Patents by Inventor Konstantin Schneider

Konstantin Schneider 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: 20230105959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal device comprising at least two opposing transparent substrates, at least one liquid crystal switching layer sandwiched between said opposing substrates comprising one or more polymerised photoreactive mesogens of formula I, R11-Sp11-X11[-A-Z]o-A11-CY11?CY12[—C?O]x[—O]y-A[-Z-A]p—X21-Sp21-R21??I wherein R11, R21, A11, A, Z, X11, X21, Y11, Y12, Sp11, Sp21, o, p, x and y have one of the meanings as given in claim 1, and one or more nematogenic compounds, an electrode structure provided on one or both of the opposing substrates, wherein one or more of said substrates are additionally provided with an optical grating or a lens structure adjacent to the LC switching layer. The invention is further related to a method of production of said liquid crystal device, to the use of said Liquid Crystal device in various types of optical and electro-optical devices, and to electro-optical devices comprising the liquid crystal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin SNOW, Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Izumi SAITO, Konstantin SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 10988692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medium comprising at least 60% of one or more compounds of formula I wherein R11, R12, MG11, MG12 and Sp1 have the meaning given herein below, to the use of such media in liquid crystal devices, in particular in flexoelectric liquid crystal devices, and to a flexoelectric liquid crystal device comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Siemianowski, Konstantin Schneider
  • Patent number: 10894918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Nils Greinert, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider, Christian Schoenefeld, Thomas Bauer
  • Publication number: 20200248077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medium comprising at least 60% of one or more compounds of formula I wherein R11, R12, MG11, MG12 and Sp1 have the meaning given herein below, to the use of such media in liquid crystal devices, in particular in flexoelectric liquid crystal devices, and to a flexoelectric liquid crystal device comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Konstantin SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 10570335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patetn GmbH
    Inventors: Dong-Mee Song, Ki-Sun Kwon, Hoo-Yong Lee, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Christian Schoenefeld, Konstantin Schneider, Matthias Koch, Joerg Peschke, Matthias Bremer, Nils Greinert
  • Publication number: 20180371319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Nils GREINERT, Matthias BREMER, Konstantin SCHNEIDER, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Thomas BAUER
  • Publication number: 20180187080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dong-Mee SONG, Ki-Sun KWON, Hoo-Yong LEE, Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Konstantin SCHNEIDER, Matthias KOCH, Joerg PESCHKE, Matthias BREMER, Nils GREINERT
  • Patent number: 9777216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider
  • Patent number: 9347002
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, L1, L2 and L3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PA-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect. The invention furthermore also relates to compounds of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Harald Lannert, Konstantin Schneider
  • Patent number: 8877092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, ring A have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Volker Reiffenrath, Konstantin Schneider, Andreas Waechtler, Elvira Montenegro
  • Patent number: 8785142
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement, comprising a solid carrier and a matrix arranged on the solid carrier, said matrix comprising at least one enzymatically convertible or modifiable molecule and comprising at least one enzyme that can be released by the conversion or modification of the molecule, said enzyme being capable of converting at least one color-changing substrate located in the matrix and/or on the solid carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventors: Georg Gübitz, Eva Sigl, Andrea Hasmann, Marc Schröder, Konstantin Schneider, Alexandra Rollett, Franz Kaufmann, Andreas Hafner
  • Publication number: 20140008571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, L1, L2 and L3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PA-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, IPS or PS-IPS effect. The invention furthermore also relates to compounds of the formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Harald Lannert, Konstantin Schneider
  • Patent number: 8399073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having negative dielectric anisotropy which comprises at least one compound of the formula I in which R1, R1* and a have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider, Detlef Pauluth
  • Publication number: 20120326084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, ring A have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Volker Reiffenrath, Konstantin Schneider, Andreas Waechtler, Elvira Montenegro
  • Publication number: 20120305843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider
  • Publication number: 20120309036
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement, comprising a solid carrier and a matrix arranged on the solid carrier, said matrix comprising at least one enzymatically convertible or modifiable molecule and comprising at least one enzyme that can be released by the conversion or modification of the molecule, said enzyme being capable of converting at least one color-changing substrate located in the matrix and/or on the solid carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Georg Gübitz, Eva Sigl, Andrea Hasmann, Marc Schröder, Konstantin Schneider, Alexandra Rollett, Franz Kaufmann, Andreas Hafner
  • Publication number: 20110248216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium having negative dielectric anisotropy which comprises at least one compound of the formula I in which R1, R1* and a have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider, Detlef Pauluth
  • Patent number: 8017200
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid-crystalline medium, which contains a compound of formula I and the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, in particular for TN, TFT, IPS or OCB displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Elvira Montenegro, Konstantin Schneider, Brigitte Schuler
  • Patent number: 7972664
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid-crystalline medium, which contains a compound of formula I and the use thereof for electro-optical purposes, in particular for TN, TFT, IPS or OCB displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Elvira Montenegro, Konstantin Schneider, Brigitte Schuler
  • Patent number: D1020192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Oddbjorn Stavseng, Konstantin Baumann, Denis Hohmann, Nicholas Galway, Adrien Noirhomme, Adreas Schneider, Florian Fick, Faina Chunhan Liang, Jochen Backhaus