound, and/or rare earth metal complex, wherein the electron-transporting zone does not comprise an alkali metal, an alkali metal compound, an alkali metal complex, an alkaline earth metal, an alkaline earth metal compound, and an alkaline earth metal complex; a material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising a combination of at least one compound of formula (I) and at least one rare earth metal, rare earth metal compound, and/or rare earth metal complex; an organic electroluminescence device comprising said organic electroluminescence device and the use of a compound of formula (I) in combination with at least one rare earth metal, rare earth metal compound, and/or rare earth metal complex, in an electron-transporting zone of an organic electroluminescence device, wherein the electron-transportin
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michelle GROARKE, Heinz WOLLEB, Natalia CHEBOTAREVA, Hiroaki TOYOSHIMA, Masatoshi SAITO
  • Patent number: 11450812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula a process for their production and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as host material for phasphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula I may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Christian Schildknecht, Nicolle Langer, Ute Heinemeyer, Heinz Wolleb, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Annemarie Wolleb, Kristina Bardon, Flavio Luiz Benedito
  • Patent number: 11444254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20220251086
    Abstract: Specific compounds represented by formula (1), a material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising said specific compound, an organic electroluminescence device comprising said specific compound, an electronic equipment comprising said organic electroluminescence device and the use of said compounds in an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Heinz WOLLEB, Michelle GROARKE, Masato MITANI, Natalia CHEBOTAREVA
  • Patent number: 11279709
    Abstract: Specifically substituted aza-dibenzofurans and aza-dibenzothiophenes of formula (I) and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as charge transport material, charge blocker material and/or host material in electroluminescent devices, the specifically substituted aza-dibenzofurans and aza-dibenzothiophenes may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices and reduced driving voltage of electroluminescent devices. In formula (I) Y is S or O; one of X1-X8 is N; another X1-X8 is C-L(R9)—[X9X10X11]Ring; and the remaining X1-X8 are CR1-CR8 wherein R1-R8 are independently H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Annemarie Wolleb, Heinz Wolleb, Hideaki Nagashima, Oliver Dosenbach, Takushi Shiomi
  • Publication number: 20210126207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20210083200
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula a process for the production of the compound and its use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. Improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices are provided when the compound of formula I is used as host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Ute Heinemeyer, Nicolle Langer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Annemarie Wolleb, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 10950798
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electronic device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer comprises an organic metal complex of formula and a compound of formula Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) having superior life time, power efficiency, quantum efficiency and/or a low operating voltage are obtained, when the organic layer comprising the compounds of formula I and II constitutes the electron transport layer of an OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Soichi Watanabe, Christian Schildknecht, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Heinz Wolleb
  • Patent number: 10916716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 10862051
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula (I), a process for the production of the compound and its use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. Improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices are provided when the compound of formula I is used as host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Ute Heinemeyer, Nicolle Langer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Annemarie Wolleb, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 10689385
    Abstract: Novel benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazoles carrying aryl- or heteroarylnitril groups, an electronic device, comprising said novel benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazoles carrying aryl- or heteroarylnitril groups, which is preferably an electroluminescent device, a charge transport layer, a charge/exciton blocker layer, or an emitting layer comprising said novel benzimidazolo[1,2-a]benzimidazoles carrying aryl- or heteroarylnitril groups, an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units; mobile visual display units; illumination units; key-boards; items of clothing; furniture; wallpaper, comprising said organic electronic device, or said charge transport layer, said charge/exciton blocker layer, or said emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Raimann, Thomas Schaefer, Masatoshi Saito, Heinz Wolleb, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Yuichi Nishimae, Yuki Nakano, Hideaki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10431750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula a process for their production and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices. When used as host material for phosphorescent emitters in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula I may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Christian Schildknecht, Nicolle Langer, Ute Heinemeyer, Heinz Wolleb, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Annemarie Wolleb, Kristina Bardon, FLavio Luiz Benedito