Patents by Inventor Mark Giles

Mark Giles 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: 7034174
    Abstract: Conjugated mono-, oligo- and polyazulenes are suitable for use as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, and as field effect transistors and semi-conducting components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: MERCK Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Diane Farrand, Michael Findlater, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6953957
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to the use of poly-3,3?-dialkyl-2,2?:5?,2?-terthiophenes as charge transport materials or semiconductors in electrooptical, electronic or electroluminescent devices, and to charge transport and semiconducting components and devices comprising poly-3,3?-dialkyl-2,2?:5?,2?-terthiophenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Siemens AG
    Inventors: Iain McCulloch, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Henning Rost
  • Patent number: 6943275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing disubstituted 9-alkylidenefluorenes and structure analogous compounds, to novel compounds and intermediates prepared by this process, their use for the preparation of conjugated polymers and copolymers thereof, and to novel polymers and copolymers thereby prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Mark Giles, Clare Bailey
  • Publication number: 20050161708
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to the use of poly-3,3?-dialkyl-2,2?:5?,2?-terthiophenes as charge transport materials or semiconductors in electrooptical, electronic or electroluminescent devices, and to charge transport and semiconducting components and devices comprising poly-3,3?-dialkyl-2,2?:5?,2?-terthiophenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Iain McCulloch, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Henning Rost
  • Patent number: 6913710
    Abstract: The invention relates to new reactive mesogenic benzodithiophene derivatives, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electro-optical or electronic devices like for example liquid crystal displays, optical films, organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the reactive mesogenic benzodithiophenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Farrand, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20050080219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing regioregular polymers, in particular head-to-tail (HT) poly-(3-substituted) thiophenes with high regioregularity, to novel polymers prepared by this process, to the use of the novel polymers as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel polymers, to a process of endcapping polymers and to endcapped polymers obtained thereof and their use in the above devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Guntram Koller, Birgit Falk, Clarissa Weller, Mark Giles, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6841677
    Abstract: The invention relates to new conjugated mono-, oligo- and polydithienopyridines, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaics, sensors and electrophotographic recording devices, and to a field effect transistor as a component of integrated circuitry, as a thin fim transistor in flat panel display applications or for RFID tags, or a semiconducting component in organic light-emitting diode applications, comprising the new mono-, oligo and polydithienopyridines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Louise Farrand, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20040256616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing disubstituted 9-alkylidenefluorenes and structure analogous compounds, to novel compounds and intermediates prepared by this process, their use for the preparation of conjugated polymers and copolymers thereof, and to novel polymers and copolymers thereby prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Mark Giles, Clare Bailey
  • Patent number: 6824706
    Abstract: The invention relates to new mono-, oligo- and poly-difluorovinyl(hetero)arylenes comprising one or more identical or different recurring units of formula I wherein D, D′, Ar, a and b have the meanings as defined in herein. Furthermore the inventions relates to their synthesis, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials and their different applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrank Haftung
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20040230021
    Abstract: The invention relates to mono-, oligo- and polymers comprising a dithienothiophene group and an aryl group useful as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6818260
    Abstract: The invention relates to new thienothiophene derivatives, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices like for example organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the thienothiophene derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Louise Farrand, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6805922
    Abstract: Conjugated mono-, oligo- and polyalkylidenefluorenes are suitable for use as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Mark Giles, Louise Diane Farrand, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6806374
    Abstract: Mono-, oligo- and polymers comprising one or more identical or different recurring units of formula I —[(Y)a—(D)b—(Z)c]—  I wherein D is a 3-(1,1-difluoroalkyl)thiophene group of formula II, wherein Y, Z, R1, R2, a, b and c have the meanings defined herein, are useful as semiconductors and charge transport materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6800763
    Abstract: The invention relates to reactive thienothiophenes, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices like for example organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the reactive thienothiophenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent Geselleshaft MIT Beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Louise Farrand, Marcus Thompson, Mark Giles, Mark Goulding, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20040178408
    Abstract: A polymer dopant for electrially conducting, photoconducting and semiconducting components and devices and novel polymers comprising electron accepting groups that are suitable as polymer dopants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Mark Giles, Maxim Shkunov, Steven Tierney, Clare Bailey
  • Publication number: 20040175638
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymerisable charge transport compounds, their use as semiconductors or charge transport materials, in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices like for example organic field effect transistors (FET or OFET) for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and integrated circuit devices such as RFID tags, electroluminescent devices in flat panel displays, and in plotovoltaic and sensor devices, and to a field effect transistor, light emitting device or ID tag comprising the polymerisable charge transport compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Tierney, Mark Goulding, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney
  • Publication number: 20040119049
    Abstract: Mono-, oligo- and poly-bis(thienyl) arylenes are suitable as as charge transport materials or semiconductors in electrooptical, electronic and electroluminescent devices, to charge transport and semiconductor materials, components and devices comprising mono-, oligo- and poly-bis(thienyl) arylenes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Mark Giles, Steven Tierney, Iain McCulloch, Clare Bailey
  • Publication number: 20040092690
    Abstract: A novel class of organic semiconductor with a high charge carrier mobility by high regio-regularity. The regio-regularity is produced by the production of the polymer, starting from an AB elimination of the monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Giles, Henning Rost
  • Patent number: 6695978
    Abstract: Conjugated mono-, oligo- and polymers of benzo[b]thiophene and bisbenzo[b]thiophene are useful as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Christopher Worrall, Martin Heeney, Steven Tierney, Louise Diane Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch
  • Patent number: 6676857
    Abstract: Mono-, oligo- and polymers comprising one or more identical or different recurring units of formula I —[(Y)a—(D)b—(Z)c]—  I wherein D is a 3-substituted-4-fluorothiophene group of formula II, wherein Y, Z, R1, a, b and c have the meanings defined herein, are useful as semiconductors or charge transport materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit
    Inventors: Martin Heeney, Louise Farrand, Mark Giles, Marcus Thompson, Steven Tierney, Maxim Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Iain McCulloch