Patents by Inventor Philip Edward May
Philip Edward May 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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Patent number: 9379323Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising light emitting materials and/or charge transporting materials and one or more organic solvents having a viscosity at 25° C. of at least 10 mPas and a boiling point of at most 400° C., to their use as inks for the preparation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OLED devices using the novel formulations, and to OLED devices prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Ruth Effenberger, Edgar Kluge, Heinrich Becker
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Patent number: 9368761Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and a wetting agent, to their use as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel compositions, and to OE devices, especially OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and compositions. The efficiency of an OE device with the inclusion of 1% volatile surfactant was 13.5 cd/A at 100 cd/m2.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Lana Nanson, Ruth Effenberger, Klaus Bonrad, Edgar Kluge
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Publication number: 20160133863Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
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Patent number: 9331281Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate generally to the use of polycycloolefinic polymers as a structure defining material in organic electronic devices, and more specifically to separators, insulating structures or bank structures of such devices and to organic electronic devices comprising such structures, to processes for preparing such structures and to organic electronic devices encompassing such structures.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus, LLCInventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May, Toby Cull, Larry F. Rhodes, Edmund Elce, Andrew Bell
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Patent number: 9206352Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
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Patent number: 9178156Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising light emitting materials and/or charge transport materials and a polymeric binder, to their use as conducting inks for the preparation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OLED devices using the novel formulations, and to OLED devices prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Lana Nanson, Ruth Effenberger, Klaus Bonrad, Junyou Pan, Edgar Kluge
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Publication number: 20150228903Abstract: The invention relates to a process of modifying the surface energy of dielectric structures, like for example dielectric layers or bank structures, in organic electronic (OE) devices, more specifically in organic field effect transistors (OFETs).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May
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Patent number: 8974702Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a dimethyl anisole solvent. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Susanne Heun, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Katie Court
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Publication number: 20150008373Abstract: The invention relates to a reactive mesogen (RM) formulation comprising a conductive additive, to a polymer film obtained thereof, and the use of the RM formulation and polymer film in optical or electrooptical components or devices, like optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays (LCDs).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Graham Smith, Owain Llyr Parri, Vicki Cook, Georg Bernatz, David Wilkes, Jonathan Henry Wilson, Mark James, Philip Edward May
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Patent number: 8758649Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a formulation comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents, to novel formulations obtained by this process, to their use as coating or printing inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, to a process for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices prepared from such a process or from the novel formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Philip Edward May
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Publication number: 20130285026Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate generally to the use of polycycloolefinic polymers as a structure defining material in organic electronic devices, and more specifically to separators, insulating structures or bank structures of such devices and to organic electronic devices comprising such structures, to processes for preparing such structures and to organic electronic devices encompassing such structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicants: Promerus LLC, Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May, Toby Cull, Larry F. Rhodes, Edmund Elce, Andrew Bell
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Publication number: 20130069020Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 15 mPas and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Stephen Bain, Paul Craig Brookes, Edgar Kluge, Li Wei Tan, David Sparrowe, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz
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Publication number: 20130062581Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a dimethyl anisole solvent. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Susanne Heun, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Katie Court
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Publication number: 20130026415Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising light emitting materials and/or charge transporting materials and one or more organic solvents having a viscosity at 25° C. of at least 10 mPas and a boiling point of at most 400° C., to their use as inks for the preparation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OLED devices using the novel formulations, and to OLED devices prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Ruth Effenberger, Edgar Kluge, Heinrich Becker
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Publication number: 20130026421Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The composition is solid at a temperature of 25° C. and fluid at a higher temperature and the boiling point of the solvent is at most 400° C. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these compositions as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and OLED devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel compositions, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Lana Nanson, Ruth Effenberger, Edgar Kluge
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Publication number: 20130029169Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing multicoloured coatings on substrates, whereby a first and a second coating composition are subsequently coated onto a substrate by partially overlapping each other in a wet-on-wet state, the first and the second coating containing a polymerisable nematic liquid crystal material, followed by polymerisation of the resulting coating, to a multicoloured coating produced by said method as well as to products comprising said multicoloured coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Robert Hammond-Smith, Philip Edward May
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Publication number: 20120273736Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising light emitting materials and/or charge transport materials and a polymeric binder, to their use as conducting inks for the preparation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OLED devices using the novel formulations, and to OLED devices prepared from such methods and formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Lana Nanson, Ruth Effenberger, Klaus Bonrad, Junyou Pan, Edgar Kluge
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Publication number: 20120256137Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and a wetting agent, to their use as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel compositions, and to OE devices, especially OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and compositions. The efficiency of an OE device with the inclusion of 1% volatile surfactant was 13.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark James, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Lana Nanson, Ruth Effenberger, Klaus Bonrad, Edgar Kluge
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Publication number: 20120153285Abstract: The present invention relates to solution processable passivation layers for organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), comprising such passivation layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Mark James, Nils Greinert, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Paul Craig Brookes, David Christoph Mueller, Philip Edward May, Stephen Armstrong, Sivanand Pennadam
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Publication number: 20110097557Abstract: The invention relates to an alignment layer for planar alignment of a polymerizable liquid crystalline or mesogenic material, to a method of preparing such an alignment layer, to anisotropic polymer films with improved alignment made on such an alignment layer and to products comprising such an alignment layer, in particular decorative and security products.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventor: Philip Edward MAY