Patents by Inventor Nicolas Blouin
Nicolas Blouin 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).
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Publication number: 20180291036Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for preparing 5H-[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-f]isoindole-5,7(6H)-dione (“TID”) derivatives, especially for preparing 4,8-diaryl-TID derivatives, to novel intermediates obtained and/or used in this process, to novel TID derivatives prepared by this process, to the use of these TID derivatives as monomers or building blocks for preparing conjugated polymers, and to the use of these TID derivatives or conjugated polymers as organic semiconductors or in organic electronic (OE) devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Michal KROMPIEC, Andreas LOHR
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Patent number: 10053542Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more polycyclic repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin, Mansoor D'Lavari, Jingyao Song
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Patent number: 10050201Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 9985211Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more [1,2,5]Thiadiazolo[3,4-e]isoindole-5,7-dione (TID) repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Agnieszka Pron, Graham Morse, Lana Nanson, Michal Krompiec, Stephane Berny
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Patent number: 9837613Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Frank Egon Meyer, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
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Publication number: 20170294585Abstract: The invention relates to novel mixtures of substituted fullerenes, to their use in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these fullerene mixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Graham MORSE, Jonathan Henry WILSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, Solene BECHU
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Publication number: 20170260325Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more units based on dithieno[3,2-c;2?,3?-e]azepine-4,6-dione that is fused to further aromatic rings, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, William MITCHELL, Martin HEENEY, Jessica SHAW
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Publication number: 20170256728Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more 5,6-difluoro-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole-4,7-diylunits (hereinafter referred to as “FF-BTZ” units) and two or more different bridged bithiophene units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY
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Patent number: 9620716Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting polymers containing one or more monomers derived from s-indacene fused symmetrically on each terminus with dithieno[3,2-b;2?,3?-d]thiophene (IDDTT), cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b?]dithiophene (IDCDT), or derivatives thereof, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Jingyao Song, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney
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Publication number: 20170098775Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER, Nicolas BLOUIN, Stéphane BERNY
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Publication number: 20170092866Abstract: The invention relates to fullerene derivatives of formula I, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of electronic devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to electronic devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, Nano-C, Inc.Inventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY, Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER
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Publication number: 20170084839Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more isoindigo or thienoisoindigo based polycyclic units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, William MITCHELL
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Publication number: 20170084841Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY, Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER
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Patent number: 9590178Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing one or more 4,8-dioxycarbonylalkyl-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene repeating units or their thioester derivatives, methods for their preparation and monomers used therein, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Steven Tierney, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Toby Cull
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Patent number: 9577197Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing one or more 3,7-dialkyl-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene repeating units, methods for their preparation and monomers used therein, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbHInventors: Amy Phillips, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Steven Tierney
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Patent number: 9559305Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising in their backbone one or more divalent donor units, like for example benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene-2,6-diyl (BDT), that are linked on both sides to an acceptor unit, to methods of preparing the polymers and educts or intermediates used in such preparation, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing the polymers, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductors organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Lana Nanson, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull, Priti Tiwana, Stephane Berny, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 9559303Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[1,2-d;4,3-d?]bisthiazole, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Thorsten Schwalm
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Patent number: 9543523Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, NANO-C, INC.Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Feng He
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Patent number: 9520565Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing one or more dialkylidene-s-indacenodiheteroarene groups, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the compounds, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these compounds, polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney, Lana Nanson
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Patent number: 9502658Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignees: NANO-C, INC., MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Nicolas Blouin, Stéphane Berny