Patents by Inventor Kevin Treacher

Kevin Treacher 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: 8865924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and their use as ligands, in particular, in metal catalyst complexes. The ligands of the invention are capable of binding to a solid support. The invention includes the ligands in their own right and when bound to a support and the compounds may be used to prepare metal catalyst complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: University of Leeds
    Inventors: John Blacker, Kevin Treacher, Thomas Screen
  • Publication number: 20130267725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and their use as ligands, in particular, in metal catalyst complexes. The ligands of the invention are capable of binding to a solid support. The invention includes the ligands in their own right and when bound to a support and the compounds may be used to prepare metal catalyst complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
    Inventors: John Blacker, Kevin Treacher, Thomas Screen
  • Patent number: 8501829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and their use as ligands, in particular in metal catalyst complexes. The ligands of the invention are capable of binding to a solid support. The invention includes the ligands in their own right and when bound to a support and the compounds may be used to prepare metal catalyst complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: NPIL Pharmaceuticals (UK) Limited
    Inventors: John Blacker, Kevin Treacher, Thomas Screen
  • Publication number: 20100298457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and their use as ligands, in particular in metal catalyst complexes. The ligands of the invention are capable of binding to a solid support. The invention includes the ligands in their own right and when bound to a support and the compounds may be used to prepare metal catalyst complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: NPIL PHARMACEUTICALS (UK) LIMITED
    Inventors: John Blacker, Kevin Treacher, Thomas Green
  • Patent number: 7820305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent copolymers comprising trifunctional triplet emitters. The polymers according to the invention are highly soluble, readily accessible synthetically and more suitable for use in organic light-emitting diodes than are comparative materials in accordance with the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Susanne Heun, Ingrid Bach, Philipp Stössel, Kevin Treacher
  • Patent number: 7638594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising spirobifluorene units and their use in optoelectronic devices, preferably in, for example, displays based on polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Hubert Spreitzer, Aurelie Falcou, Philipp Stoessel, Arne Buesing, Amir Parham, Bernd Schröder
  • Patent number: 7405255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions and/or dispersions of organic semiconductors in a solvent mixture of at least two different organic solvents, characterized in that A. Each of the solvents on its own has a boiling point of below 200° C. and a melting point of 15° C. or less, B. at least one of the solvents has a boiling point in the range from greater than 140 to less than 200° C., C. the solvents used have no benzylic CH2 or CH groups, D. the solvents used are not benzene derivatives containing tert-butyl substituents or more than two methyl substituents, and their use in printing processes for producing layers of organic semiconductors, especially for the electronics industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Susanne Heun, Andreas Sauer
  • Patent number: 7323533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising spirobifluorene units and their use in optoelectronic devices, preferably in, for example, displays based on polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Hubert Spreitzer, Aurelie Falcou, Philipp Stössel, Arne Büsing, Amir Parham, Bernd Schröder
  • Publication number: 20070281182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent copolymers comprising trifunctional triplet emitters. The polymers according to the invention are highly soluble, readily accessible synthetically and more suitable for use in organic light-emitting diodes than are comparative materials in accordance with the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Susanne Heun, Ingrid Bach, Philipp Stossel, Kevin Treacher
  • Publication number: 20070265473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising spirobifluorene units and their use in optoelectronic devices, preferably in, for example, displays based on polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Hubert Spreitzer, Aurelie Falcou, Philipp Stossel, Arne Busing, Amir Parham, Bernd Schroder
  • Patent number: 7288617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymers which comprise spirobifluorene and fluorine units of the formulae (I) and (II) and may further comprise additional structural elements which may have charge transport properties, hole transport properties and/or electron transport properties. Such materials display a significantly improved property profile in electronic components, particularly when used in a PLED, in particular as electroluminescence material, in organic integrated circuits (O-ICs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), organic solar cells (O-SCs) or organic laser diodes (O lasers).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Treacher, Heinrich Becker, Philipp Stossel, Hubert Spreitzer, Aurelie Falcou, Amir Parham, Arne Busing
  • Patent number: 7244960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions of organic semiconductors and their use in the production of electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Spreitzer, Susanne Heun, Kevin Treacher, Neil Tallant, Stephen Yeates, Beverly Brown
  • Publication number: 20070027028
    Abstract: A microencapsulated catalyst-ligand system is prepared by dissolving or dispersing a catalyst and/or a ligand in a first phase (for example an organic phase), dispersing the first phase in a second, continuous phase (for example an aqueous phase) to form an emulsion, reacting one or more microcapsule wall-forming materials at the interface between the dispersed first phase and the continuous second phase to form a microcapsule polymer shell encapsulating the dispersed first phase core and when the first phase contains only a catalyst or a ligand, treating the microcapsules with the remaining ligand or catalyst component of the catalyst-ligand system. The catalyst is preferably a transition metal catalyst and the ligand is preferably an organic ligand. The encapsulated catalyst-ligand system may be used for conventional catalysed reactions. The encapsulated catalyst-ligand system may be recovered from the reaction medium and re-cycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: David Pears, Kevin Treacher, Mohammed Nisar
  • Publication number: 20060127592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions and/or dispersions of organic semiconductors in a solvent mixture of at least two different organic solvents, characterized in that A. Each of the solvents on its own has a boiling point of below 200° C. and a melting point of 15° C. or less, B. at least one of the solvents has a boiling point in the range from greater than 140 to less than 200° C., C. the solvents used have no benzylic CH2 or CH groups, D. the solvents used are not benzene derivatives containing tert-butyl substituents or more than two methyl substituents, and their use in printing processes for producing layers of organic semiconductors, especially for the electronics industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Susanne Heun, Andreas Sauer
  • Patent number: 6994893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions and/or dispersions of organic semiconductors in a solvent mixture of at least two different organic solvents, characterized in that A. Each of the solvents on its own has a boiling point of below 200° C. and a melting point of 15° C. or less, B. at least one of the solvents has a boiling point in the range from greater than 140 to less than 200° C., C. the solvents used have no benzylic CH2 or CH groups, D. the solvents used are not benzene derivatives containing tert-butyl substituents or more than two methyl substituents, and their use in printing processes for producing layers of organic semiconductors, especially for the electronics industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Susanne Heun, Andreas Sauer
  • Publication number: 20050263758
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of aryl-aryl coupled compounds and materials. These materials play an important role in industry, for example as liquid crystals, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, to mention just a few application areas. These compounds, in particular, are also of major importance especially in the high-growth area of organic semi-conductors (for example, applications in organic or polymeric light-emitting diodes, organic solar cells, organic ICs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Treacher, Philipp Stossel, Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Aurelie Falcou
  • Patent number: 6956095
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of aryl-aryl coupled compounds and materials. These materials play an important role in industry, for example as liquid crystals, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, to mention just a few application areas. These compounds, in particular, are also of major importance especially in the high-growth area of organic semi-conductors (for example, applications in organic or polymeric light-emitting diodes, organic solar cells, organic ICs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Treacher, Philipp Stössel, Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Aurelie Falcou
  • Publication number: 20050038223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising spirobifluorene units and their use in optoelectronic devices, preferably in, for example, displays based on polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Hubert Spreitzer, Aurelie Falcou, Philipp Stossel, Arne Busing, Amir Parham, Bernd Schroder
  • Publication number: 20040260090
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of aryl-aryl coupled compounds and materials. These materials play an important role in industry, for example as liquid crystals, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, to mention just a few application areas. These compounds, in particular, are also of major importance especially in the high-growth area of organic semi-conductors (for example, applications in organic or polymeric light-emitting diodes, organic solar cells, organic ICs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Kevin Treacher, Philipp Stossel, Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Aurelie Falcou
  • Publication number: 20040225056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solutions and/or dispersions of organic semiconductors in a solvent mixture of at least two different organic solvents, characterized in that
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Hubert Spreitzer, Heinrich Becker, Kevin Treacher, Susanne Heun, Andrea Sauer