Patents by Inventor Mary J. McKiernan

Mary J. McKiernan 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: 10580992
    Abstract: A polymer comprising one or more optionally substituted repeat units of formula (I): wherein each Ar1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; each Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; n and m in each occurrence is at least 1; and R1 and R2 are substituents wherein R1 and R2 are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ruth Pegington, Sophie Barbara Heidenhain, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Publication number: 20180097183
    Abstract: A polymer comprising one or more optionally substituted repeat units of formula (I): wherein each Ar1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; each Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; n and m in each occurrence is at least 1; and R1 and R2 are substituents wherein R1 and R2 are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicants: Sumimoto Chemical Company Limited, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ruth Pegington, Sophie Barbara Heidenhain, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Patent number: 9859499
    Abstract: A polymer comprising one or more optionally substituted repeat units of formula (I): (I) wherein each Ar1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; each Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; n and m in each occurrence is at least 1; and R1 and R2 are substituents wherein R1 and R2 are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ruth Pegington, Sophie Barbara Heidenhain, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Patent number: 8945432
    Abstract: A conductive polymer composition comprising a conductive polymer in a solid polyelectrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Holmes, Mary J. McKiernan, Caroline Towns
  • Publication number: 20140353652
    Abstract: A polymer comprising one or more optionally substituted repeat units of formula (I): (I) wherein each Ar1 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; each Ar2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; n and m in each occurrence is at least 1; and R1 and R2 are substituents wherein R1 and R2 are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Ruth Pegington, Sophie Barbara Heidenhain, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Patent number: 8878163
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device comprising an anode; a hole transport layer; a light-emitting layer; and a cathode, characterized in that the hole transport layer comprises a polymer having a repeat unit comprising a 9,9 biphenyl fluorene unit wherein the 9-phenyl rings are independently and optionally substituted and the fluorene unit is optionally fused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Natasha M. Conway, Mary J. McKiernan, Brian Tierney
  • Patent number: 8569752
    Abstract: A semiconductive hole transport material containing polar substituent groups, the polar substituent groups substantially not affecting the electronic properties of the hole transport material and the hole transport material being soluble in a polar solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Mary J. McKiernan, Annette Steudel, Caroline Towns
  • Patent number: 8502199
    Abstract: A semiconductive conjugated polymer comprising a first repeat unit comprising general formula I: where Ar1, Ar3, and Ar5 are the same or different and wherein each represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; Ar2 and Ar4 are the same or different and each represent a substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and Ar2 and Ar4 sterically interact with one another so as to cause an increase in the bandgap of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Brian Tierney, Mark Leadbeater, Nalinkumar Patel, Clare L. Foden, Natasha M. Conway, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Patent number: 8410242
    Abstract: A pulsed driven display comprising an organic light-emitting device, said device comprising an organic layer comprising a semiconductive polymer, said polymer comprising a fluorene or triarylamine repeat unit, the fluorene or triarylamine repeat unit having a group R pendent from the polymer backbone, wherein R has general formula I: where Ar1 represents phenyl or a group comprising napthyl; Ar2 represents phenyl or a group comprising napthyl; R? represents a substituent group; R?=H or a substituent; n=0, 1, 2 or 3; m=0 or 1; and n?=1 or 2, with the proviso that m=0 if n=0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Valerie Grand, Richard Wilson, Mark Dowling, Ilaria Grizzi, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Patent number: 8308987
    Abstract: A conductive composition for use in an organic light-emitting device comprising: a polycation having a conjugated backbone; a polyanion to balance the charge on the polycation; and a semiconductive hole transport polymer containing side groups pendant from the polymer backbone, each side group comprising one or more groups XY, where XY represents a group with a high dissociation constant such that it is ionized completely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Mary J. McKiernan, Jeremy Burroughes, Annette Steudel
  • Publication number: 20120217490
    Abstract: A semiconductive hole transport material containing polar substituent groups, the polar substituent groups substantially not affecting the electronic properties of the hole transport material and the hole transport material being soluble in a polar solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: CDT OXFORD LIMITED, CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Carl R. Towns, Caroline Towns, Mary J. McKiernan, Annette Steudel
  • Patent number: 8173996
    Abstract: A semiconductive hole transport material containing polar substituent groups, the polar substituent groups substantially not affecting the electronic properties of the hole transport material and the hole transport material being soluble in a polar solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Carl R. Towns, Caroline Towns, legal representative, Mary J. McKiernan, Annette Steudel
  • Publication number: 20100276674
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device comprising an anode; a hole transport layer; a light-emitting layer; and a cathode, characterised in that the hole transport layer comprises a polymer having a repeat unit comprising a 9,9 biphenyl fluorene unit wherein the 9-phenyl rings are independently and optionally substituted and the fluorene unit is optionally fused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Natasha M. Conway, Mary J. McKiernan, Brian Tierney
  • Publication number: 20090203876
    Abstract: A pulsed driven display comprising an organic light-emitting device, said device comprising an organic layer comprising a semiconductive polymer, said polymer comprising a fluorene or triarylamine repeat unit, the fluorene or triarylamine repeat unit having a group R pendent from the polymer backbone, wherein R has general formula I: where Ar1 represents phenyl or a group comprising napthyl; Ar2 represents phenyl or a group comprising napthyl; R? represents a substituent group; R??H or a substituent; n=0, 1, 2 or 3; m=0 or 1; and n?=1 or 2, with the proviso that m=0 if n=0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicants: Cambridge Display Technologh Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Valerie Grand, Richard Wilson, Mark Dowling, Ilaria Grizzi, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Publication number: 20090152531
    Abstract: A semiconductive hole transport material containing polar substituent groups, the polar substituent groups substantially not affecting the electronic properties of the hole transport material and the hole transport material being soluble in a polar solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LTD, CDT OXFORD LTD.
    Inventors: Carl R. Towns, Caroline Towns, Mary J. McKiernan, Annette Steudel
  • Publication number: 20090146164
    Abstract: A semiconductive conjugated polymer comprising a first repeat unit comprising general formula I: where Arl, Ar3, and Ar5 are the same or different and wherein each represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; Ar2 and Ar4 are the same or different and each represent a substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and Ar2 and Ar4 sterically interact with one another so as to cause an increase in the bandgap of the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Tierney, Mark Leadbeater, Nalinkumar Patel, Clare L. Foden, Natasha M. Conway, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Publication number: 20080265756
    Abstract: A conductive composition for use in an organic light-emitting device comprising: a polycation having a conjugated backbone; a polyanion to balance the charge on the polycation; and a semiconductive hole transport polymer containing side groups pendant from the polymer backbone, each side group comprising one or more groups XY, where XY represents a group with a high dissociation constant such that it is ionized completely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, CDT OXFORD LIMITED
    Inventors: Mary J. McKiernan, Jeremy Burroughes, Annette Steudel