Patents by Inventor Kevin P. Klubek

Kevin P. Klubek 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: 20090053559
    Abstract: An OLED device having two spaced electrodes, and including a first light-emitting layer that produces green emission and includes an anthracene host and a 2,6-diaminoanthracene light-emitting dopant, and a second light-emitting layer that produces red emission and includes a host and a red light-emitting dopant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Spindler, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Kevin P. Klubek
  • Publication number: 20090004365
    Abstract: An OLED includes an anode formed over a substrate and a contaminant-scavenging layer formed over the anode, wherein the contaminant-scavenging layer includes one or more organic materials but not a hexaazatriphenylene derivative, each having an electron-accepting property and a reduction potential greater than ?0.1 V vs. a Saturated Calomel Electrode, and wherein the one or more organic materials provide more than 50% by mole ratio of the contaminant-scavenging layer. The OLED also includes an organic electroluminescent unit formed over the contaminant-scavenging layer, wherein the organic electroluminescent unit includes a hole-transporting layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transporting layer, and a cathode formed over the organic electroluminescent unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Wojciech K. Slusarek, Tukaram K. Hatwar
  • Publication number: 20080284318
    Abstract: An electroluminescent device comprises a) a fluorescent light emitting layer comprising a fluorescent emitter and a fluorescent host material wherein the HOMO energy level of the fluorescent host material is not more than 0.1 eV more negative than that of the fluorescent emitter; b) a phosphorescent light emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent emitter and a phosphorescent host material; and c) a spacer layer interposed between the fluorescent light emitting layer and the phosphorescent light emitting layer; wherein the triplet energy of the fluorescent host material is not more than 0.2 eV less than the triplet energy of both the spacer layer material and of the phosphorescent host material. The materials within these layers are selected so that the HOMO and triplet energy levels satisfy certain interrelationships. The invention provides devices that emit light with high luminous efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph C. Deaton, Denis Y. Kondakov, Marina E. Kondakava, Kevin P. Klubek, Dustin L. Comfort
  • Publication number: 20080284317
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device (OLED) including an anode; a cathode; a blue light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and includes at least one blue host and at least one fluorescent blue dopant; a first light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the blue light-emitting layer, including a first phosphorescent dopant and a host; and a second light-emitting layer disposed between the blue light-emitting layer and the cathode, including a second phosphorescent dopant and a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Joseph C. Deaton, Cynthia A. Pellow
  • Publication number: 20080182129
    Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween a light-emitting layer wherein the light-emitting layer comprises (a) a 2-arylanthracene compound and (b) a light-emitting second anthracene compound having amino substitution at a minimum of two positions, wherein at least one amine is substituted at the 2 position of the second anthracene compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin P. Klubek, Liang-Sheng Liao, Viktor V. Jarikov, Denis Y. Kondakov, William J. Begley, Michele L. Ricks
  • Patent number: 7368178
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, an anode, and a cathode disposed over the substrate, and a luminescent layer disposed between the anode and the cathode wherein the luminescent layer includes a host and at least one dopant. The host of the luminescent layer is selected to include a solid organic material comprising a mixture of at least two components, wherein the first component is an organic compound containing an aminoanthracene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Klubek, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 7273663
    Abstract: A tandem white OLED device includes an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic electroluminescence units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein each organic electroluminescence unit includes at least one light-emitting layer, and wherein each organic electroluminescence unit emits white light. The device also includes an intermediate connector disposed between each adjacent organic electroluminescence unit, wherein the intermediate connector includes at least two different layers, and wherein the intermediate connector has no direct connection to an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Kevin P. Klubek, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 7211948
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes an anode; a hole-transporting layer disposed over the anode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the hole-transporting layer for producing light in response to hole-electron recombination, and an electron-transporting layer disposed over the light-emitting layer. The device also includes a crystallization-inhibitor incorporated within the electron-transporting layer, wherein the crystallization-inhibitor prevents the electron-transporting layer from crystallizing during operation, and a cathode disposed over the electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek
  • Patent number: 7138763
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device with enhanced operational stability comprising an anode; a hole-transporting layer disposed over the anode; a light-emitting layer disposed over the hole-transporting layer for producing light in response to hole-electron recombination, wherein the light-emitting layer includes at least one organic host material and one organic luminescent dopant material; a stability-enhancing layer disposed in contact with the light-emitting layer, wherein the stability-enhancing layer includes at least one organic host material and one inorganic dopant material; an electron-transporting layer disposed over the stability-enhancing layer; and a cathode disposed over the electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek
  • Patent number: 7075231
    Abstract: A tandem OLED includes an anode, a cathode, and at least two electroluminescent units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein each of the electroluminescent units includes at least one hole-injecting layer, one hole-transporting layer, one organic light-emitting layer, one electron-transporting layer, and one electron-injecting layer. The OLED also includes at least one intermediate connector, wherein each of the intermediate connectors includes at least one layer, and wherein each of the intermediate connectors is disposed between electroluminescent units, wherein the thickness of each layer in each of the electroluminescent units and the intermediate connectors is selected to satisfy the test condition that the voltage drop from the anode to the cathode is less than 4.0 V×N (the number of electroluminescent units) at 20 mA/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Kevin P. Klubek, J. Ramon Vargas, Dustin L. Comfort
  • Patent number: 7037599
    Abstract: An OLED device comprising a substrate, an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a uniaxial alignment layer disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, a light-emitting layer disposed over the uniaxial alignment layer and capable of producing polarized light, and a carrier confinement layer disposed over the light emitting layer and wherein the carrier confinement layer blocks either holes, electrons, or excitons. The light-emitting layer includes an oligomeric fluorene or a mixture of oligomeric fluorenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Sean W. Culligan, Yanhou Geng, Shaw H. Chen, Kevin P. Klubek, Kathleen M. Vaeth, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 7030554
    Abstract: A full-color organic display for displaying a color image, including an array of pixels arranged in repeating patterns, wherein each pixel has red, green, and blue light-emitting subpixels, and wherein each red and green light-emitting subpixel contains only one EL unit, while each blue light-emitting subpixel contains more than one vertically stacked EL unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6991859
    Abstract: A cascaded organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic electroluminescent units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic electroluminescent units comprise at least a hole-transporting layer and an electron-transporting layer. The device also includes a connecting unit disposed between each adjacent organic electroluminescent unit, wherein the connecting unit comprises, in sequence, an n-type doped organic layer, and a p-type doped organic layer wherein the p-type doped organic layer includes a dihydrophenazine derivative compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Klubek, Liang-Sheng Liao, Ching W. Tang, J. Ramon Vargas
  • Patent number: 6936961
    Abstract: A cascaded organic electroluminescent device includes an anode and a cathode. The device also includes a plurality of organic electroluminescent units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic electroluminescent units comprise at least a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and an electroluminescent zone formed between the hole-transporting layer and the electron-transporting layer wherein the physical spacing between adjacent electroluminescent zones is more than 90 nm; and a connecting unit disposed between each adjacent organic electroluminescent unit, wherein the connecting unit comprises, in sequence, an n-type doped organic layer and a p-type doped organic layer forming a transparent p-n junction structure wherein the resistivity of each of the doped layers is higher than 10 ?-cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Dustin L. Comfort, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6919140
    Abstract: A multilayer electroluminescent device comprising a cathode, an anode, a light emitting layer, and a layer disposed between the cathode and anode containing a dihydrophenazine compound is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Klubek, J. Ramon Vargas, Liang-Sheng Liao
  • Patent number: 6881502
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device includes an anode; a hole-transporting layer disposed over the anode; a light-emitting layer disposed over the hole-transporting layer for producing blue light in response to hole-electron recombination, wherein the light emitting layer includes at least one host material and at least one dopant material; a non-hole-blocking buffer layer formed in contact with the light-emitting layer, wherein the non-hole-blocking buffer layer has substantially the same ionization potential and the same electron affinity as those of one of the host materials in the light-emitting layer; an electron-transporting layer disposed over the non-hole-blocking buffer layer; and a cathode disposed over the electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek
  • Patent number: 6869699
    Abstract: A p-type mixture for use in an electronic device including a host including a dihydrophenazine compound, and a dopant provided in the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kevin P. Klubek, Liang-Sheng Liao, J. Ramon Vargas, Ching W. Tang
  • Patent number: 6853133
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device with improved performance including an anode formed over a substrate; a hole-transporting layer formed over the anode; and a light emitting layer formed over the hole-transporting layer for producing light in response to hole-electron recombination. The organic light-emitting device also includes an emission-protecting layer formed over the light-emitting layer, wherein the emission-protecting layer includes one or more materials selected to resist the surface contamination on the organic light-emitting layer and to ensure that there will be less surface contamination than if such layer had not been provided; an electron-transporting layer formed over the emission-protecting layer; and a cathode formed over the electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Dustin L. Comfort
  • Publication number: 20040227460
    Abstract: A cascaded organic electroluminescent device includes an anode and a cathode. The device also includes a plurality of organic electroluminescent units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic electroluminescent units comprise at least a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and an electroluminescent zone formed between the hole-transporting layer and the electron-transporting layer wherein the physical spacing between adjacent electroluminescent zones is more than 90 nm; and a connecting unit disposed between each adjacent organic electroluminescent unit, wherein the connecting unit comprises, in sequence, an n-type doped organic layer and a p-type doped organic layer forming a transparent p-n junction structure wherein the resistivity of each of the doped layers is higher than 10 &OHgr;-cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Dustin L. Comfort, Ching W. Tang
  • Publication number: 20040222738
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device with improved performance including an anode formed over a substrate; a hole-transporting layer formed over the anode; and a light-emitting layer formed over the hole-transporting layer for producing light in response to hole-electron recombination. The organic light-emitting device also includes an emission-protecting layer formed over the light-emitting layer, wherein the emission-protecting layer includes one or more materials selected to resist the surface contamination on the organic light-emitting layer and to ensure that there will be less surface contamination than if such layer had not been provided; an electron-transporting layer formed over the emission-protecting layer; and a cathode formed over the electron-transporting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Dustin L. Comfort