Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Akino

Nobuhiko Akino 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: 20150014669
    Abstract: A metal complex exhibits blue light emission of high color purity and has a color purity of small temperature dependence, particularly in the blue region. Specifically, the metal complex is represented by Formula (1a): wherein M is a metal atom; R0 is a divalent linking group; each j independently represents 0 or 1; RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4 and RP6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or the like; RP5 represents a halogen atom or the like; m is an integer of from 1 to 3, n is an integer of from 0 to 2, and m+n is 2 or 3; and the portion represented by Formula (2): represents a bidentate ligand; wherein Rx and Ry are an atom bonding to the metal atom M, and each independently represents a carbon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Taichi Abe, Hideo Konno, Shigeru Shimada, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20140374727
    Abstract: A highly stable metal complex useful for the manufacture of a light-emitting device has an excellent lifetime property, particularly in a blue region, specifically a metal complex represented by Formula (1): wherein M is a metal atom; each R0 independently represents a divalent linking group; i and j each independently represent 0 or 1; RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5 and RP6 resent each independently rep a hydrogen atom and the like, with a proviso that at least one of RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5 and RP6 is a dendron; m is an integer of from 1 to 3, n is an integer of from 0 to 2, and m+n is 2 or 3; and the portion represented by Formula (2): represents a bidentate ligand; wherein Rx and Ry are an atom bonding to the metal atom M, and each independently represents a carbon atom and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Taichi Abe, Hideo Konno, Shigeru Shimada, Kazuhiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20140306203
    Abstract: A metal complex is provided represented by Formula (1): wherein M represents a prescribed metal atom; RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5, and RP6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a prescribed group, wherein RP1 and RP2 may be bonded together to form a ring structure, RP2 and RP3 may be bonded together to form a ring structure, and RP3 and RP4 may be bonded together to form a ring structure, provided that at least one of RP1, RP2, RP3, and RP4 is a dendron and at least one of RP5 and RP6 is an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; m is an integer of 1 to 3 and n is an integer of 0 to 2, wherein m+n is 2 or 3; and a moiety represented by Formula (2) represents a bidentate ligand: wherein Rx and Ry each independently represent a prescribed atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiko AKINO, Taichi ABE, Hideo KONNO, Annette Regine STEUDEL, Kiran Timothy KAMTEKAR
  • Patent number: 8697256
    Abstract: A composition comprising a phosphorescent compound, and a compound having a structure containing three or more repeating units having a dipole moment dimension of 1.0 Debye or more connected in series, wherein, based on the total number of dimer structures composed of any two repeating units connected in series contained in the above-described structure, the proportion of the number of dimer structures in which the dimension D2 of the dipole moment of the dimer structure, the dimension D1a of the dipole moment of the first repeating unit constituting the dimer structure and the dimension D1b of the dipole moment of the second repeating unit constituting the dimer structure satisfy a relation represented by the following formula (A): D1a<D2 and D1b<D2??(A) is 50% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Kenta Tanaka, Hideyuki Higashimura
  • Patent number: 8608986
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal complex represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, M represents a metal atom; R1-R8 respectively represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a monovalent group; or alternatively R3 and R4, or R5 and R6 may combine together to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Rei Okamura
  • Patent number: 8592544
    Abstract: A polymeric compound containing a residue of a metal complex represented by formula (1) [wherein M represents a metal atom selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 to 2; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that at least two member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represent a nitrogen atom, and when any one member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represents a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom bound to the carbon atom may be substituted by a substituent; a moiety represented by formula (2) represents a bidentate monoanionic ligand; and Rx and Ry are atoms bound to the metal atom M and independently represent a carbon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom] and a bivalent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Rei Okamura
  • Publication number: 20130200349
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition using a polymer compound, which is useful for manufacturing a blue phosphorescent light-emitting device excellent in luminous efficiency. The present invention provides a composition including: a polymer compound substantially consisting of a constitutional unit selected from a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-1 below, a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-2 below, a constitutional unit represented by Formula (2)-1 below, a constitutional unit represented by Formula (2)-2 below, and a constitutional unit derived from a phosphorescent light-emitting compound having a light-emitting spectrum peak at smaller than 480 nm and the polymer compound containing at least both of the constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-1 and the constitutional unit represented by Formula (1)-2; and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound having a light-emitting spectrum peak at smaller than 480 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Soga, Osamu Goto, Kazuei Ohuchi, Nobuhiko Akino
  • Patent number: 8274074
    Abstract: A polymer material comprising a composition containing a fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) and a phosphorescent compound (B) or comprising a polymer having the structure of (A) and the structure of (B) in the same molecule, wherein the following conditions (1), (2) and (3) are satisfied: (1) at least one of the light emission peak wavelengths of the fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) is less than 500 nm, (2) the light emission peak wavelengths of the phosphorescent compound (B) are not less than 500 nm, (3) the following relation is satisfied: ETA?ESA 0?(ETB?ESB0)?0.2 (unit; eV) ??(Eq 1) (wherein, ESA 0 represents energy of the fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) at the ground state, ETA represents energy of the fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) at the lowest excited triplet state, ESB 0 represents energy of the phosphorescent compound (B) at the ground state, and ETB represents energy of the phosphorescent compound (B) at the lowest excited triplet state).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Chizu Sekine, Nobuhiko Akino, Miho Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20110284829
    Abstract: A polymer compound having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 represent an arylene group or a di-valent aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar3 represents a single bond, an unsubstituted or substituted (a+1)-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group or (a+1)-valent aromatic heterocyclic group, R1 and R2 represent an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, a mono-valent heterocyclic group, an amino group, a silyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group or a cyano group. a represents an integer of 1 or more, with the proviso that a is 1 when Ar3 is a single bond. b and c represent an integer of 0 to 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukushima, Osamu Goto, Kohei Asada, Nobuhiko Akino
  • Patent number: 8034420
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a compound having a benzotriazole ring structure and a phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino
  • Publication number: 20110127467
    Abstract: A composition comprising a phosphorescent compound, and a compound having a structure containing three or more repeating units having a dipole moment dimension of 1.0 Debye or more connected in series, wherein, based on the total number of dimer structures composed of any two repeating units connected in series contained in the above-described structure, the proportion of the number of dimer structures in which the dimension D2 of the dipole moment of the dimer structure, the dimension D1a of the dipole moment of the first repeating unit constituting the dimer structure and the dimension D1b of the dipole moment of the second repeating unit constituting the dimer structure satisfy a relation represented by the following formula (A): D1a<D2 and D1b<D2??(A) is 50% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Kenta Tanaka, Hideyuki Higashimura
  • Publication number: 20110124808
    Abstract: A polymeric compound containing a residue of a metal complex represented by formula (1) [wherein M represents a metal atom selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, or the like; m represents an integer of 1 to 3; n represents an integer of 0 to 2; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that at least two member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represent a nitrogen atom, and when any one member of Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5 represents a carbon atom, a hydrogen atom bound to the carbon atom may be substituted by a substituent; a moiety represented by formula (2) represents a bidentate monoanionic ligand; and Rx and Ry are atoms bound to the metal atom M and independently represent a carbon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom] and a bivalent group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Rei Okamura
  • Publication number: 20110121236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a compound having a saturated heterocyclic structure, in which the number of ring-constituting members containing a nitrogen atom is 5 or more, and a phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino
  • Publication number: 20110114888
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a compound having residues of at least two nitrogenated polycyclic compounds selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated polycyclic compounds represented by formulae (1-1), (1-2), (1-3) and (1-4) [wherein R's independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be the same as or different from one another] and a phosphorescence-emitting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino
  • Publication number: 20110108768
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising: a compound having residues of at least two kinds of nitrogenated compounds selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated compounds represented by formulae (1-1), (1-2), (1-3) and (1-4) [wherein R's independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be the same as or different from one another]; and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino
  • Publication number: 20110108766
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising: a compound having a residue of at least one nitrogenated compound selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated compounds represented by formulae (1-1), (1-2), (1-3) and (1-4) [wherein R's independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent and may be the same as or different from one another] and a residue of at least one nitrogenated polycyclic compound selected from the group consisting of nitrogenated polycyclic compounds represented by formulae (2-1), (2-2), (2-3) and (2-4) [wherein R's are as defined above]; and a phosphorescent light-emitting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino
  • Publication number: 20110108767
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a compound having a pyridazine ring structure and a phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino
  • Publication number: 20100283038
    Abstract: A polymer material comprising a composition containing a fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) and a phosphorescent compound (B) or comprising a polymer having the structure of (A) and the structure of (B) in the same molecule, wherein the following conditions (1), (2) and (3) are satisfied: (1) at least one of the light emission peak wavelengths of the fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) is less than 500 nm, (2) the light emission peak wavelengths of the phosphorescent compound (B) are not less than 500 nm, (3) the following relation is satisfied: ETA?ESA 0?(ETB?ESB)?0.2 (unit; eV) ??(Eq 1) (wherein, ESA 0 represents energy of the fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) at the ground state, ETA represents energy of the fluorescent conjugated polymer (A) at the lowest excited triplet state, ESB 0 represents energy of the phosphorescent compound (B) at the ground state, and ETB represents energy of the phosphorescent compound (B) at the lowest excited triplet state).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Chizu Sekine, Nobuhiko Akino, Miho Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100264812
    Abstract: Disclosed is a metal complex which has a central metal (M) selected from the group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Pt, Au and Hg. The metal complex has no halogen unidentate ligand. In the metal complex, the sum total of the square values of the orbital coefficients of the outermost d orbitals of the central metal comprises ? or higher of the sum total of the square values of all of the atomic orbital coefficients in the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) given by a computational scientific technique, the energy difference (S1?T1) between the minimum singlet excitation energy (S1) and the minimum triplet excitation energy (T1) given by a computational scientific technique falls within the range from 0.1 (eV) to 1.0 (eV) inclusive, and the oscillator strength (f) falls within the range from 0.005 and 1.0 inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Akino, Chizu Sekine, Rei Okamura
  • Publication number: 20100073602
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition containing a compound having an indole ring structure and a phosphorescent compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, SUMATION CO., LTD
    Inventor: Nobuhiko Akino