Patents by Inventor Kerwin D. Dobbs
Kerwin D. Dobbs 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).
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Publication number: 20230320195Abstract: There is disclosed a compound Formula I In Formula I: Z is CR4R5, C?CR4R5, SiR4R5, GeR4R5, NR4a, PR4a, P(O)R4a, O, S, SO, SO2, Se; SeO, SeO2, Te, TeO, or TeO2; R1 - R3 are the same or different at each occurrence and are D, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, amino, silyl, germyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, or deuterated germyl, where two groups selected from R1, R2, and R3 can be joined together to form a fused ring; R4 - R5 are the same or different at each occurrence and are H, D, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, amino, silyl, germyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, or deuterated germyl; R4a is alkyl, silyl, germyl, aryl, or a deuterated analog thereof; a is an integer from 0-4; b and c are the same or different and are an integer from 0-3.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Viacheslav V. Diev, John David Allen, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Weiying Gao, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Michael R. Moseley, Weishi Wu
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Patent number: 11683979Abstract: There is disclosed a compound Formula I In Formula I: Z is CR4R5, C?CR4R5, SiR4R5, GeR4R5, NR4a, PR4a, P(O)R4a, O, S, SO, SO2, Se; SeO, SeO2, Te, TeO, or TeO2; R1-R3 are the same or different at each occurrence and are D, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, amino, silyl, germyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, or deuterated germyl, where two groups selected from R1, R2, and R3 can be joined together to form a fused ring; R4-R5 are the same or different at each occurrence and are H, D, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, amino, silyl, germyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, or deuterated germyl; R4ais alkyl, silyl, germyl, aryl, or a deuterated analog thereof; a is an integer from 0-4; b and c are the same or different and are an integer from 0-3.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Inventors: Viacheslav V. Diev, John David Allen, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Weiying Gao, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Michael R. Moseley, Weishi Wu
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Patent number: 10897025Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula I In Formula I: Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl, heteroaryl, or deuterated analogs thereof; L1 and L2 are the same or different and are H, D, halogen, aryl, arylamino, crosslinkable groups, deuterated aryl, deuterated arylamino, or deuterated crosslinkable groups; R1-R4 are the same or different at each occurrence and are D, F, CN, hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, fluoroaryl, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, alkoxy, fluoroalkoxy, amino, silyl, siloxane, siloxy, germyl, deuterated hydrocarbon aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated aryloxy, deuterated fluoroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated fluoroalkyl, deuterated alkoxy, deuterated fluoroalkoxy, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, deuterated siloxane, deuterated siloxy, or deuterated germyl, wherein adjacent groups selected from R1-R4 can be joined together to form a fused ring; a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1; x and x1 are the same or different and are an integer from 0-5; y and y1 are the same or differeType: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Inventors: Viacheslav V. Diev, Weiying Gao, John David Allen, Weishi Wu, Gene M. Rossi, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Michael R. Moseley, Chi Zhang
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Patent number: 10879467Abstract: A hole transport copolymer having the following Formula III is disclosed herein: In some embodiments, A is a monomeric unit having Formula Ia or Formula IIa, B is a B is a monomeric unit having at least three points of attachment in the copolymer, E is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected from the group consisting of H, D, halide, alkyl, aryl, arylamino, siloxane, crosslinkable groups, deuterated alkyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated arylamino, deuterated siloxane, and deuterated crosslinkable groups, and x, y, and z are the same or different and are mole fractions, such that x+y+z=1, and x and y are non-zero.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Gene M. Rossi, Juergen Weber
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Publication number: 20190348607Abstract: A hole transport copolymer having the following Formula III is disclosed herein: In some embodiments, A is a monomeric unit having Formula Ia or Formula IIa, B is a B is a monomeric unit having at least three points of attachment in the copolymer, E is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected from the group consisting of H, D, halide, alkyl, aryl, arylamino, siloxane, crosslinkable groups, deuterated alkyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated arylamino, deuterated siloxane, and deuterated crosslinkable groups, and x, y, and z are the same or different and are mole fractions, such that x+y+z=1, and x and y are non-zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Gene M. Rossi, Juergen Weber
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Patent number: 10439140Abstract: There is provided a hole transport polymer having a carbazole group and an amino nitrogen having Formula I In the formula: Ar1, Ar2, and Ar4 are the same or different and are substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups or deuterated aryl groups; Ar3 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups or deuterated aryl groups; E is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected from the group consisting of H, D, halide, alkyl, aryl, siloxane, deuterated alkyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated siloxane, and a crosslinking group; R1-R2 are the same or different at each occurrence and are selected from the group consisting of D, F, CN, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, silyl, germyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, fluoroalkoxy, siloxane, siloxy, deuterated alkyl, deuterated partially-fluorinated alkyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, deuterated germyl, deuterated alkoxy, deuterated aryloxy, deuterated fluoroalkoxy, deuterated siloxane, deuterated siloxy, and crosslinking grType: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Gene M. Rossi, Juergen Weber
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Patent number: 9972783Abstract: This invention relates to triarylamine compounds and compositions including such compounds, that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a compound or composition. The triarylamine compound can be present as a hole transport material in a hole transport layer. The triarylamine compound can also be present in a photoactive layer in combination with an organometallic compound capable of electroluminescence having an emission maximum between 380 and 750 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Jerald Feldman, Daniel David Lecloux, Ying Wang, Adam Fennimore, Kerwin D Dobbs, Gene M Rossi, Charles D McLaren, Frederick P Gentry
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Patent number: 9966542Abstract: There is disclosed a compound which is an N-heterocycle having at least one substituent of Formula 1: wherein: the N-heterocycle is a fused ring N-heterocycle having at least two fused aromatic rings with at least one ring N; Q1, Q2, Q4, and Q5 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of N and CR1; Q3 is C—CN; R1is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected from the group consisting of H, D, CN, hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, deuterated hydrocarbon aryl, and deuterated heteroaryl; and * represents a point of attachment to N in the N-heterocycle; with the proviso that at least one of Q1, Q2, Q4, and Q5 is N.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Htay Min Hlaing, Greg A Hostetler, Denis Yurievich Kondakov, Kerwin D Dobbs
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Publication number: 20180097193Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula I In Formula I: Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl, heteroaryl, or deuterated analogs thereof; L1 and L2 are the same or different and are H, D, halogen, aryl, arylamino, crosslinkable groups, deuterated aryl, deuterated arylamino, or deuterated crosslinkable groups; R1-R4 are the same or different at each occurrence and are D, F, CN, hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, fluoroaryl, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, alkoxy, fluoroalkoxy, amino, silyl, siloxane, siloxy, germyl, deuterated hydrocarbon aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated aryloxy, deuterated fluoroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated fluoroalkyl, deuterated alkoxy, deuterated fluoroalkoxy, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, deuterated siloxane, deuterated siloxy, or deuterated germyl, wherein adjacent groups selected from R1-R4 can be joined together to form a fused ring; a is 0 or 1; b is 0 or 1; x and x1 are the same or different and are an integer from 0-5; y and y1 are the same or differeType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Viacheslav V. Diev, Weiying Gao, John David Allen, Weishi Wu, Gene M. Rossi, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Michael R. Moseley, Chi Zhang
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Publication number: 20180062082Abstract: There is disclosed a compound Formula I In Formula I: Z is CR4R5, C?CR4R5, SiR4R5, GeR4R5, NR4a, PR4a, P(O)R4a, O, S, SO, SO2, Se; SeO, SeO2, Te, TeO, or TeO2; R1-R3 are the same or different at each occurrence and are D, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, amino, silyl, germyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, or deuterated germyl, where two groups selected from R1, R2, and R3 can be joined together to form a fused ring; R4-R5 are the same or different at each occurrence and are H, D, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, amino, silyl, germyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, or deuterated germyl; R4a is alkyl, silyl, germyl, aryl, or a deuterated analog thereof; a is an integer from 0-4; b and c are the same or different and are an integer from 0-3.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Viacheslav V. Diev, John David Allen, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Weiying Gao, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Michael R. Moseley, Weishi Wu
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Publication number: 20170358750Abstract: There is provided a hole transport polymer having a carbazole group and an amino nitrogen having Formula I In the formula: Ar1, Ar2, and Ar4 are the same or different and are substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups or deuterated aryl groups; Ar3 is substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups or deuterated aryl groups; E is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected from the group consisting of H, D, halide, alkyl, aryl, siloxane, deuterated alkyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated siloxane, and a crosslinking group; R1-R2 are the same or different at each occurrence and are selected from the group consisting of D, F, CN, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, amino, silyl, germyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, fluoroalkoxy, siloxane, siloxy, deuterated alkyl, deuterated partially-fluorinated alkyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated heteroaryl, deuterated amino, deuterated silyl, deuterated germyl, deuterated alkoxy, deuterated aryloxy, deuterated fluoroalkoxy, deuterated siloxane, deuterated siloxy, and crosslinking grType: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Gene M. Rossi, Juergen Weber
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Publication number: 20170352815Abstract: There is disclosed a compound which is an N-heterocycle having at least one substituent of Formula I In Formula I: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, and Q5 are the same or different and can be N or CR1; R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and can be H, D, CN, hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, deuterated hydrocarbon aryl, or deuterated heteroaryl; and * represents a point of attachment to N in the N-heterocycle. In Formula I, at least one of Q1 through Q5 is N and at least one of Q1 through Q5 is C—CN.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Michael Henry Howard, JR., Htay Min Hlaing, Greg A. Hostetler, Denis Yurievich Kondakov, Kerwin D. Dobbs
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Patent number: 9680111Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure where Q is a fused ring linkage having the formula In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, aryl, silyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cyano, vinyl, or allyl; R2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, alkyl, or aryl, or both R2 are an N-heterocycle; R3 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, cyano, alkyl or aryl; and a is the same or different at each occurrence and is an integer from 0-4.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Jerald Feldman, Norman Herron, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Nora Sabina Radu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Kerwin D Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Weishi Wu, Ying Wang, Charles D McLaren
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Patent number: 9478757Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula II In Formula II: R1-R4 are the same or different at each occurrence and can be D, alkyl, silyl, aryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated silyl, or deuterated aryl; a and c are the same or different and are an integer from 0-5; and b and d are the same or different and are an integer from 0-4.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Jerald Feldman, Kerwin D Dobbs, Troy C Gehret, Charles D McLaren, Giang Dong Vo, Ying Wang
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Publication number: 20160285000Abstract: This invention relates to triarylamine compounds and compositions including such compounds, that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a compound or composition. The triarylamine compound can be present as a hole transport material in a hole transport layer. The triarylamine compound can also be present in a photoactive layer in combination with an organometallic compound capable of electroluminescence having an emission maximum between 380 and 750 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: NORA SABINA RADU, JERALD FELDMAN, DANIEL DAVID LECLOUX, YING WANG, ADAM FENNIMORE, KERWIN D. DOBBS, GENE M. ROSSI, CHARLES D. MCLAREN, FREDERICK P. GENTRY
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Publication number: 20160164005Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure where Q is a fused ring linkage having the formula In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, aryl, silyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cyano, vinyl, or allyl; R2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, alkyl, or aryl, or both R2 are an N-heterocycle; R3 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, cyano, alkyl or aryl; and a is the same or different at each occurrence and is an integer from 0-4.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: JERALD FELDMAN, Norman Herron, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Nora Sabina Radu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Weishi Wu, Ying Wang, Charles D. McLaren
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Patent number: 9293716Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure where Q is a fused ring linkage having the formula In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, aryl, silyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cyano, vinyl, or allyl; R2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, alkyl, or aryl, or both R2 are an N-heterocycle; R3 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, cyano, alkyl or aryl; and a is the same or different at each occurrence and is an integer from 0-4.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Jerald Feldman, Norman Herron, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Nora Sabina Radu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Kerwin D Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Weishi Wu, Ying Wang, Charles D McLaren
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Publication number: 20150243909Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula II In Formula II: R1-R4 are the same or different at each occurrence and can be D, alkyl, silyl, aryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated silyl, or deuterated aryl; a and c are the same or different and are an integer from 0-5; and b and d are the same or different and are an integer from 0-4.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: JERALD FELDMAN, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Troy C. Gehret, Charles D. McLaren, Giang Dong Vo, Ying Wang
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Publication number: 20150236278Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula II In Formula II: R1 can be alkyl having 1-6 carbons, silyl having 3-6 carbons, or a deuterated analog thereof; R2 can be alkyl, silyl, aryl, or a deuterated analog thereof; a and c are the same or different and are an integer from 0-4; and b is an integer from 0-5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Lois Bryman, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Jerald Feldman, Troy C. Gehret, Stephan James McLain, Charles D. McLaren, Giang Dong Vo, Ying Wang
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Patent number: 8937300Abstract: This invention relates to triarylamine compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Ying Wang, Weishi Wu, Kerwin D. Dobbs