Patents by Inventor Mark D. Watson

Mark D. Watson 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).

  • Semiconducting compounds and devices incorporating same
    Patent number: 8927971
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconducting compounds having one or more phthalimide units and/or one or more head-to-head (H-H) substituted biheteroaryl units. Such compounds can be monomeric, oligomeric, or polymeric, and can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution?processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventor: Mark D. Watson
  • Semiconducting Compounds and Devices Incorporating Same
    Publication number: 20100252112
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconducting compounds having one or more phthalimide units and/or one or more head-to-head (H-H) substituted biheteroaryl units. Such compounds can be monomeric, oligomeric, or polymeric, and can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Mark D. Watson
  • Transition metal free coupling of highly fluorinated and non-fluorinated pi-electron systems
    Publication number: 20080042127
    Abstract: A method for making an organic conjugated monomer, oligomer, polymer or small molecule includes reacting a silyl substituted pi-system compound with a highly fluorinated pi-system compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventor: Mark D. Watson
  • Homogeneous metathesis/heterogeneous hydrogenation
    Patent number: 6107237
    Abstract: Addition of catalyst support, such as silica or alumina, to a completed metathesis reaction as a support for the catalyst residue, facilitates quantitative hydrogenation at lower hydrogen pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Kenneth B. Wagener, Mark D. Watson