Patents by Inventor Mike Zoellner

Mike Zoellner 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: 11653557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a substantially organic layer comprising a compound according to formula (I) between the first and the second electrode: wherein M is a metal ion, each of A1-A4 is independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl and substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 heteroaryl and n is valency of the metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Mike Zoellner, Carsten Rothe, Omrane Fadhel
  • Patent number: 11322687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge transporting semi-conducting material comprising: a) optionally at least one electrical dopant, and b) at least one cross-linked charge-transporting polymer comprising 1,2,3-triazole cross-linking units, a method for its preparation and a semiconducting device comprising the charge transporting semi-conducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Novaled GMBH
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Kay Lederer, Anton Kiriy, Volodymyr Senkovskyy, Brigitte Isabell Voit
  • Patent number: 11251379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a substantially organic layer comprising a compound according to formula (I) between the first and the second electrode: wherein M is a metal ion, each of A1-A4 is independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl and substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 heteroaryl and n is valency of the metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Mike Zoellner, Carsten Rothe, Omrane Fadhel
  • Publication number: 20210184124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a substantially organic layer comprising a compound according to formula (I) between the first and the second electrode: wherein M is a metal ion, each of A1-A4 is independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl and substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 heteroaryl and n is valency of the metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Mike Zoellner, Carsten Rothe, Omrane Fadhel
  • Patent number: 10862052
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrically doped semiconducting material comprising iii) at least one electrical dopant selected from metal salts consisting of at least one metal cation and at least one anion and iv) at least one matrix compound of formula 1 wherein each of R1, R2, R1, R2? is independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl and C6-C14 aryl or both substituents on the same aromatic ring of the xanthene skeleton are hydrocarbyl groups linked with each other to form together an anelated divalent C2-C10 hydrocarbyl group and A and A? are independently selected from C1-C20 heteroaryl group comprising at least one sp2 hybridized nitrogen atom as well as an electronic device and a compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Omrane Fadhel, Ulrich Denker
  • Publication number: 20190267546
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a substantially organic layer comprising a compound according to formula (I) between the first and the second electrode: wherein M is a metal ion, each of A1-A4 is independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl and substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 heteroaryl and n is valency of the metal ion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Mike Zoellner, Carsten Rothe, Omrane Fadhel
  • Patent number: 10312464
    Abstract: An active OLED display, comprising a plurality of OLED pixels, each of the OLED pixels comprising an anode, a cathode, and a stack of organic layers, wherein the stack of organic layers is provided between and in contact with the cathode and the anode and comprises an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, and a light emitting layer provided between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer, and a driving circuit configured to separately driving the pixels of the plurality of OLED pixels, wherein, for the plurality of OLED pixels, a common hole transport layer is formed by the hole transport layers provided in the stack of organic layers of the plurality of OLED pixels, the common hole transport layer comprising a hole transport matrix material and at least one electrical p-dopant, and the electrical conductivity of the hole transport material being lower than 1×10?3 S·m?1 and higher than 1×10?8 S·m?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Rothe, Thomas Rosenow, Martin Koehler, Mike Zoellner, Andreas Haldi, Tobias Canzler
  • Patent number: 10297767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device, comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a substantially organic layer comprising a compound according to formula (I) between the first and the second electrode: wherein M is a metal ion, each of A1-A4 is independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted C6-C20 aryl and substituted or unsubstituted C2-C20 heteroaryl and n is valency of the metal ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Mike Zoellner, Carsten Rothe, Omrane Fadhel
  • Patent number: 10243146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising a hole-transporting or a hole-transporting and an electron-blocking layer comprising an N,N,N?,N?-tetraaryl-phenylene-3,5-diamine or an N,N,N?,N?-tetraaryl-1,1?-biphenyl-3,3?-diamine matrix compound and to new N,N,N?,N?-tetraarylsubstituted m-arylene diamine compounds useful as hole-transporting and electron-blocking layer matrices in phosphorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Jens Wutke, Martin Burkhardt
  • Patent number: 10069078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconducting material including at least one salt or complex of a metal cation and an aza-substituted phosphine oxide compound with improved electrical properties, and to a compound suitable for this organic semiconducting material and an electronic device utilizing the improved electrical properties of the semiconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NOVALED GMBH
    Inventor: Mike Zoellner
  • Patent number: 9954182
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a use of a compound comprising at least one phosphepine ring as matrix material in semiconducting materials, the semiconducting material as well as electronic devices. The phosphepine ring matrix material may be doped by a lithium complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: NOVALED GMBH
    Inventor: Mike Zoellner
  • Patent number: 9748493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic amine-terphenyl compounds and use thereof in organic semiconducting components. The organic semiconducting components may contain at least one layer that includes one or more of the aromatic amine-terphenyl compounds, and the layer may be a charge transporting layer or an emitter layer. The organic semiconducting components may be organic light-emitting diodes or photovoltaic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Sascha Dorok, Jens Wutke, Sandra Heyne
  • Publication number: 20170222170
    Abstract: An active OLED display, comprising a plurality of OLED pixels, each of the OLED pixels comprising an anode, a cathode, and a stack of organic layers, wherein the stack of organic layers is provided between and in contact with the cathode and the anode and comprises an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, and a light emitting layer provided between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer, and a driving circuit configured to separately driving the pixels of the plurality of OLED pixels, wherein, for the plurality of OLED pixels, a common hole transport layer is formed by the hole transport layers provided in the stack of organic layers of the plurality of OLED pixels, the common hole transport layer comprising a hole transport matrix material and at least one electrical p-dopant, and the electrical conductivity of the hole transport material being lower than 1×10?3 S·m?1 and higher than 1×10?8 S·m?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Carsten Rothe, Thomas Rosenow, Martin Koehler, Mike Zoellner, Andreas Haldi, Tobias Canzler
  • Publication number: 20170162800
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrically doped semiconducting material comprising iii) at least one electrical dopant selected from metal salts consisting of at least one metal cation and at least one anion and iv) at least one matrix compound of formula 1 wherein each of R1, R2, R1, R2? is independently selected from H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl and C6-C14 aryl or both substituents on the same aromatic ring of the xanthene skeleton are hydrocarbyl groups linked with each other to form together an anelated divalent C2-C10 hydrocarbyl group and A and A? are independently selected from C1-C20 heteroaryl group comprising at least one sp2 hybridized nitrogen atom as well as an electronic device and a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Omrane Fadhel, Ulrich Denker
  • Publication number: 20170110668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising at least one substantially organic layer comprising 1,N,N,N?,N?-pentakis(1,1?-biphenyl-4-yl)-phenylene-3,5-diamine matrix compound and to new 1,N,N,N?,N?-pentakis(1,1?-bi-phenyl-4-yl)-phenylene-3,5-diamine compound useful especially as hole-transporting and/or electron-blocking layer matrix in OLEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Burkhardt, Mike Zoellner
  • Publication number: 20160111654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconducting material including at least one salt or complex of a metal cation and an aza-substituted phosphine oxide compound with improved electrical properties, and to a compound suitable for this organic semiconducting material and an electronic device utilizing the improved electrical properties of the semiconducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventor: Mike Zoellner
  • Publication number: 20150349262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge transporting semi-conducting material comprising: a) optionally at least one electrical dopant, and b) at least one cross-linked charge-transporting polymer comprising 1,2,3-triazole cross-linking units, a method for its preparation and a semiconducting device comprising the charge transporting semi-conducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Kay Lederer, Anton Kiriy, Volodymyr Senkovskyy, Brigitte Isabell Voit
  • Publication number: 20150287930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising a hole-transporting or a hole-transporting and an electron-blocking layer comprising an N,N,N?,N?-tetraaryl-phenylene-3,5-diamine or an N,N,N?,N?-tetraaryl-1,1?-biphenyl-3,3?-diamine matrix compound and to new N,N,N?,N?-tetraarylsubstituted m-arylene diamine compounds useful as hole-transporting and electron-blocking layer matrices in phosphorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Jens Wutke, Martin Bukhardt
  • Publication number: 20150115241
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to xanthene derivatives, and electronic devices including xanthene derivatives. The electronic devices may includes an electron transporting layer or an electron injecting layer, and the electron transporting layer or the electron injecting layer may include one of the xanthene derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mike Zoellner, Jens Wutke, Omrane Fadhel, Ulrich Denker
  • Publication number: 20150011795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aromatic amine-terphenyl compounds and use thereof in organic semiconducting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: MIke Zoellner, Sascha Dorok, Jens Wutke, Sandra Heyne