Patents by Inventor Herwig Buchholz

Herwig Buchholz 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: 20130006119
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to functional materials for the treatment and/or prophylaxis and/or diagnosis of diseases and/or cosmetic conditions. The functional materials can be used for the preparation of light emitting devices comprising fibers as light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Herwig Buchholz, Ewald Aydt
  • Publication number: 20120313087
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to compositions comprising, a compound which is able to emit and/or absorb light and a compound which is able either to absorb or emit light, where both compounds each include at least one fluorine radical. The present invention is furthermore directed to a process for the preparation of the composition, to the use of the composition in electronic devices and to the device itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Publication number: 20120305851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which contain these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Herwig Buchholz, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Irina Martynova
  • Patent number: 8304416
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and Het are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and/or Raf kinases and can be employed for the treatment of tumors, for neuroprotection and for protection of the stress proteins of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Herwig Buchholz, Wilfried Rautenberg, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 8293784
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of ?-amino acid derivatives for improving the solubility of sparingly soluble substances in water or aqueous solutions, and to mixtures and preferred compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz, Michaela Oberle
  • Publication number: 20120245658
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to compositions comprising ionic species and electroluminescent compounds, formulations and devices comprising them, and their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of therapeutic diseases and/or cosmetic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Herwig Buchholz, Ewald Aydt
  • Patent number: 8268293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which do not themselves exhibit significant UV absorption in the UV-A or UV-B region, but are reactive under use conditions, for the development of UV-A or UV-B protection during use, to corresponding novel compounds and compositions, and to corresponding processes for the preparation of compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20120142855
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: René P. Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Publication number: 20120132898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbons and functional organic compounds, which can be used in different electronic devices. The invention further relates to an electronic device comprising one or more organic functional layers, wherein at least one of the layers comprises at least one functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbon. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a formulation comprising functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbons, from which a thin layer comprising at least one functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbon can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Thomas Eberle, Herwig Buchholz
  • Patent number: 8106233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I), with radicals defined in the description, as antioxidants, to corresponding novel compounds and compositions, and to corresponding processes for the preparation of compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz
  • Patent number: 8052963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), where R1 to R3 each, independently of one another, denote H, hydroxyl or alkoxy having 1 to 8 C atoms, R4 denotes alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms, H, hydroxyl or alkoxy having 1 to 8 C atoms, R5 denotes H or hydroxyl, and R6 denotes H or alkyl having 1 to 18 C atoms, or salts thereof, but where all R1 to R4 together cannot be equal to H, to compositions, and to the preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Christophe Carola, Herwig Buchholz
  • Patent number: 7960430
    Abstract: The invention relates to complexes of certain flavonoid derivatives, of the formula I compositions which comprise such derivatives, corresponding processes for the preparation of the flavonoid derivatives or of compositions comprising same, and the use thereof, in particular for the care, preservation or improvement of the general state of the skin or hair. Formula (1), in which Z1 to Z4 and Z6 to Z10 each, independently of one another, denote H, OH, CH3COO, alkoxy, hydroxyalkoxy, mono- or oligoglycoside radicals and where the alkoxy and hydroxyalkoxy groups may be branched and unbranched and can have 1 to 18 C atoms. Formula (II) denotes, Z5 is a mono- or the oligoglycoside radical, where bonded to this glycoside radical, in each case via an —O— group, is at least one radical selected from certain benzo molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Corinna Wirth, Ralf Rosskopf, Herwig Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20110136830
    Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2, R3 and Het are as defined herein, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases and/or Raf kinases and can be employed for the treatment of tumours, for neuroprotection and for protection of the stress proteins of the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Herwig Buchholz, Wilfried Rautenberg, Christian Sirrenberg
  • Patent number: 7943662
    Abstract: The invention relates to complexes of certain flavonoid derivatives, of the formula (I), where R1 and R2 are selected from H and OR11, where OR11 stands, independently of one another, for OH, straight-chain or branched C1- to C20-alkoxy groups, straight-chain or branched C3- to C20-alkenyloxy groups, straight-chain or branched C1- to C20-hydroxyalkoxy groups, where the hydroxyl group(s) may be bonded to a primary or secondary carbon atom in the chain and furthermore the alkyl chain may also be interrupted by oxygen, and/or C3- to C10-cycloalkoxy groups and/or C3- to C12-cycloalkenyloxy groups, where the rings may in each case also be bridged by —(CH2)n— groups, where n=1 to 3, and/or mono- and/or oligoglycosyl radicals, with the proviso that at least one radical from R1 and R2 stands for OR11, and R3 to R10 may be identical or different and stand, independently of one another, for radicals which are substantially inert with respect to the UV properties, to compositions which comprise such complexes, to corres
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Christophe Carola, Anne Toullec, Herwig Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20110095283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-bridged associate consisting of an oligomer or polymer containing fluorine radicals which are bonded to the oligomer or polymer backbone, and up to three types of functional units in the backbone which differ with respect to function and are selected from the group consisting of a hole-transport and/or hole-injection unit, an electron-transport and/or electron-injection unit and an emitter unit, and one to three types of compounds containing a fluorine radical which differ with respect to function and are selected from a hole-transport and/or hole-injection unit, an electron-transport and/or electron-injection unit and an emitter unit, and to an opto-electronic device in which the fluorine-bridged associate is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle
  • Patent number: 7914893
    Abstract: Disclosed are particles containing substrates and an anion-binding layer, containing one or more anion-forming organic active compounds or active compound/colorant mixtures; processes for preparing said particles and to methods of use thereof in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, formulations, paints, coatings, plastics, films, in security printing, in security features in documents or identity papers, for coloring seed, for coloring foods or in medicament coatings and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Handrosch, Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz, Soheila Anzali
  • Publication number: 20110068329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an opto-electronic device comprising a first layer and a second layer on a substrate, characterised in that the first layer comprises an electrode material containing fluorine-containing groups and the second layer comprises a polymer containing fluorine-containing groups, where an adhesive fluorine-fluorine interaction exists between some of the fluorine-containing groups of the first layer and of the second layer. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the opto-electronic device and to a process for the production of the opto-electronic device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 7906684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) where R stands for [lacuna] with radicals defined in the description, as antioxidants, to corresponding novel compounds and compositions, and to corresponding processes for the preparation of compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20110039924
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of ?-amino acid derivatives for improving the solubility of poorly soluble substances in water or aqueous solutions and to mixtures and preferred preparations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Thomas Rudolph, Herwig Buchholz, Michaela Oberle
  • Publication number: 20110037058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an opto-electronic device comprising a layer comprising a polymer containing fluorine-containing groups, where an adhesive fluorine-fluorine interaction exists at least between some of the fluorine-containing groups of the layer. The invention is furthermore directed to the use of the opto-electronic device and to a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Remi Manouk Anemian