Patents by Inventor Niels Schulte

Niels Schulte 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: 10190043
    Abstract: A composition is provided, including one or more quantum dots and at least one organic emitter. Further, a formulation including the composition, a use of the formulation and a device comprising the composition or formulation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Thomas Eberle, Volker Hilarius
  • Patent number: 10125214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units having partially fluorinated substituents, to mixtures and formulations comprising the polymers according to the invention, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention as functional materials in electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: René Peter Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Patent number: 9825228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hyperbranched polymers, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the starting compounds necessary for the preparation. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the hyperbranched polymers according to the invention in electronic devices and to the electronic devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Eva Maria Reis
  • Patent number: 9765947
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to an array comprising i times j array elements, wherein the array elements may comprise at least one quantum dot and/or at least one photoluminescent compound. Further the present invention relates to devices comprising these arrays. The arrays and devices can be used to generate white light with high color purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Thomas Eberle
  • Patent number: 9738826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers containing indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the interlayer, emission layer and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9695274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers containing 2,7-pyrene structural units, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to blends and formulations comprising these polymers. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of the polymers or blends according to the invention in electronic devices and to electronic devices, in particular OLEDs, comprising the polymers or blends according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anna Hayer, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9689556
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to an array comprising i times j array elements, wherein the array elements may comprise at least one quantum dot and/or at least one photoluminescent compound. Further the present invention relates to devices comprising these arrays. The arrays and devices can be used to generate white light with high color purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20170016592
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to an array comprising i times j array elements, wherein the array elements may comprise at least one quantum dot and/or at least one photoluminescent compound. Further the present invention relates to devices comprising these arrays. The arrays and devices can be used to generate white light with high color purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels SCHULTE, Thomas EBERLE
  • Patent number: 9487618
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers containing dibenzocycloheptene structural units, to a method for the production thereof, and to blends and formulations containing said polymers. The invention further relates to the use of the polymers or blends according to the invention in electronic devices and to electronic devices, in particular OLEDs, containing the polymers or blends according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anna Hayer, Niels Schulte, Eva Maria Reis
  • Patent number: 9478762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture comprising two different compounds A and B, each of which contain emitter units, where at least one of the compounds is a polymer. The present invention furthermore relates to a non-conjugated polymer or dendrimer which contains two emitting units covalently bonded as polymer building blocks, to the use of the mixture, the polymer or dendrimer in electronic devices, to electronic devices comprising the mixture, the polymer or dendrimer, and to a formulation comprising the mixture, the polymer or dendrimer in a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Joachim Kaiser, Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20160264720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polymers by polycondensation catalysed by transition metals. These polymers are of great importance in, in particular, the fast-growing field of organic semiconductors. The polymers obtained by the process of the invention can be prepared with greater reproducibility and in higher purity than polymers obtained according to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels SCHULTE, Esther BREUNING, Hubert SPREITZER
  • Patent number: 9415370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polymers by polycondensation catalyzed by transition metals. These polymers are of great importance in, in particular, the fast-growing field of organic semiconductors. The polymers obtained by the process of the invention can be prepared with greater reproducibility and in higher purity than polymers obtained according to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Esther Breuning, Hubert Spreitzer
  • Patent number: 9382253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes which contain polymerizable groups and to the polymers obtained using these metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these polymers. The metal complexes are compounds of the formula (1), containing a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2) or formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9385335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent organic electroluminescent devices which have a low concentration of the phosphorescent emitter in the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Niels Schulte
  • Publication number: 20160181538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device comprising a) an anode, b) a cathode, c) at least one emitter layer, which is arranged between the anode and the cathode, containing at least one semi-conductive, organic material, and d) at least one intermediate layer, which is arranged between the at least one emitter layer and the anode, and which contains a polymer having hole-conducting structural units. The device is characterized in that the polymer having hole-conducting structural units additionally have structural units having electron-conducting properties. The devices according to the invention have significantly longer service lives compared to known devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurelie Ludemann, Susanne Heun, Niels Schulte
  • Publication number: 20160163987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device containing a) an anode, b) a cathode and c) at least one first emitter layer arranged between anode and cathode, containing at least one semiconducting, organic material, said device being characterized in that at least one second emitter layer comprising at least one polymer having hole-conducting properties and at least one emitter is arranged between the first emitter layer and the anode, and to the use thereof. The use of two emitter layers allows simple production from solution, and the production of electroluminescence devices having broadband emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurelie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9315617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cross-linkable and cross-linked polymers and to a method for the production thereof. The invention further relates to the use of said polymers in electronic devices and to the corresponding electronic devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, René Peter Scheurich, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann, Alice Julliart
  • Patent number: 9246103
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to oligomers and/or polymers with functionalized side groups which are bound to the backbone of the polymer via spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, René Peter Scheurich
  • Patent number: 9236571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric materials which have electron-transporting, hole-transporting and/or emitting units in the side chains. The present invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to the use of these polymers in electroluminescent devices and to electroluminescent devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, René P. Scheurich, Thomas Eberle, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9193902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (S-A)n-T, in which at least one fluorescent group S is linked to a phosphorescent group T via a divalent group A, to the use thereof in an electronic device, and to a formula to a formulation and an electronic device which comprise the novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte