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).

  • Materials for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9416310
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and to the use thereof in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices. Furthermore, the present invention relates to electronic devices comprising at least one compound according to the invention, preferably as emitter material or as charge-transport material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard
  • POLYCYCLIC PHENYLPYRIDINE IRIDIUM COMPLEXES AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF FOR OLEDS
    Publication number: 20160233444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes, especially as emitters. The compounds claimed have the formula: M(L)n(L?)m formula (1), where the compound of the general formula (1) contains a substructure M(L)n of the formula (2) or formula (3), where A is the same or different at each instance and is a group of the formula (A) which follows. Also claimed are processes for preparing such compounds, one of which is shown by way of example (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anna Hayer, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Claire Nonancourt
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9409883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coordination compounds which are used in an electron-transport layer in electronic devices, to ligands, and to the use thereof for the preparation of metal complexes, to a layer, and to an electronic device which comprise the compounds according to the invention, and to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Irina Martynova
  • Organic electroluminescent device and boric acid and borinic acid derivatives used therein
    Patent number: 9403849
    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: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160190447
    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: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • Compounds for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9343683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds having a spirobifluorene skeleton of the formula (I) for use as functional materials in electronic devices, in particular for use in the charge-transport layer and/or emission layer of organic electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to mixtures comprising the compounds according to the invention. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the compounds of the formula (I) in electronic devices and to electronic devices comprising the compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Jochen Schwaiger, Hubert Spreitzer, Frank Voges, Holger Heil
  • Materials for Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20160133854
    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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Anja Gerhard, Fabrice Eckes, Amandine Darsy
  • Materials for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9334260
    Abstract: The present adventure relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) or (II), to the use of the compounds in electronic devices, to a process for the preparation of the compounds, and to electronic devices comprising the compounds, preferably as matrix materials or as electron-transport materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Irina Martynova, Holger Heil, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9312495
    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: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Amir Hossain Parham, Constanze Brocke, Elvira Montenegro, Frank Voges, Holger Heil, Arne Buesing
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9273080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing these metal complexes. M(L)n(L?)m (formula 1), where the compound of the general formula (1) contains a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merek Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • Organic electroluminescent device
    Patent number: 9236578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent organic electroluminescent devices include at least one phosphorescent emitter and a matrix material in the emitting layer, where certain conditions must be satisfied for the positions of the triplet energy and the HOMO and LUMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Christof Pflumm, Susanne Heun
  • Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20150340619
    Abstract: The present application relates to an electronic device having defined composition of the emitting layer. The application furthermore relates to the use of the device in displays or in lighting applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Frank Voges, Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil
  • Materials for Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20150329772
    Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of a formula (I), 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: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Fabrice Eckes, Anja Gerhard
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND BORIC ACID AND BORINIC ACID DERIVATIVES USED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20150322091
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Esther Breuning, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Holger Heil, Horst Vestweber
  • MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150318478
    Abstract: The present invention describes indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the emission and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices or as matrix material. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Christof PFLUMM, Arne BUESING, Amir Hossain PARHAM, Teresa MUJICA-FERNAUD, Holger HEIL, Philipp STOESSEL
  • Metal complexes
    Patent number: 9169282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten, Christof Pflumm, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • Compounds for Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20150255720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, preferably organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Lara-Isabel Rodriguez, Fabrice Eckes, Oliver Kaufhold, Anja Gerhard, Stefan Riedmueller
  • Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9126970
    Abstract: The present invention describes indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the emission and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices or as matrix material. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • Organic electroluminescence device
    Patent number: 9112172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white-emitting organic electroluminescent devices which have at least one blue-fluorescent emitter layer and at least one phosphorescent emitter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Kaiser, Holger Heil, Simone Leu, Horst Vestweber
  • Organic compounds for electroluminescent devices
    Patent number: 9090590
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula (1), to a method for producing compounds of the formula (1), to the use of the compounds in electronic devices and to electronic devices containing compounds according to formula (1), preferably as electron transport materials, as matrix materials, as electron blocking materials or as emitting materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Rocco Fortte, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud