Patents by Inventor Keiji Okinaka

Keiji Okinaka 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: 8072136
    Abstract: A novel mono(benzo[k]fluoranthene) compound having a molecular structure containing at least one condensed ring aromatic group which is tricyclic or more at any of 7- to 9-positions of benzo[k]fluoranthene. Also an organic light emitting device including at least a pair of electrodes formed of an anode and a cathode, and a layer formed of an organic compound, the layer being interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the layer formed of an organic compound contains a compound represented by the following structural formula. An organic light emitting device in which the layer is a light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Shinjiro Okada, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Keiji Okinaka, Chika Negishi, Akihito Saitoh, Takao Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 8026664
    Abstract: To provide a novel fluoranthene derivative and an organic light emitting device having the fluoranthene derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Masanori Muratsubaki, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada, Minako Nakasu
  • Publication number: 20110204352
    Abstract: There are provided a novel fused ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device which has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and luminance, and also has extremely high durability. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the layer comprises a fused ring aromatic compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7998597
    Abstract: To provide an organic light emitting device having high efficiency and high luminance by making a contrivance to suppress the leakage of an electron or of an exciton, an organic light emitting device of the present invention includes two hole transporting layers having tertiary amine compounds different from each other in structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Masanori Muratsubaki, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada, Minako Nakasu
  • Patent number: 7982213
    Abstract: A novel phenanthroline compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]: (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is selected from a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic group, and a halogen atom; and Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and each is selected from an unsubstituted or substituted fluorenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted fluoranthenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted perylenyl group, and an unsubstituted or substituted carbazolyl group). An organic light emitting device using the phenanthroline compound is also provided that has a light output with a high efficiency and a high luminance and has a high long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Maki Okajima, Tatsundo Kawai, Takao Takiguchi, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Toshinori Hasegawa, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7960041
    Abstract: There are provided a novel fused ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device which has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and luminance, and also has extremely high durability. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the layer comprises a fused ring aromatic compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7952269
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device is provided which has an optical output with a high efficiency, a high luminance and a long life and which includes a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, and at least one layer comprising an organic compound provided between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one layer having a light-emitting region of the at least one layer comprising the organic compound comprises a first compound represented by the general formula (1): and a second compound having a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the first compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Masataka Yashima, Akihito Saitoh, Naoki Yamada, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Patent number: 7932592
    Abstract: A novel organic compound and a high-performance organic light-emitting element containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Takao Takiguchi, Shinjiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20110089822
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light emitting device having a long-life optical output. The organic light emitting device according to the present invention is provided with an emission layer including at least a host material, a light emitting material, and another material, wherein the another material has a smaller ionization potential than and almost the same hole mobility as or a greater hole mobility than an ionization potential and a hole mobility of a compound which forms an emission layer-side-interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Naoki Yamada, Masataka Yashima, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo
  • Patent number: 7919199
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light emitting device having a long-life optical output. The organic light emitting device according to the present invention is provided with an emission layer including at least a host material, a light emitting material, and another material, wherein the another material has a smaller ionization potential than and almost the same hole mobility as or a greater hole mobility than an ionization potential and a hole mobility of a compound which forms an emission layer-side-interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Naoki Yamada, Masataka Yashima, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20110001864
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device having long continuous driving lifetime is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an emission layer formed of an organic compound arranged between the anode and the cathode, in which the emission layer includes a light emitting material and a material having a smallest ionization potential, and an absorption spectrum in a radical cation state of the material having the smallest ionization potential in the emission layer does not have its absorption peak in an emission wavelength region of the light emitting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Masataka Yashima, Maki Okajima, Hajime Muta
  • Patent number: 7785719
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorene compound having a novel substituent, and the fluorene compound is represented by the following formula [1]:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Masataka Yashima, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Publication number: 20100176716
    Abstract: A novel mono(benzo[k]fluoranthene) compound having a molecular structure containing at least one condensed ring aromatic group which is tricyclic or more at any of 7- to 9-positions of benzo[k]fluoranthene. Also an organic light emitting device including at least a pair of electrodes formed of an anode and a cathode, and a layer formed of an organic compound, the layer being interposed between the pair of electrodes, in which the layer formed of an organic compound contains a compound represented by the following structural formula. An organic light emitting device in which the layer is a light emitting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Shinjiro Okada, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Keiji Okinaka, Chika Negishi, Akihito Saitoh, Takao Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20100157131
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains an organic compound emitting photoluminescent light with a peak wavelength of 430 to 480 nm. The organic compound has a profile factor of 0.02 or less at a wave number of 1,300 to 1,680 cm?1 as calculated from Huang-Rhys factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kamatani, Isao Kawata, Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Hiroyuki Tomono, Kengo Kishino, Masashi Hashimoto, Satoshi Igawa, Keiji Okinaka
  • Patent number: 7709104
    Abstract: There is provided an aminoanthryl derivative-substituted pyrene compound represented by the following general formula (1). The compound is useful as a compound for an organic light-emitting device exhibiting highly pure luminescent color, and an optical output with high efficiency, high luminance, and long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Naoki Yamada, Masataka Yashima, Akihiro Senoo, Kazunori Ueno
  • Patent number: 7691492
    Abstract: A novel substituted fluorene compound is provided which is represented by the general formula [I]:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Yamada, Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo
  • Publication number: 20100033081
    Abstract: To provide a compound excellent in light emitting properties and an organic light emitting device having the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Yamada, Chika Negishi, Keiji Okinaka, Minako Nakasu
  • Publication number: 20100019236
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light emitting device having a long-life optical output. The organic light emitting device according to the present invention is provided with an emission layer including at least a host material, a light emitting material, and another material, wherein the another material has a smaller ionization potential than and almost the same hole mobility as or a greater hole mobility than an ionization potential and a hole mobility of a compound which forms an emission layer-side-interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Okinaka, Akihito Saitoh, Naoki Yamada, Masataka Yashima, Koichi Suzuki, Akihiro Senoo
  • Publication number: 20090302758
    Abstract: To provide an organic light emitting device having high efficiency and high luminance by making a contrivance to suppress the leakage of an electron or of an exciton, an organic light emitting device of the present invention includes two hole transporting layers having tertiary amine compounds different from each other in structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihito Saitoh, Keiji Okinaka, Satoshi Igawa, Jun Kamatani, Naoki Yamada, Masashi Hashimoto, Masanori Muratsubaki, Takao Takiguchi, Akihiro Senoo, Shinjiro Okada, Minako Nakasu
  • Publication number: 20090295279
    Abstract: There are provided a novel fused ring aromatic compound and an organic light-emitting device which has an optical output with extremely high efficiency and luminance, and also has extremely high durability. The organic light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the layer comprises a fused ring aromatic compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, and R16 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, or a halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Igawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Shinjiro Okada, Takao Takiguchi, Keiji Okinaka