Patents by Inventor Holger Heil

Holger Heil 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: 11107994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Joosten, Anna Hayer, Florian Maier-Flaig, Rouven Linge, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 11063221
    Abstract: The present application relates to a substituted benzanthracene compound of a formula (I) or (II). The application furthermore relates to an electronic device which comprises the said benzanthracene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Beate Burkhart, Sebastian Meyer
  • Publication number: 20210053894
    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 comprise these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rouven Linge, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil, Miriam Engel, Aaron Lackner
  • Publication number: 20210024481
    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 comprise these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Koenen, Rouven Linge, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10862038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one polymer containing repeat triarylamine units and comprising at least one salt, to processes for production thereof and to the use thereof in electronic devices, especially in organic electroluminescent devices, called OLEDs (OLED=organic light-emitting diodes). The present invention also further relates to organic electroluminescent devices comprising these compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Katja Stegmaier, Holger Heil, Henning Seim
  • Publication number: 20200369678
    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 comprise these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rouven Linge, Sebastian Meyer, Aaron Lackner, Holger Heil, Nils Koenen
  • Patent number: 10847727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and formulations for electronic devices comprising mixtures of organic functional materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anna Hayer, Florian Maier-Flaig, Tobias Grossmann, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Thomas Eberle, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Patent number: 10790456
    Abstract: The present application relates to compounds of a formula (I), to the use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices, and to processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Linge Rouven, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20200216605
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymer containing at least one structural unit of a formula (I). The polymer is suitable for use in an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10696664
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formula (1) and to organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, in which these compounds are used as host material or dopant in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy
  • Patent number: 10651388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one polymer which contains triarylamine repeating units, and at least one metal complex, to methods for the production thereof, and the use thereof in electronic devices, especially in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=Organic Light Emitting Diode). The present invention also relates to organic electroluminescent devices which contain said compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Maria Scheible, Fabrice Eckes, Holger Heil, Henning Seim
  • Publication number: 20200144505
    Abstract: The present application relates to a blue light-emitting organic electroluminescent device (OLED) having an anode, a cathode, at least one blue light-emitting layer and at least one hole-transport layer, wherein the at least one blue light-emitting layer comprises an elongated bis-indenofluorene derivative as a main component and wherein the at least one hole-transport layer comprises a polymer with non-conjugated units as a main component as well as to a method for producing the organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Scheible, Beate Burkhart, Nils Koenen, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Miriam Engel, Aaron Lackner, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10629817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the fluorene derivatives and to organic electronic devices in which these Compounds are used as matrix material in the emitting layer and/or as hole transport material and/or as electron blocker or exciton blocker material and/or as electron transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Joosten, Florian Maier-Flaig, Anna Hayer, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10566550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations which comprise at least one organic semiconductor, at least one metal complex and at least one solvent and the use of these formulations in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Katja Scheible, Holger Heil, Dietmar Kunkel, Henning Seim
  • Patent number: 10559756
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds with benzindenofluorene base bodies having a structure of formula (I): and to the use thereof in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Beate Burkhart, Amandine Darsy
  • Publication number: 20190375757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Bisbenzofuran-fused indeno[1,2-b]fluorene derivatives and related compounds as materials for organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rouven Linge, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10487262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or (II), which is suitable for use as functional material in an electronic device, in particular as emitter material in an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Amandine Darsy, Rouven Linge
  • Publication number: 20190322796
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymer containing at least one structural unit of a formula (I) and at least one further structural unit selected from structural units A, B and C. The present application further relates to the use of the polymer in an electronic device and to a process for preparing the polymer. The present application further relates to an electronic device comprising the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Maria Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil
  • Publication number: 20190315764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bisbenzofuran-fused 2,8-diaminoindeno[1,2-b]fluorene derivatives and related compounds of formula (1) as materials for organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rouven Linge, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10439145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, preferably organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Fabrice Eckes, Oliver Kaufhold, Anja Gerhard, Stefan Riedmueller