Patents by Inventor Robert Send

Robert Send 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: 20160320489
    Abstract: A target device (110) for use in optical detection of at least one object (112) is disclosed. The target device (110) is adapted for at least one of being integrated into the object (112), being held by the object (112) or being attached to the object (112). The target device (110) has at least one reflective element (114) for reflecting a light beam (118). The target device (110) further has at least one color conversion element (116), the color conversion element (116) being adapted to change at least one spectral property of the light beam (118) during reflecting the light beam (118).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Henrike WONNEBERGER
  • Publication number: 20160284947
    Abstract: Color converter comprising at least one polymer and at least one organic fluorescent dye comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I) where the structural unit may be mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents and where one or more CH groups of the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown may be replaced by nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin KOENEMANN, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Robert SEND, Sorin IVANOVICI, Gerardus DEKEYZER
  • Publication number: 20160266257
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ingmar BRUDER, Simone Christina SPILLER, Erwin THIEL, Stephan IRLE, Robert SEND, Henrike WONNEBERGER
  • Patent number: 9428518
    Abstract: A sensitizer in a dye-sensitized solar cell, including a compound of formula (I?) where: R1 and R2 are hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a hetaryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, a hetaryloxy group, a hetarylthio group, a diarylamino group, or a dialkylamino group; m, n are each independently an integer from 0-4; X is sulfur, oxygen, or NR3, where R3 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a hetaryl group; Y1 is oxygen or N—Z-A, where A is —COOM, —SO3M, or —PO3M, where M is hydrogen, an alkali metal cation, or [NR?]4+, where each R? is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group, and where Z is C1-C6-alkylene or 1,4-phenylene, where the phenylene radical is optionally substituted by one or more alkyl, nitro, cyano, and halogen substituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Henrike Wonneberger, Neil Gregory Pschirer, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Ingmar Bruder, Robert Send, Yulian Zagranyarski, Chen Li, Klaus Muellen, Long Chen, Artem Nikolaevich Skabeev
  • Publication number: 20160248021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoactive material comprising a donor substance and an acceptor substance, wherein the donor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described herein, or the acceptor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described herein, or the donor substance comprises or consists of a first compound of formula (I) described herein and the acceptor substance comprises a second compound of formula (I) described herein with the proviso that the first and second compound are not the same, as well as to an organic solar cell comprising said photoactive material. The present invention also relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising or consisting of two or more organic solar cells comprising said photoactive material and to compounds of formula (I) as described herein for use as donor substance or as acceptor substance in a photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sudhakar SUNDARRAJ, Christian EICKHOFF, Sheeja BAHULAYAN, Robert SEND, Yuichi NISHIMAE, Helmut REICHELT, Junichi TANABE, Peter ERK
  • Patent number: 9406848
    Abstract: Color converter comprising at least one polymer and at least one organic fluorescent dye comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I) where the structural unit may be mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents and where one or more CH groups of the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown may be replaced by nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin Koenemann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Robert Send, Sorin Ivanovici, Gerardus De Keyzer
  • Publication number: 20160211464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoactive material comprising a donor substance and an acceptor substance, wherein the donor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described below, or the acceptor substance comprises or consists of one or more compounds of formula (I) described below, or the donor substance comprises or consists of a first compound of formula (I) described below and the acceptor substance comprises a second compound of formula (I) described below with the proviso that the first and second compound are not the same, as well as to an organic solar cell or photodetector comprising said photoactive material. The present invention also relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising or consisting of two or more organic solar cells comprising said photoactive material and to compounds of formula (I) as described below for use as donor substance or as acceptor substance in a photoactive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Junichi TANABE, Yuichi NISHIMAE, Christian EICKHOFF, Peter ERK, Ruediger SENS, Robert SEND, Sudhakar SUNDARRAJ
  • Patent number: 9389315
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ingmar Bruder, Simone Christina Spiller, Erwin Thiel, Stephan Irle, Robert Send, Henrike Wonneberger
  • Patent number: 9385326
    Abstract: The present invention related to thermally stable p-conducting oligomers and polymers of triangulene of formula (I) and their use in dye sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschafen e.V.
    Inventors: Henrike Wonneberger, Ingmar Bruder, Robert Send, Florian Schluetter, Klaus Muellen, Milan Kivala
  • Publication number: 20160177177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyanated naphthalenebenzimidazole compounds of the formula (I) and mixtures thereof, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are each independently hydrogen, cyano or aryl which is unsubstituted or has one or more identical or different substituents RAr, where RAr is as defined in the claims and in the description, with the proviso that the compounds of the formula I comprise at least one cyano group. The invention further relates to color converters comprising at least one polymer as a matrix material and at least one cyanated naphthalenebenzimidazole compound or mixtures thereof as a fluorescent dye, to the use of the color converters and to lighting devices comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Martin KÖNEMANN, Gabriele MATTERN, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Sorin IVANOVICI, Robert SEND
  • Publication number: 20160155575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode layer comprising a porous film made of oxide semiconductor fine particles sensitized with a methine dye having a counter anion capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range of from 400 nm to 1000 nm. Moreover the present invention relates to a photoelectric conversion device comprising said electrode layer, a dye sensitized solar cell comprising said photoelectric conversion device, an organic electronic device comprising said photoelectric conversion device and to novel methine dyes having a counter anion capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the range of from 400 nm to 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hitoshi YAMATO, Shinji NAKAMICHI, Ryuichi TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Robert SEND, Henrike WONNEBERGER, Ingmar BRUDER, Vytautas GETAUTIS, Rakstys KASPARAS, Tadas MALINAUSKAS
  • Publication number: 20160139243
    Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes: at least one optical sensor configured to detect a light beam traveling from the object towards the detector, the optical sensor including at least one matrix of pixels; and at least one evaluation device configured to determine an intensity distribution of pixels of the optical sensor that are illuminated by the light beam, the evaluation device further configured to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate of the object by using the intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Stephan IRLE, Erwin THIEL
  • Publication number: 20160124074
    Abstract: A detector device (111) for determining an orientation of at least one object (112) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Henrike WONNEBERGER, Ingmar BRUDER, Erwin THIEL, Robert SEND, Stephan IRLE
  • Publication number: 20160126022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I wherein R100 and R200 are each independently hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl which in case of C2-alkyl may be interrupted by one and in case of C3-C10-alkyl by one or two non-adjacent oxygen atoms, C5-C7-cycloalkyl, aryl, aryl-C1-C10-alkyl or aryloxy-C1-C10-alkyl, D is an m-valent (m=1, 2 or 3) donor moiety which comprises at least one carbon-carbon or carbon-heteroatom double bond and/or at least one unfused or fused carbo- or heterocyclic ring, A is an acceptor moiety which comprises at least one carbon-carbon or carbon-heteroatom double bond and/or at least one unfused or fused carbo- or heterocyclic ring, and the donor moiety D and the acceptor moiety A are ?-conjugated to one another. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I for producing dye-sensitized solar cells and to dye-sensitized solar cells comprising compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ingmar Bruder, Robert Send, Simona Urnikaite, Tadas Malinauskas, Maryte Daskeviciene, Vytautas Getautis
  • Publication number: 20160127664
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (118) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises: at least one optical sensor (112), the optical sensor (112) being adapted to detect a light beam (150) traveling from the object (118) towards the detector (110), the optical sensor (112) having at least one matrix (152) of pixels (154); and at least one evaluation device (126), the evaluation device (126) being adapted to determine a number N of pixels (154) of the optical sensor (112) which are illuminated by the light beam (150), the evaluation device (126) further being adapted to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate of the object (118) by using the number N of pixels (154) which are illuminated by the light beam (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ingmar BRUDER, Erwin THIEL, Stephan IRLE, Robert SEND
  • Publication number: 20160099429
    Abstract: An optical detector (110) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Stephan IRLE, Erwin THIEL
  • Publication number: 20160084477
    Abstract: Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one colour converter comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant in a matrix consisting essentially of polystyrene or polycarbonate, wherein LED and colour converter are present in a remote phosphor arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Martin KOENEMANN, Gerardus DE KEYZER, Sorin IVANOVICI, Michel PEPERS, Matthias MUELLER, Robert SEND
  • Publication number: 20160024106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula I: in dye-sensitized solar cells. It also relates to a compound of formula I?: to a compound of formula I?: to the use of a compound of formula II: as a precursor compound for manufacturing the compound of formula I when q is 0 or 1 and as a precursor compound for manufacturing the compound of formula I? when q is 1; to a compound of formula III: to the use of the compounds of formulae I, I? or I? as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells; and to such dye-sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicants: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Henrike WONNEBERGER, Neil Gregory PSCHIRER, Flavio Luiz BENEDITO, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Yullian ZAGRANYARSKI, Chen LI, Klaus MUELLEN, Long CHEN, Artem Nikolaevich SKABEEV
  • Patent number: 9236535
    Abstract: Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one color converter comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant in a matrix consisting essentially of polystyrene or polycarbonate, wherein LED and color converter are present in a remote phosphor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Wagenblast, Martin Koenemann, Gerardus De Keyzer, Sorin Ivanovici, Michel Pepers, Matthias Mueller, Robert Send
  • Publication number: 20150333275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally stable p-conducting oligomers and polymers of triangulene of formula (I) and their use in dye sensitized solar cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicants: BASF SE, MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E. V.
    Inventors: Henrike WONNEBERGER, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Florian SCHLUETTER, Klaus MUELLEN, Milan KIVALA