Patents by Inventor Ralf Grottenmueller
Ralf Grottenmueller 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: 20240093058Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which comprise a silazane polymer (A), a silane coupling agent (B); and inorganic nanoparticles (C), wherein the components (A), (B) and (C) are present in certain ratios. The coating compositions are particularly suitable for the preparation of hard coatings on surfaces of various base material substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Sergej NELL, Patrizia LACHNIT, Thomas KRASEMANN
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Patent number: 11888095Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing an optoelectronic device, wherein a layer of a formulation containing a silazane polymer and a wavelength converting material is applied to an optoelectronic device precursor, precured by exposure to radiation and then cured. There is further provided an optoelectronic device, preferably a light emitting device (LED) or a micro-light emitting device (micro-LED), which is prepared by said manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Christoph Landmann, Fabian Blumenschein
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Patent number: 11859100Abstract: The present invention relates to new coating compositions for the preparation of functional surface coatings on various base material substrates. The coating compositions are based on a silazane-containing polymer and a non-polymeric phenolic compound comprising at least two and not more than four aromatic units in its molecular structure. The coating compositions provide improved physical and chemical surface properties and may be applied by user-friendly coating methods.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Yvonne Ott, Martin Roeder
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Publication number: 20230287241Abstract: The present invention relates to new coating compositions for the preparation of functional surface coatings on various base material substrates. The coating compositions are polysilazane polybutadiene hybrid coating compositions which are based on a silazane polymer and a specific functionalized butadiene polymer. The coating compositions are particularly suitable for the preparation of functional surface coatings on various base material substrates to provide improved physical and/or chemical surface properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Sergej NELL
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Patent number: 11466839Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a wavelength converting component which is prepared from a dispersion containing a crosslinkable ceramizable polymer material having a silazane repeating unit and at least one wavelength converting material. There are further provided wavelength converting components which can be used for converting blue, violet and/or UV light into light with a longer wavelength. There is also provided a light source and a lighting unit comprising said wavelength converting components.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Andreas Benker, Ingo Koehler
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Publication number: 20220119678Abstract: The present invention relates to new coating compositions for the preparation of functional surface coatings on various base material substrates. The coating compositions are based on a silazane-containing polymer and a non-polymeric phenolic compound comprising at least two and not more than four aromatic units in its molecular structure. The coating compositions provide improved physical and chemical surface properties and may be applied by user-friendly coating methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Yvonne FALZ, Martin ROEDER
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Publication number: 20220064483Abstract: The present invention relates to new coating compositions for the preparation of functional surface coatings on various base material substrates. The coating compositions are based on a silazane-containing polymer and a fluorine-containing polymer, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer comprises a first repeating unit U1 and a second repeating unit U2. The coating compositions provide improved physical and chemical surface properties and may be applied by user-friendly methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Sergej NELL, Susanne WEIDEMANN, Masahiro TANIDA
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Publication number: 20210193879Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing an optoelectronic device, wherein a layer of a formulation containing a silazane polymer and a wavelength converting material is applied to an optoelectronic device precursor, precured by exposure to radiation and then cured. There is further provided an optoelectronic device, preferably a light emitting device (LED) or a micro-light emitting device (micro-LED), which is prepared by said manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Christoph LANDMANN, Fabian BLUMENSCHEIN
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Patent number: 10927220Abstract: The present invention relates to silazane-siloxane random copolymers as well as their production and their uses, particularly in LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.Inventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita
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Patent number: 10822459Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit U1 and a second repeating unit U2; and a surface-modified nanoparticle, wherein the surface-modified nanoparticle does not contain any zirconium dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.Inventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Dieter Wagner
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Publication number: 20200255599Abstract: The present invention relates to silazane-siloxane random copolymers as well as their production and their uses, particularly in LEDs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.Inventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA
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Publication number: 20200181332Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit U1 and a second repeating unit U2; and a surface-modified nanoparticle, wherein the surface-modified nanoparticle does not contain any zirconium dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.Inventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Dieter WAGNER
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Publication number: 20200141561Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a wavelength converting component which is prepared from a dispersion containing a crosslinkable ceramizable polymer material having a silazane repeating unit and at least one wavelength converting material. There are further provided wavelength converting components which can be used for converting blue, violet and/or UV light into light with a longer wavelength. There is also provided a light source and a lighting unit comprising said wavelength converting components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Andreas BENKER, Ingo KOEHLER
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Publication number: 20200083416Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an optoelectronic device comprising a crosslinked polymer material which is prepared from a crosslinkable polymer formulation comprising a polymer with a silazane repeating unit M1 and a Lewis acid curing catalyst. There is further provided a crosslinkable polymer formulation comprising a siloxazane polymer which is particularly suitable for the preparation of technical coatings on articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Casas Abraham GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA
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Publication number: 20200024408Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer formulation comprising a polymer which contains a silazane repeating unit; and a specific boron Lewis acid curing catalyst, wherein the curing catalyst catalyzes the crosslinking of the polymer to obtain a crosslinked polymer composition. The crosslinked polymer composition is particularly suitable as a technical coating for industrial or household applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ralf GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham Casas GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Yoshio NOJIMA, Hironori ENDO, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20200017763Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical medium (100) and an optical device (200) comprising an optical medium (100). The present invention further relates to a use of the optical medium (100) in an optical device (200). The invention further more relates to method for preparing the optical medium (100) and method for preparing the optical device (200).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Christian MATUSCHEK, Arjan MEIJER, Itai LIEBERMAN, Ralf GROTTENMUELLER
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Patent number: 10494261Abstract: An inorganic polysilazane resin of the present invention has a Si/N ratio (i.e. a ratio of contained silicon atoms to contained nitrogen atoms) of 1.30 or more. The inorganic polysilazane resin having such a high Si content can be produced by, for example, a method in which an inorganic polysilazane compound containing both Si—NH and Si—Cl is heated to react NH with Cl, a method in which a silazane oligomer (polymer) that leaves no Si—Cl bond is synthesized and a dihalosilane is added to the synthesized silazane oligomer (polymer) to perform a thermal reaction, and the like. A siliceous film can be formed by, for example, applying a coating composition containing the inorganic polysilazane resin onto a base plate and then dried and the dried product is then oxidized by bringing the dried product into contact with water vapor or hydrogen peroxide vapor and water vapor under heated conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Ridgefield AcquisitionInventors: Takashi Fujiwara, Ralf Grottenmueller, Takashi Kanda, Tatsuro Nagahara
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Patent number: 10487243Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit M1 and a second repeating unit M2; and a surface-modified zirconium dioxide nanocrystal.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.Inventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Dieter Wagner, Robert J. Wiacek, Daniel P. Russell, Zehra Serpil Gonen Williams
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Publication number: 20190300748Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation suitable for the preparation of a highly refractive encapsulation material with good barrier properties towards water vapor for an LED, to an encapsulation material for an LED having a high refractive index and good barrier properties towards water vapor which is obtainable from said formulation and to a light emitting device (LED) comprising said encapsulation material. The formulation comprises a polymer comprising a first repeating unit M1 and a second repeating unit M2; and a surface-modified zirconium dioxide nanocrystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: RALF GROTTENMUELLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Dieter WAGNER, Robert J. WIACEK, Daniel P. RUSSELL, Zehra Serpil Gonen WILLIAMS
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Patent number: 10421841Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing silazane-siloxa copolymers and the use of such copolymers, particularly in LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Abraham Casas Garcia-Minguillan, Fumio Kita, Dieter Wagner