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).
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Publication number: 20230105959Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Benjamin SNOW, Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Izumi SAITO, Konstantin SCHNEIDER
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Patent number: 10988692Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Simon Siemianowski, Konstantin Schneider
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Patent number: 10894918Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Nils Greinert, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider, Christian Schoenefeld, Thomas Bauer
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Publication number: 20200248077Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Simon SIEMIANOWSKI, Konstantin SCHNEIDER
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Patent number: 10570335Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Merck Patetn GmbHInventors: Dong-Mee Song, Ki-Sun Kwon, Hoo-Yong Lee, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Christian Schoenefeld, Konstantin Schneider, Matthias Koch, Joerg Peschke, Matthias Bremer, Nils Greinert
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Publication number: 20180371319Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Nils GREINERT, Matthias BREMER, Konstantin SCHNEIDER, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Thomas BAUER
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Publication number: 20180187080Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Dong-Mee SONG, Ki-Sun KWON, Hoo-Yong LEE, Melanie KLASEN-MEMMER, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Konstantin SCHNEIDER, Matthias KOCH, Joerg PESCHKE, Matthias BREMER, Nils GREINERT
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Patent number: 9777216Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider
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Patent number: 9347002Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Harald Lannert, Konstantin Schneider
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Patent number: 8877092Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Volker Reiffenrath, Konstantin Schneider, Andreas Waechtler, Elvira Montenegro
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Patent number: 8785142Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Inventors: Georg Gübitz, Eva Sigl, Andrea Hasmann, Marc Schröder, Konstantin Schneider, Alexandra Rollett, Franz Kaufmann, Andreas Hafner
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Publication number: 20140008571Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Harald Lannert, Konstantin Schneider
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Patent number: 8399073Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter HaftungInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider, Detlef Pauluth
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Publication number: 20120326084Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Volker Reiffenrath, Konstantin Schneider, Andreas Waechtler, Elvira Montenegro
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Publication number: 20120305843Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Melanie Klasen-memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider
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Publication number: 20120309036Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Georg Gübitz, Eva Sigl, Andrea Hasmann, Marc Schröder, Konstantin Schneider, Alexandra Rollett, Franz Kaufmann, Andreas Hafner
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Publication number: 20110248216Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Konstantin Schneider, Detlef Pauluth
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Patent number: 8017200Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Michael Wittek, Elvira Montenegro, Konstantin Schneider, Brigitte Schuler
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Patent number: 7972664Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft MIT Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Michael Wittek, Elvira Montenegro, Konstantin Schneider, Brigitte Schuler
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Patent number: D1020192Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Oddbjorn Stavseng, Konstantin Baumann, Denis Hohmann, Nicholas Galway, Adrien Noirhomme, Adreas Schneider, Florian Fick, Faina Chunhan Liang, Jochen Backhaus