Patents by Inventor Renate SEEGER

Renate SEEGER 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: 11667840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula DFS in which the groups and parameters occurring have the meanings indicated in claim 1, to high-frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas. The present invention further relates to novel mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass, Michael Wittek, Renate Seeger, Dmitry Ushakov, Beate Schneider
  • Patent number: 10975308
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula S where the parameters have the meaning defined in claim 1, and one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula II or one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula III or one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formula III or one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formula III: in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Rocco Fortte, Dagmar Klass, Renate Seeger
  • Patent number: 10711195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal mixtures comprising one or more compounds of the formula A and, in addition one or more compounds of formula I or one or more compounds of formula II wherein the individual radicals have the respective meanings indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Christian Jasper, Volker Reiffenrath, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Dagmar Klass, Renate Seeger
  • Patent number: 10662377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of formula A and one or more compounds of formula II wherein the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and to high-frequency components comprising the same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular microwave phased-array antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Constanze Brocke, Atsutaka Manabe, Michael Wittek, Renate Seeger
  • Publication number: 20190330530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula DFS in which the groups and parameters occurring have the meanings indicated in claim 1, to high-frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular for microwave phased-array antennas. The present invention further relates to novel mesogenic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH, Dagmar KLASS, Michael WITTEK, Renate SEEGER, Dmitry USHAKOV, Beate SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20190264105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nils GREINERT, Matthias BREMER, Patrick SUESS, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Jochen SIEBERLING, Renate SEEGER, Anna Lisa HAWLITSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20190241808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerisable compounds, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, and to LC displays comprising it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nils GREINERT, Matthias BREMER, Patrick SUESS, Christian SCHOENEFELD, Jochen SIEBERLING, Renate SEEGER, Anna Lisa HAWLITSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20190185747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula Q and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae T, U and I wherein the occurring groups and parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1. The present invention further relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tunable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael WITTEK, Renate SEEGER
  • Publication number: 20190106626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of formula A and one or more compounds of formula II wherein the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and to high-frequency components comprising the same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, in particular microwave phased-array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Constanze BROCKE, Atsutaka MANABE, Michael WITTEK, Renate SEEGER
  • Publication number: 20190100695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal mixtures comprising one or more compounds of the formula A and, in addition one or more compounds of formula I or one or more compounds of formula II wherein the individual radicals have the respective meanings indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH, Dagmar KLASS, Renate SEEGER
  • Publication number: 20180291270
    Abstract: A liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula S where the parameters have the meaning defined in claim 1, and one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula II or one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula III or one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formula III or one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formula III: in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Rocco FORTTE, Dagmar KLASS, Renate SEEGER
  • Patent number: 9938462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds selected from the group of the formulae I-M and I-U in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka Manabe, Dagmar Klass, Renate Seeger, Michael Wittek, Matthias Bremer
  • Publication number: 20170306230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising—one or more compounds of formulae CC and/or CP and—one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III), in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Christian JASPER, Volker REIFFENRATH, Constanze BROCKE, Detlef PAULUTH, Dagmar KLASS, Michael WITTEK, Renate SEEGER
  • Publication number: 20170037315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium), to the use thereof for electrooptical purposes and to LC displays comprising this medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Michael WITTEK, Renate SEEGER, Brigitte SCHULER, Martina WINDHORST, Christian HOCK, Volker REIFFENRATH
  • Publication number: 20150322344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds selected from the group of the formulae I-M and I-U in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimetre wave region, for microwave and millimetre wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Atsutaka MANABE, Dagmar KLASS, Renate SEEGER, Michael WITTEK, Matthias BREMER