Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Hirose

Hidekazu Hirose 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: 7659410
    Abstract: Provided are a thiophene-containing compound represented by the following formula (X-1), and an organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed therebetween. The organic compound layer includes a charge-transporting polyester having a repeating structure containing at least one structure selected from the structures represented by the following formulae (I-1) and (I-2) as its partial structure. In formula (X-1), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic group; and R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; and n? is an integer of 1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohba, Kazuaki Sato, Mieko Seki, Hidekazu Hirose, Takeshi Agata, Koji Horiba, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Yohei Nishino, Hirohito Yoneyama, Daisuke Okuda, Toru Ishii, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20090243469
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element which has a long lifetime and excellent manufacturability includes a charge-transporting polymer material having high mobility and solubility in solvents, and further includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being transparent, the organic compound layer being formed of one or more layers, and at least one of the one or more layers containing at least one charge-transporting polyester represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2). In Formulae (I-1) and (I-2), A1 represents at least one structure selected from the structures represented by Formulae (II-1) and (II-2), Y1 represents a divalent alcohol residue, Z1 represents a divalent carboxylic acid residue, each B independently represents the terminal group, m represents an integer of 1 to 5, and p represents an integer of 5 to 5000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Horiba, Hidekazu Hirose, Takeshi Agata, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20090231240
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode that form a pair of electrodes, and at least one organic compound layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being transparent or translucent, and the organic compound layer(s) containing, at least one charge-transporting polyester composed of repeating units represented by Formula (I-1) and Formula (I-2) as a partial structure (wherein X is represented by Formula (III)), and a display device including the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirose, Koji Horiba, Takeshi Agata, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 7589166
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thiophene-containing compound represented by Formula (I) and a thiophene-containing compound polymer using the thiophene-containing compound. In Formula (I), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic group; X represents a divalent straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a divalent branched-chain hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic group; R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cyano group, a halogen group, a substituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; 1 represents an integer from 1 to 5; and m and k each independently represent 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohba, Kazuaki Sato, Yohei Nishino, Mieko Seki, Takeshi Agata, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato, Hirohito Yoneyama, Daisuke Okuda, Hidekazu Hirose, Toru Ishii
  • Publication number: 20090039774
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence element includes a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode, at least one of which is transparent or semitransparent, and one or more organic compound layers disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers comprises at least one charge-transporting polyester consisting of repeating units containing, as a partial structure, at least one structure represented by the following formula (I-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Horiba, Hidekazu Hirose, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Yohei Nishino, Mieko Seki, Takeshi Agata, Akira Imai, Katsuhiro Sato, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Hirohito Yoneyama, Toru Ishii, Daisuke Okuda
  • Publication number: 20090001876
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device, having an organic compound layer including two or more layers including at least a buffer layer and an emitting layer, wherein at least one of the organic compound layers other than the buffer layer contains at least one charge-transporting polyester represented by Formula (I-1) or (I-2), and the buffer layer is formed in contact with an anode and contains a crosslinked compound formed by using at least one charge injection material containing a substituted silicon group and represented by Formula (III).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Daisuke Okuda, Katsuhiro Sato, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Takeshi Agata, Toru Ishii, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hidekazu Hirose, Hirohito Yoneyama, Mieko Seki, Yohei Nishino, Koji Horiba
  • Publication number: 20080311425
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic electroluminescent device having an electrode pair of an anode and a cathode, at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and an organic compound layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, the organic compound layer having two or more layers including a buffer layer and a light-emitting layer. At least one of the layers of the organic compound layer has a specific charge-transporting polyether. The buffer layer is provided in contact with the anode and having at least a crosslinked compound formed by using at least one charge injection material having a specific substituted silicon group. The invention further provides a display device having at least a substrate, plural organic electroluminescent devices disposed on the substrate in a matrix form, and a driving unit to drive the organic electroluminescent devices, each of the plural organic electroluminescent devices is the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke OKUDA, Katsuhiro SATO, Yohei NISHINO, Koji HORIBA, Kiyokazu MASHIMO, Takeshi AGATA, Toru ISHII, Akira IMAI, Tadayoshi OZAKI, Hidekazu HIROSE, Hirohito YONEYAMA, Mieko SEKI
  • Publication number: 20080312453
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carbazole compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each Ar1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic group or an aromatic group containing a heteroring, and R1 and each R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu HIROSE, Koji HORIBA, Takeshi AGATA, Katsuhiro SATO, Kazuaki SATO, Yoshihiro OHBA
  • Publication number: 20080306239
    Abstract: There is provided a quinoxaline-containing compound represented by the following formula (I); wherein Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic group; and R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji HORIBA, Hidekazu HIROSE, Takeshi AGATA
  • Patent number: 7455916
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element having at least one pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, at least one of which having light transmissive, and at least one organic compound layer disposed between the electrodes, wherein the at least one organic compound layer contains at least one kind of non-conjugated polymer having terminal groups, and at least one of terminal groups of the non-conjugated polymer contains a fluorescent substance emitting fluorescence in a solid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirose, Daisuke Okuda, Mieko Seki, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hirohito Yoneyama, Toru Ishii, Takeshi Agata, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20080238832
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode and a cathode forming a pair of electrodes. At least one electrode being transparent or translucent, and a buffer layer and an organic compound layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic compound layer has one or more layers including at least a light-emitting layer. At least one of the layers of the organic compound layer comprising at least one specific charge-transporting polyether. At least one of the layers having the charge-transporting polyether is provided in contact with the buffer layer. The buffer layer is provided in contact with the anode and has at least one charge injection material selected from the group consisting of an inorganic oxide, an inorganic nitride, and an inorganic oxynitride. The invention further provides a display device using the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toru Ishii, Katsuhiro Sato, Yohei Nishino, Koji Horiba, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Takeshi Agata, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hidekazu Hirose, Daisuke Okuda, Hirohito Yoneyama, Mieko Seki
  • Publication number: 20080018240
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having a pair of electrodes including a positive electrode and a negative electrode at least one of which is transparent or translucent, and one or more organic compound layers interposed between the pair of electrodes, at least one layer of the organic compound layers containing at least one charge transporting polyester having a repeating unit that contains at least one structure selected from structures represented by the following formula (I-1) as a partial structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Koji Horiba, Hidekazu Hirose, Mieko Seki, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Takeshi Agata, Katsuhiro Sato, Hirohito Yoneyama, Yohei Nishino, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Daisuke Okuda, Toru Ishii
  • Publication number: 20080008884
    Abstract: A method of producing an organic electroluminescent device includes forming an organic compound layer with an organic compound layer coating liquid that contains an organic compound and an aliphatic ketone solvent. The aliphatic ketone solvent contains about 0.01% by weight or less of an impurity contained ketone structure component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Toru Ishii, Daisuke Okuda, Yohei Nishino, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hidekazu Hirose, Mieko Seki, Koji Horiba, Takeshi Agata, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato, Hirohito Yoneyama
  • Publication number: 20070292681
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of the invention includes: an anode; a cathode; and an organic compound layer; the organic compound layer including at least one layer including a charge-transporting polyester; the charge-transporting polyester including repeating units each containing a structure represented by the following formula (I-1) or (I-2); the thickness being about 20 to 100 nm of the nearest layer to the anode of the at least one layer including the charge-transporting polyester; the cathode including a first layer and a second layer; the first layer being in contact with the organic compound layer and including an alkaline metal oxide, alkaline earth metal oxide, alkaline metal halide or alkaline earth metal halide; the second layer being in contact with the first layer and including an alkaline metal or alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daisuke Okuda, Toru Ishii, Hirohito Yoneyama, Yohei Nishino, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hidekazu Hirose, Mieko Seki, Koji Horiba, Takeshi Agata, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20070281076
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes one or more organic compound layers sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being transparent or semi-transparent, wherein there is provided a layer containing a charge transport polyester comprising a repeating unit containing at least one type selected from structures represented by the following formulae (I-1) and (I-2), as a substructure, so as to be in contact with at least one electrode of the pair of electrodes; and a difference between the ionization potential of the charge transport polyester contained in the layer in contact with the one electrode, and the work function of the surface of the one electrode is within a range of from 0 eV to 0.7 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Daisuke Okuda, Katsuhiro Sato, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Takeshi Agata, Toru Ishii, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hidekazu Hirose, Hirohito Yoneyama, Mieko Seki, Yohei Nishino, Koji Horiba
  • Publication number: 20070252519
    Abstract: Provided are a thiophene-containing compound represented by the following formula (X-1), and an organic electroluminescent device that includes a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed therebetween. The organic compound layer includes a charge-transporting polyester having a repeating structure containing at least one structure selected from the structures represented by the following formulae (I-1) and (I-2) as its partial structure. In formula (X-1), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent aromatic group; and R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; and n? is an integer of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohba, Kazuaki Sato, Mieko Seki, Hidekazu Hirose, Takeshi Agata, Koji Horiba, Akira Imai, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Yohei Nishino, Hirohito Yoneyama, Daisuke Okuda, Toru Ishii, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20070148493
    Abstract: The invention provides an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes at least one of which is transparent or translucent and plural organic compound layers positioned between the pair of electrodes, at least one of the plural organic compound layers being a hole transport layer in which an electron transport material is mixed with at least one hole transport polymer, and at least one of the plural organic compound layers containing a luminescent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Hirohito Yoneyama, Yohei Nishino, Mieko Seki, Daisuke Okuda, Hidekazu Hirose, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Takeshi Agata, Toru Ishii, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato, Koji Horiba, Akira Imai
  • Patent number: 7183009
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising at least one pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode, at least one of which having light permeability, and one or a plurality of organic compound layers held between the electrodes, wherein at least one organic compound layer contains at least one kind of charge-transferable polyether comprising a repetition unit containing at least one partial structure selected from the group consisting of the following general formulae (I-1) and (I-2)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirose, Mieko Seki, Hirohito Yoneyama, Daisuke Okuda, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Takeshi Agata, Toru Ishii, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato
  • Publication number: 20070021572
    Abstract: The invention provides a diamine compound polymer having a 1,3-phenylene group selected from structural formulae represented by formulae (I-1) and (I-2): where, in the formulae (I-1) and (I-2), A represents a structure represented by the following formula (II); R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group, or a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group; Y represents a divalent alcoholic residue; Z represents a divalent carboxylic acid residue; B and B? independently represent —O—(Y—O)n—R or —O—(Y—O)n—CO—Z—CO—O—R? (where R, Y and Z have the same meanings as described above, and R? represents an alkyl group, a substituted or non-substituted aryl group, or a substituted or non-substituted aralkyl group); n represents an integer of 1 to 5; and p represents an integer of 5 to 5000; where, in the formula (II), Ar represents a substituted or non-substituted aromatic group; X represents a substituted or non-substituted divalent 1,3-phenylene group; T represents
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Daisuke Okuda, Katsuhiro Sato, Koji Horiba, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Takeshi Agata, Toru Ishii, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Hidekazu Hirose, Hirohito Yoneyama, Mieko Seki, Yohei Nishino
  • Patent number: 7166859
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic semiconductor transistor element that includes at least a source electrode, a drain electrode, an organic semiconductor formed to be electrically conductive to the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a gate electrode which is both insulated from the organic semiconductor and capable of applying an electric field. The organic semiconductor includes a polymer compound containing an aromatic tertiary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirose, Mieko Seki, Daisuke Okuda, Tadayoshi Ozaki, Takeshi Agata, Toru Ishii, Kiyokazu Mashimo, Katsuhiro Sato, Hiroaki Moriyama, Yohei Nishino