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).

  • Patent number: 10385234
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a hybrid material comprising a) an organopolysilazane material and b) at least one surface-modified nanoscale inorganic oxide as coating material for producing transparent layers having a thickness of less than 500 ?m in optoelectronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AZ Electronics Materials (LUXEMBOURG) S.Á.R.L.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Rosalin Karunanandan, Fumio Kita, Helmut Lenz, Dieter Wagner, Andreas Dresel
  • Publication number: 20190153307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a color conversion sheet (100) and an optical device comprising a color conversion sheet (100). The present invention further relates to a use of the color conversion sheet (100) in an optical device (200). The invention further more relates to method for preparing the color conversion sheet (100) and method for preparing the optical device (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Bernhard RIEGER, Christian MATUSCHEK, Ralf GROTTENMUELLER
  • Publication number: 20180312641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing silazane-siloxa copolymers and the use of such copolymers, particularly in LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf GROTTENMÜLLER, Abraham CASAS GARCIA-MINGUILLAN, Fumio KITA, Dieter WAGNER
  • Patent number: 10000665
    Abstract: A hybrid material for light emitting diodes, comprising a) an organopolysilazane material, comprising repeating units of formulae (I) and (II) [—SiR1R2—NR3—]x??(I) [—SiHR4—NR5—]y??(II) wherein the symbols and indices have the following meanings: R1 is C2-C6-alkenyl or C4-C6-alkadienyl; R2 is H or an organic group; R3 is H or an organic group; R4 is H or an organic group; R5 is H or an organic group; x is 0.001 to 0.2; and y is 2x to (1?x), with the proviso that x+y?1 and that y can be 0 if R2 is H, and b) inorganic nanoparticles having a mean diameter in the range of from 1 to 30 nm, which are surface modified with a capping agent comprising a C1-C18-alkyl and/or C1-C18-alkenyl group, is useful as encapsulation material for LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Rosalin Karunanandan, Fumio Kita, Helmut Lenz, Dieter Wagner, Andreas Dresel
  • Publication number: 20170210944
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a hybrid material comprising a) an organopolysilazane material and b) at least one surface-modified nanoscale inorganic oxide as coating material for producing transparent layers having a thickness of less than 500 ?m in optoelectronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Rosalin Karunanandan, Fumio Kita, Helmut Lenz, Dieter Wagner, Andreas Dresel
  • Publication number: 20160362580
    Abstract: A hybrid material for light emitting diodes, comprising a) an organopolysilazane material, comprising repeating units of formulae (I) and (II) [—SiR1R2—NR3—]x??(I) [—SiHR4—NR5—]y??(II) wherein the symbols and indices have the following meanings: R1 is C2-C6-alkenyl or C4-C6-alkadienyl; R2 is H or an organic group; R3 is H or an organic group; R4 is H or an organic group; R5 is H or an organic group; x is 0.001 to 0.2; and y is 2x to (1?x), with the proviso that x+y?1 and that y can be 0 if R2 is H, and b) inorganic nanoparticles having a mean diameter in the range of from 1 to 30 nm, which are surface modified with a capping agent comprising a C1-C18-alkyl and/or C1-C18-alkenyl group, is useful as encapsulation material for LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ralf GROTTENMÜLLER, Rosalin KARUNANANDAN, Fumio KITA, Helmut LENZ, Dieter WAGNER, Andreas DRESEL
  • Patent number: 8012664
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices are each defined as follows: A is A?, R or O—R; where R is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical having 1-8 carbon atoms; A? is the same or different and is B is a bond, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—NH—, —NH—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O, —O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O—(O)C—, —O—C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—NH— or —NH—C(O)—O—; R1 is H or OH; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; Y is n is a positive rational number ?3; E is the same or different and is —CH—CHR2—, —CHR2—CH2—, —CH2—CHR2—O—, —O—CHR2—CH2—, —(CH2)r—O— or —O—(CH2)—; R2 is H or CH3 and r is 1 or 4, is suitable as a light-sensitive component for photoresists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: AZ Electronic Materials USA Corp.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zahn, Ralf Grottenmüller, Dieter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20090253073
    Abstract: A compound of the formula (I) where the symbols and indices are each defined as follows: A is A?, R or O—R; where R is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic radical having 1-8 carbon atoms; A? is the same or different and is B is a bond, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—, —C(O)—NH—, —NH—C(O)—, —C(O)—O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O, —O—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O—(O)C—, —O—C(O)—O—, —O—C(O)—NH— or —NH—C(O)—O—; R1 is H or OH; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; Y is n is a positive rational number ?3; E is the same or different and is —CH—CHR2—, —CHR2—CH2—, —CH2—CHR2—O—, —O—CHR2—CH2—, —(CH2)r—O— or —O—(CH2)—; R2 is H or CH3 and r is 1 or 4, is suitable as a light-sensitive component for photoresists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zahn, Ralf Grottenmüller, Dieter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20070020558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a photosensitive photoresist solution, characterized in that a novolak resin and a diazonaphthoquinonesulphonyl chloride are dissolved in a solvent from the group consisting of the photoresist solvents, a proportion of from 1 to 70 mol % of the phenolic hydroxyl groups of the novolak resin is reacted with diazonaphthoquinonesulphonyl chloride in the presence of a base, and the reaction mixture is washed with water and optionally diluted with further photoresist solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zahn, Ralf Grottenmueller, Carina Brauch-Fischer, Andreas Dresel, Stefan Englert, Daniela Blaha
  • Publication number: 20060270570
    Abstract: Lubricants intended for solid surfaces, and particularly for skis, and comprising a partially fluorinated compound of formula 1 RF—(A)a—(O)b—(B)c—(D)d—(RF)e??(1) where RF is a perfluorinated radical of formula F(CF2)n-, n is a number from 1 to 20, A is C1-C30, preferably C1-C18, alkylene. B is arylene having 6 to 14 carbon atoms or is a saturated or unsaturated monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon having 3 to 30, preferably 3 to 18 carbon atoms, D is hydrogen or C1-C30, preferably C1-C18, alkyl, a is zero or 1, b, c, and d are zero, 1 or 2 and e is zero or 1, with the proviso that b and c are not simultaneously zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: CLARIANT GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmueller, Norbert Schmitt, Anton Probst, Robert Schmid
  • Patent number: 6515172
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of perfluorocarboxylic acids of the formula RF—COOH, salts thereof and esters thereof from perfluoroalkyl iodides of the formula RF′—I, in which RF and RF′ are cyclic, branched or linear, saturated or unsaturated perfluoroalkyl radicals, by activating the perfluoroalkyl iodides in the presence of oxygen and in organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Grottenmüller, Wolfgang Knaup, Anton Probst, Klaus Dullinger