Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Morii

Katsuyuki Morii 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: 7718453
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising: an organic thin-film transistor element including at least an active layer made of an organic material; and an organic electroluminescent element driven by the organic thin-film transistor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Ishida, Masahiro Furusawa, Katsuyuki Morii, Osamu Yokoyama, Satoru Miyashita, Tatsuya Shimoda
  • Publication number: 20090302333
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescent device that includes an effectively optical area including display pixels for display and a dummy area surrounding the effectively optical area, the dummy area including dummy pixels not for display is provided. The manufacturing method includes coating a first composite material on a first portion in the effectively optical area, the first portion corresponding to one of the display pixels, and coating a second composite material separately from the coating of the first composite material, the second composite material being coated on a second portion of the dummy area, the second portion corresponding to one of the dummy pixels, the first composite material including a first organic electroluminescent material that is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent and the second composite material including a second organic electroluminescent material that is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi SEKI, Katsuyuki MORII
  • Patent number: 7591699
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing light-emitting elements including providing an emissive layer and a carrier transfer layer between a pair of electrodes, the carrier transfer layer mainly made of an organic polymer and contacting the emissive layer, performing an affinity improvement treatment to a face of a first electrode of the pair of electrodes on which the carrier transfer layer is formed, forming a liquid film by providing a liquid material containing a constituent material of the emissive layer, the organic polymer and a fluid medium to the face of the first electrode and separating the organic polymer on the first electrode side, and separating the constituent material of the emissive layer on a second electrode side of the pair of electrodes while removing the fluid medium from the liquid film, wherein the carrier transfer layer and the emissive layer are simultaneously formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7521709
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic EL device comprising: coating a composition including an organic EL material on a plurality of electrodes to form an organic EL layer on each electrode; defining an effectively optical area in which the plurality of electrodes are formed; and defining a coating area which is broader than the effectively optical area, on which the composition including an organic EL material is to be coated. According to this method, a uniform display device without uneven luminance and uneven chrominance within a pixel or among a plurality of pixels in the effectively optical area can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7514115
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention can provide a method of fabricating an organometallic compound film capable, by stably forming a film with the organometallic compound, of increasing bonding forces of junction interfaces and of realizing a hyper thin film, the organometallic compound film, and an organoelectronic device (e.g., an organic electroluminescence device, an organic solar battery, or an organic thin film transistor) and an electronic device equipped with the organometallic compound film are provided. The method of fabricating a thin film of an organometallic compound on a substrate, can include the step of forming an organic material by a liquid phase process and the step of forming metal by a vapor phase process to form a thin film of an organometallic compound composed of the organic material and the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Takashima, Katsuyuki Morii, Hirofumi Hokari, Rie Makiura
  • Patent number: 7488506
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for forming an organic electro-luminescent device by forming a homogeneous light emitting layer which does not incur the phase separation. The light emitting layer is formed by discharging ink compositions composed of at least two electro-luminescent materials on the substrate following the order which starts with an ink composition which has the fewest number of organic electro-luminescent materials or which is most difficult to be phase separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morii, Shunichi Seki
  • Patent number: 7488054
    Abstract: A film forming device includes: a first discharge unit for discharging a first liquid material, in which a film forming material is dissolved in a solvent or dispersed in a dispersion medium; a second discharge unit for discharging a second liquid material containing a liquid with the same component as the solvent or the dispersion medium; and a removal unit for removing the solvent or the dispersion medium from droplets of the first liquid material arranged on a substrate by the first discharge unit, while removing the liquid, arranged on the substrate by the second discharge unit, from droplets of the second liquid material; wherein a film is formed on the substrate, by arranging the droplets of the first liquid material on first parts on the substrate by the first discharge unit, while arranging the droplets of the second liquid material on second parts on the substrate, which are separated from the first parts, by the second discharge unit, thereafter by removing the solvent from the droplets of the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morii, Kenji Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20090009075
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided for an organic electroluminescent device that includes an effectively optical area including display pixels for display; and a dummy area surrounding the effectively optical area, the dummy area including dummy pixels not for display. The manufacturing method includes forming organic electroluminescent layers in the display pixels and in the dummy pixels by vapor depositing an organic electroluminescent material using a mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7470976
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic EL device comprising: coating a composition including an organic EL material on a plurality of electrodes to form an organic EL layer on each electrode; defining an effectively optical area in which the plurality of electrodes are formed; and defining a coating area which is broader than the effectively optical area, on which the composition including an organic EL material is to be coated. According to this method, a uniform display device without uneven luminance and uneven chrominance within a pixel or among a plurality of pixels in the effectively optical area can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Publication number: 20080315760
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescent device that includes an effectively optical area including display pixels for display and a dummy area surrounding the effectively optical area, the dummy area including dummy pixels not for display is provided. The manufacturing method includes coating a first composite material on a first portion in the effectively optical area, the first portion corresponding to one of the display pixels, and coating a second composite material separately from the coating of the first composite material, the second composite material being coated on a second portion of the dummy area, the second portion corresponding to one of the dummy pixels, the first composite material including a first organic electroluminescent material that is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent and the second composite material including a second organic electroluminescent material that is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Publication number: 20080280162
    Abstract: An organic electronic device includes: a pair of electrodes, an organic film layer containing an organic substance having a benzothiadiazole skeleton, a metal oxide layer provided on the organic film layer by vacuum vapor deposition, and an interface formed between the pair of electrodes out of the organic film layer and the metal oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7449252
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device, comprising an anode; a cathode; and a light-emitting functional portion sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, the light-emitting functional portion including a light-emitting part, an electron injection and transport part, and a hole injection and transport part; the anode being in contact with a titanium oxide particle thin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morii, Hirofumi Sakai, Naoyuki Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7394196
    Abstract: A light emitting element, including an anode, a cathode, a hole transport layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and in the side of the anode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and in the side of the cathode, wherein the hole transport layer includes, a first region disposed in the side of the anode and composed of a first organic polymer, and a second region disposed in the side of the light emitting layer and composed of a second organic polymer having a weight-average molecular weight different from the weight-average molecular weight of the first organic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morii, Tomoyuki Okuyama
  • Patent number: 7390693
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing an organic EL device by using an ink jet method, a discharge amount of an ink composition for a light emitting layer is made to be greater than a discharge amount of an ink composition for a hole injection/transportation layer, so that a film formation region of the light emitting layer becomes equal to, or greater than, a film formation region of the hole injection/transportation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7390528
    Abstract: To provide an efficient method to form a functional porous layer, a functional material being supported on a porous material such that the content of the functional material has a desired concentration distribution in the depth direction of the porous layer, a method to manufacture a fuel cell applying the above method to form a reacting layer and an electronic device and an automobile having the fuel cell manufactured by the method as a power supply. A method to form a functional porous layer including a functional material being supported on a porous material. The method includes applying a plurality of solutions or dispersions containing the functional material, the solutions or the dispersions having different surface tensions, to a porous layer to control the permeation of the functional material in the depth direction of the porous layer according to the difference in the surface tensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Morii
  • Publication number: 20080107823
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for forming an organic electro-luminescent device by forming a homogeneous light emitting layer which does not incur the phase separation. The light emitting layer is formed by discharging ink compositions composed of at least two electro-luminescent materials on the substrate following the order which starts with an ink composition which has the fewest number of organic electro-luminescent materials or which is most difficult to be phase separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morii, Shunichi Seki
  • Patent number: 7303781
    Abstract: A method of forming a thin film by an ink jet method including the step of discharging a liquid containing thin film-forming materials and a solvent from liquid discharge ports to each position on a substrate while the liquid discharge ports are being moved relatively to the substrate, characterized in that subsequent droplets are arranged while a solvent vapor evaporating from droplets arranged previously on the substrate are compulsively removed from inside the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuko Okada, Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7303274
    Abstract: A method of forming a thin film by an ink jet method including the step of discharging a liquid containing thin film-forming materials and a solvent from liquid discharge ports to each position on a substrate while the liquid discharge ports are being moved relatively to the substrate, characterized in that subsequent droplets are arranged while a solvent vapor evaporating from droplets arranged previously on the substrate are compulsively removed from inside the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuko Okada, Shunichi Seki, Katsuyuki Morii
  • Patent number: 7300686
    Abstract: The presentation provides a manufacturing method for forming an organic electro-luminescent device by forming a homogeneous light emitting layer which does not incur phase separation. The light emitting layer is formed by discharging ink compositions formed of at least two electro-luminescent materials on the substrate following the order which starts with an ink composition which has the fewest number of organic electro-luminescent materials or which is most difficult to be phase separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morii, Shunichi Seki
  • Publication number: 20070249076
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprising: an organic thin-film transistor element including at least an active layer made of an organic material; and an organic electroluminescent element driven by the organic thin-film transistor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Masaya Ishida, Masahiro Furusawa, Katsuyuki Morii, Osamu Yokoyama, Satoru Miyashita, Tatsuya Shimoda