Patents by Inventor Mark E. Thompson

Mark E. Thompson 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: 20170301869
    Abstract: Organic light emitting devices are described wherein the emissive layer comprises a host material containing an emissive molecule, which molecule is adapted to luminesce when a voltage is applied across the heterostructure, and the emissive molecule is selected from the group of phosphorescent organometallic complexes, including cyclometallated platinum, iridium and osmium complexes. The organic light emitting devices optionally contain an exciton blocking layer. Furthermore, improved electroluminescent efficiency in organic light emitting devices is obtained with an emitter layer comprising organometallic complexes of transition metals of formula L2MX, wherein L and X are distinct bidentate ligands. Compounds of this formula can be synthesized more facilely than in previous approaches and synthetic options allow insertion of fluorescent molecules into a phosphorescent complex, ligands to fine tune the color of emission, and ligands to trap carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicants: The University of Southern California, The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Peter Djurovich, Sergey Lamansky, Drew Murphy, Raymond Kwong, Feras Abdel-Razzaq, Stephen R. Forrest, Marc A. Baldo, Paul A. Burrows
  • Patent number: 9768402
    Abstract: A method of preparing a bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic cell through combinations of thermal and solvent vapor annealing are described. Bulk heterojunction films may prepared by known methods such as spin coating, and then exposed to one or more vaporized solvents and thermally annealed in an effort to enhance the crystalline nature of the photoactive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: University of Southern California, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Mark E. Thompson, Guodan Wei, Siyi Wang
  • Publication number: 20170149008
    Abstract: Arrangements and techniques for providing organic emissive layers are provided, in which the emissive layer includes a first dopant having a dissociative energy level. A second dopant in the emissive layer provides a solid state sink energy level, to which doubly excited excitons and/or polarons may transition instead of to the dissociative energy level, thereby decreasing the undesirable effects of transitions to the dissociative energy level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen R. FORREST, Michael SLOOTSKY, Mark E. THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20170092883
    Abstract: A compound that can be used as a donor material in organic photovoltaic devices comprising a non-activated porphyrin fused with one or more non-activated polycyclic aromatic rings or one or more non-activated heterocyclic rings can be obtained by a thermal fusion process. By heating the reaction mixture of non-activated porphyrins with non-activated polycyclic aromatic rings or heterocyclic rings to a fusion temperature and holding for a predetermined time, fusion of one or more polycyclic rings or heterocyclic rings to the non-activated porphyrin core in meso,? fashion is achieved resulting in hybrid structures containing a distorted porphyrin ring with annulated aromatic rings. The porphyrin core can be olygoporphyrins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Viacheslav Diev, Kenneth Hanson, Stephen R. Forrest
  • Patent number: 9583720
    Abstract: The invention provides emissive materials and organic light emitting devices using the emissive materials in an emissive layer disposed between and electrically connected to an anode and a cathode. The emissive materials include compounds with the following structure: wherein at least one of R8 to R14 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, and/or at least two of R8 to R14 that are adjacent are part of a fluorenyl group. The emissive materials have enhanced electroluminescent efficiency and improved lifetime when incorporated into light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Southern California
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Arnold Tamayo, Peter Djurovich
  • Publication number: 20160359123
    Abstract: Organic light emitting devices incorporating a film of metal complex emitters that are oriented with their transition dipole moment vectors oriented parallel to the device substrate enhances the outcoupling and eliminate the need for micro-lens arrays, gratings, or other physical extraneous outcoupling methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Mark E. THOMPSON, Matthew J. JUROW, Peter I. DJUROVICH, Tobias D. SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 9508940
    Abstract: Organic light emitting devices are disclosed which are comprised of a heterostructure for producing electroluminescence wherein the heterostructure is comprised of an emissive layer containing a phosphorescent dopant compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: The Trustees of Princeton University, The University of Southern California
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Yujian You, Andrei Shoustikov, Scott Sibley, Paul E. Burrows, Stephen R. Forrest
  • Publication number: 20160293864
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device is disclosed in which the emissive dopant material in its organic emissive layer is an organic phosphorescent emissive material and a neat film of the organic phosphorescent emissive material is disposed between the organic emissive layer and the anode as an electron blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of Michigan, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Jaesang Lee, Mark E. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9447107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to multichromophoric assemblies comprising metalloporphyrin scaffolds. The present disclosure also relates, in part, to methods for generating electric-field-stabilized geminate polaron pairs comprising applying electric fields to the multichromophoric assemblies described herein, or alternatively, directly to the metalloporphyrins provided by the present disclosure. The present disclosure further relates, in part, to multichromophoric assemblies comprising metalloporphyrin scaffolds, which exhibit enhanced energy transfer properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Matthew T. Whited, Peter I. Djurovich
  • Publication number: 20160268518
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device having an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is provided. In one aspect, the organic layer comprises a compound having at least one zwitterionic carbon donor ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Djurovich, Jui-Yi Tsai, Chun Lin, Jason Brooks, Bert Alleyne, Mark E. Thompson, Peter B. Mackenzie, Bin Ma
  • Patent number: 9435021
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an OLED by preparing phosphorescent metal complexes in situ is provided. In particular, the method simultaneously synthesizes and deposits copper (I) complexes in an organic light emitting device. Devices comprising such complexes may provide improved photoluminescent and electroluminescent properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Zhiwei Liu, Chao Wu
  • Publication number: 20160254101
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive devices including a first subcell and a second subcell and having at least one exciton-blocking charge carrier filter disposed between the subcells. The filters comprise a mixture of at least one wide energy gap material and at least one electron or hole conducting material. As described herein, the filters simultaneously block excitons and conduct the desired charge carrier (electrons or holes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen R. FORREST, Xin XIAO, Kevin BERGEMANN, Anurag PANDA, Jeramy D. ZIMMERMAN, Brian E. LASSITER, Mark E. THOMPSON, Andrew N. BARTYNSKI, Cong THINH, Xiaozhou CHE
  • Publication number: 20160232265
    Abstract: Compound libraries, systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, are described for implementing techniques for processing data from a combinatorial inquiry to determine materials of use in various photoelectronic devices, e.g., organic light emitting diodes. The libraries include a collection of putative compounds of use as components of OLED devices, which are cross-referenced with one or more electronic property relevant to the efficacy of the compounds in an OLED device. The techniques broadly include receiving data from a chemical experiment on a library of materials having a plurality of members and generating a queriable representation of the chemical experiment. The chemical experiment is optionally an in silico experiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Mark E. THOMPSON, Patrick SARIS, Peter I. DJUROVICH, Hsiao-Fan CHEN
  • Patent number: 9412955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of excited state intramolecular charge transfer (ESIPT) dye compounds based on mono or dihydroxy substituted 1,3-bisiminoisoindole motif and metal complexes containing such compounds as ligands. The present invention also provides OLEDs containing the compound and/or metal complex as the emissive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Kenneth Hanson, Peter Djurovich
  • Publication number: 20160220725
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes, among other things, a thermo-responsive hydrogel comprising a PNIPAM copolymer having adhesive properties that are temperature dependent, as well as a device for administering the hydrogel, and methods for making and using the foregoing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: John J. Whalen, III, Niki Bayat, Yi Zhang, Paulo Falabella, Mark E. Thompson, Mark S. Humayun
  • Patent number: 9391284
    Abstract: There is disclosed an organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising organic photoconductive materials, which comprise singlet fission host materials doped with triplet forming materials. There is also disclosed devices made from such materials, such as an organic photovoltaic cell, a photoconductor cell, a photodetector, organic photosensors, chemical sensors, and biological sensors. Methods of fabricating such devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Mark E. Thompson, Maria Dolores Perez, Carsten Borek, Peter I. Djurovich
  • Patent number: 9356245
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device having an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is provided. In one aspect, the organic layer comprises a compound having at least one zwitterionic carbon donor ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, The University of Southern California
    Inventors: Peter Djurovich, Jui-Yi Tsai, Chun Lin, Jason Brooks, Bert Alleyne, Mark E. Thompson, Peter B. Mackenzie, Bin Ma
  • Publication number: 20160141524
    Abstract: Compounds that act as capture agents to sequester unsaturated metal complexes are provided. In particular, the compounds may be host materials, dopant materials, or co-dopant materials containing functional groups, such as an isocyanide or a phosphine group, which are suitable for trapping an unsaturated coordination complex. These compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices, particularly blue devices, to provide improved device lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Mark E. THOMPSON, Alberto BOSSI, Peter DJUROVICH
  • Publication number: 20160056398
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive devices including at least one exciton-blocking charge carrier filter. The filters comprise a mixture of at least one wide energy gap material and at least one electron or hole conducting material. As described herein, the novel filters simultaneously block excitons and conduct the desired charge carrier (electrons or holes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Xin Xiao, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Kevin Bergemann, Anurag Panda, Brian E. Lassiter, Mark E. Thompson, Andrew N. Bartynski, Cong Trinh
  • Publication number: 20160020418
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stable organic photosensitive devices including at least one exciton-blocking charge carrier filter. The filters comprise a mixture of at least one wide energy gap material having a sufficiently high glass transition temperature, e.g., higher than the temperature or temperature range at which the device typically operates, higher than a highest operating temperature of the device, higher than a threshold temperature value, etc. and at least one electron or hole conducting material. As described herein, the novel filters simultaneously block excitons and conduct the desired charge carrier (electrons or holes).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Quinn Burlingame, Xin Xiao, Kevie Bergemann, Anurag Panda, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Brian E. Lassiter, Mark E. Thompson, Andrew N. Bartynski, Cong Trinh