Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Thompson

Nicholas J. 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: 20230263003
    Abstract: Emissive devices are provided that include an outcoupling layer having a plurality of nanoparticles such that the outcoupling layer has at least 3 regions possessing distinct bulk refractive index values. One or more dielectric materials are arranged at least partially between the outcoupling layer and an emissive layer of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Michael HACK
  • Patent number: 11725022
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula is disclosed. The compound is useful as an emitter in OLED applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Morgan C. MacInnis, Nicholas J. Thompson, Tyler Fleetham, Jason Brooks
  • Publication number: 20230255042
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide an emissive layer, a first electrode layer, a plurality of nanoparticles and a material disposed between the first electrode layer and the plurality of nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the device may include a second electrode layer and a substrate, where the second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, and the emissive layer is disposed on the second electrode layer. In some embodiments, a second electrode layer may be disposed on the substrate, the emissive layer may be disposed on the second electrode layer, the first electrode layer may be disposed on the emissive layer, a first dielectric layer of the material may be disposed on the first electrode layer, the plurality of nanoparticles may be disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer may be disposed on the plurality of nanoparticles and the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230247856
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are provided for achieving OLED devices that include one or more enhancement layers formed at least partially from a plasmonic material exhibiting surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to an organic emissive material in the organic emissive layer, where a majority of excited state energy is transferred from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons of the enhancement layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11716899
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize both a disclosed compound and a Pt complex compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tyler Fleetham, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11711933
    Abstract: Devices having multiple multicomponent emissive layers are provided, where each multicomponent EML includes at least three components. Each of the components in each EML is a host material or an emitter. The devices have improved color stability and relatively high luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11706980
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I wherein at least one of R1 or R2 includes a polycyclic group selected from the group consisting of Formula A, Formula B, and Formula C: wherein X1, X2, X3, and X4 are independently CRA or N; X5, X6, X7, and X8 are independently CRB or N; X9, X10, X11, and X12 are independently CRC or N; X13, X14, X15, and X16 are independently CRD or N; X17, X18, X19, and X20 are independently CRE or N; X21, X22, X23, and X24 are independently CRF or N; X25, X26, X27, and X28 are independently CRG or N; X29, X30, X31, and X32 are independently CRH or N; Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR, and CRR?; the maximum number of N atoms that can connect to each other within each ring is two; with the proviso that R1 does not connect to ring B, and R2 does not connect to ring A, and wherein at least one of RC and RD of Formula A is a direct bond or an organic linker, one of RE and RF of Formula B is a direct bond or an organic linker, or one of RG, RH, and RN of Formula C is a d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Wolohan, Nicholas J. Thompson, Tyler Fleetham
  • Patent number: 11700756
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11690285
    Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Chun Lin, Hsiao-Fan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230192636
    Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising at least four six-membered rings wherein two atoms of each of these four six-membered rings are connected to form an at least eight membered ring and a further ligand which is connected to the at least eight-membered ring via a linker. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter WOLOHAN, Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Neil PALMER
  • Publication number: 20230192665
    Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising a first moiety and a second moiety, wherein the first moiety comprises an azabenzene joined to a trivalent nitrogen atom that is part of an at least three-cyclic heteroaromatic ring system. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Peter WOLOHAN, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Jerald FELDMAN, Geza SZIGETHY
  • Patent number: 11678499
    Abstract: Arrangements for phosphorescent blue emissive materials, layers, and devices are provided. The arrangements include a host having first a triplet energy level of at least 2.8 eV and an absolute difference of not more than 0.3 eV between the first singlet and triplet energy levels, and an emitter that includes an emissive transition metal complex and a first triplet energy level of at least 2.7 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Jerald Feldman, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11672176
    Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Chun Lin, Michael Fusella
  • Patent number: 11672165
    Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Chun Lin
  • Publication number: 20230167145
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds that include a ligand LA of that are useful as emitters in OLEDs. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Morgan C. MACINNIS, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Noah HORWITZ, Peter WOLOHAN, Neil PALMER, Elena SHEINA, Rasha HAMZE, Fadi M. JRADI
  • Publication number: 20230159578
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, one of Z1, Z2, and Z3 is N and the remainder are C; each of L1 and L2 is independently selected from a direct bond and a linking group; at least one of R1, R2, RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE comprises a group R* having a structure selected form the group consisting of Formula II, -Q(R3)(R4)a(R5)b, Formula III, and Formula IV, Each R, R?, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, RG, and RH is independently hydrogen or a General Substituent, with the proviso that group R* is not adamantyl. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Geza SZIGETHY, Rasha HAMZE, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Hojae CHOI, Weiye GUAN, Raghupathi NEELARAPU, Charles J. STANTON, Douglas WILLIAMS, Ving Jick LEE
  • Publication number: 20230157058
    Abstract: High-efficiency plasmonic OLED displays are provided that use the design of the plasmonic device to overcome some of the shortcomings of conventional display panels. Control of the Stokes parameters of the emitted light and/or modification of the ambient light incident on the device relative to the emitted light is used to maximize the amount of visible light emitted by the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Haridas MUNDOOR, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Vinod M MENON
  • Patent number: 11653543
    Abstract: Device structures are provided that include one or more plasmonic OLEDs and zero or more non-plasmonic OLEDs. Each plasmonic OLED includes an enhancement layer that includes a plasmonic material which exhibits surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to an organic emissive material and transfers excited state energy from the emissive material to a non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons in the plasmonic OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Michael S. Weaver, Michael Fusella
  • Publication number: 20230146345
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds based on platin or palladium and their various uses including as emitters in devices having the structure of Formula I comprising at least four rings as defined herein. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fadi M. JRADI, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Tyler FLEETHAM
  • Publication number: 20230141141
    Abstract: An OLED is disclosed that includes an enhancement layer having optically active metamaterials, or hyperbolic metamaterials, which transfer radiative energy from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode, wherein the enhancement layer is disposed over the organic emissive layer opposite from the first electrode, and is positioned no more than a threshold distance away from the organic emissive layer, wherein the organic emissive material has a total non-radiative decay rate constant and a total radiative decay rate constant due to the presence of the enhancement layer, and the threshold distance is where the total non-radiative decay rate constant is equal to the total radiative decay rate constant; and an outcoupling layer disposed over the enhancement layer, wherein the outcoupling layer scatters radiative energy from the enhancement layer to free space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Marc A. Baldo, Michael S. Weaver, Vinod M. Menon