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).

  • Publication number: 20190296242
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers having at least one asymmetrical structural unit of the following formula (I): wherein A, B, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4, n, m, o and p can have the meaning as defined in claim 1, to methods for the production thereof and to the use thereof in electronic or optoelectronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=Organic Light Emitting Diodes). The present invention also relates to organic electroluminescent devices which contain said polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Katja Maria Scheible, Nils Koenen, Holger Heil
  • Patent number: 10381575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound, comprising a pyrene skeleton and arylamino groups, according to formula (I). The compound is suitable for use as a functional material in electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Anja Gerhard, Fabrice Eckes, Amandine Darsy
  • Publication number: 20190140190
    Abstract: A method produces cross-linked hole-conducting electric layers by converting functionalized p-dopants. The functionalized p-dopants are organic metal complexes containing at least one central atom and organic ligands, wherein the central atom is selected from a metal of the groups 6-15 of the periodic table, and at least one of the organic ligands is selected from the following formulas I-V, in which E independently of one another is oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or N(E1)x, and each Rv has at least one functionalizing group selected from the group RF including —OH, —COOH, —NH2, —NHR?, halogen, C2-C40-alkenyl, -dienyl, -alkinyl, -alkenyloxy, -dienyloxy, -alkinyloxy, acrylic acid, oxetan, oxiran, silane, acrylic acid, anhydride, and cyclobutane or consists of the groups, and G=C(RF)uHvFw where u+v+w=3 and n=1-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Günter Schmid, Florian Kessler, Katja Stegmaier, Fabrice Eckes, Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Henning Seim
  • Patent number: 10273404
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode and a cathode and at least one electroluminescent layer arranged between the anode and cathode which comprises at least one compound of the formula (I) and at least one compound of the formula (II). The invention furthermore relates to the production of an organic electroluminescent device by means of a sublimation process and/or by application from solution and to a mixture comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) and at least one compound of the formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Christof Pflumm, Joachim Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20190074453
    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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Fabrice ECKES, Katja STEGMAIER, Holger HEIL, Dietmar KUNKEL, Henning SEIM
  • Publication number: 20180327339
    Abstract: The present application relates to phenanthrene compounds of a particular formula (I), their use in electronic devices, electronic devices comprising such phenanthrene compounds, as well as processes for the synthesis of such phenanthrene compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Rouven Linge, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil
  • Publication number: 20180258082
    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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy
  • Patent number: 10074807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), to the use thereof in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, particularly organic electroluminescence devices, comprising said compounds according to the invention, particularly as blue emitting material in an emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • Publication number: 20180248129
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of a formula (I) or formula (II) which is suitable for use as functional material in an electronic device, especially as emitter material in an organic electroluminescent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge, Amandine Darsy
  • Publication number: 20180240983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of the formulae (1) and (2) 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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Rouven Linge
  • Publication number: 20180240985
    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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Linge Rouven, Sebastian Meyer, Holger Heil, Beate Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20180145260
    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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Dominik JOOSTEN, Florian MAIER-FLAIG, Anna HAYER, Holger HEIL
  • Patent number: 9947874
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • Publication number: 20180051206
    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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Burkhart, Holger Heil, Lara-lsabel Rodriguez, Sebastian Meyer, Amandine Darsy, Rouven Linge
  • Patent number: 9893292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel materials which can be used in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices, and are certain derivatives of fused aromatic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber
  • Patent number: 9871213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of aromatic boronic acid or borinic acid derivatives in organic electronic devices, in particular electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • Patent number: 9853228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Koenen, Philipp Stoessel, Anna Hayer, Holger Heil, Philipp Harbach
  • Publication number: 20170365786
    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).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Stegmaier, Fabrice Eckes, Holger Heil, Henning Seim
  • Publication number: 20170365785
    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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Katja Stegmaier, Holger Heil, Henning Seim
  • Patent number: 9815940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers which contain triarylamine repeating units that are substituted in the ortho position, 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 polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Katja Stegmaier, Anna Hayer, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten