Patents by Inventor Sabine Schoen
Sabine Schoen 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: 10822497Abstract: The present invention relates to interference pigments based on transparent, low-refractive-index, flake-form substrates which have a high-refractive-index coating consisting of TiO2 having a layer thickness of 20-200 nm and optionally an outer protective layer, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, button pastes, ceramic materials, glasses, for seed coloring, as dopants in the laser marking of plastics and papers, as additive for the laser welding of plastics, as additive for coloring in the foods and pharmaceuticals sectors, and in cosmetic formulations and for the preparation of pigment compositions and dry preparations.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Christoph Schmidt, Tanja Delp, Sabine Schoen
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Publication number: 20200339820Abstract: The present invention relates to effect pigments which are based on flake-form substrates having a circular form factor of 1.2-2 and are coated with at least one high-refractive-index layer, and to the use thereof, inter alia in paints, coatings, printing inks, plastics and in cosmetic formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Gerhard PFAFF, Stephanie ANDES, Klaus AMBROSIUS, Ralf PETRY, Michael ROESLER, Sabine SCHOEN
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Publication number: 20200231828Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Publication number: 20200231827Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings, printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Noriyuki MATSUDA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Patent number: 10647861Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 130-400 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of <9.5 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Noriyuki Matsuda, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20200123388Abstract: Effect pigments based on Al2O3 flakes with high weather resistance and less photoactivity and to their use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations. The effect pigments have a ratio of the amount by weight of Al2O3 of the Al2O3 flake and the amount by weight of the metal oxide(s) of the coating layer(s) in the range of from 27:73 to 83:17 based on the total weight of the effect pigment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Sabine SCHOEN, Michael JUNGNITZ, Stefan SCHLUETER, Kirsten FRITSCHE, Carsten PLUEG, Stephanie ANDES, Ulrich SCHOENEFELD
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Patent number: 10611963Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (??), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio ?1/?n2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a ?? of ??2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Sabine Schoen
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Patent number: 10533135Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (??), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio ?1/?n2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a ?? of ??2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Melanie Klassen-Memmer, Sabine Schoen
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Publication number: 20190390112Abstract: A liquid-crystalline medium and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PM-VA, SS-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS or PS-FFS effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Sabine SCHOEN
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Publication number: 20190345389Abstract: Liquid-crystalline medium contains at least one compound of formula I, and at least one compound formulae ST-1 to ST-17 and the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PA-VA, SS-VA, SA-VA, PS-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, UB-FFS, U-IPS, FFS or PS-FFS effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Harald HIRSCHMANN, Sabine SCHOEN
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Publication number: 20190330475Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Fumiko SASAKI, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Koshiro KUNII, Yuji TAKENAKA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Patent number: 10457812Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 550-1000 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of ?9.0 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Fumiko Sasaki, Satoru Kobayashi, Koshiro Kunii, Yuji Takenaka, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Publication number: 20190322871Abstract: The present invention relates to alumina flakes having a defined thickness and particle size distribution and to their use in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations and as substrate for effect pigments. and organic dyes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Ryuta SUZUKI, Gerhard PFAFF, Sabine SCHOEN, Fumiko SASAKI, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Koshiro KUNII, Yuji TAKENAKA, Katsuhisa NITTA
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Patent number: 10435626Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (??), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio ?1/?n2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a ?? of ??2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Sabine Schoen
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Patent number: 10400169Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Constanze Brocke, Rocco Fortte, Matthias Bremer, Sabine Schoen
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Publication number: 20190225813Abstract: A pigment mixture comprising at least two or three interference pigments of different interference colours selected from the colours red, green and blue, suitable for use in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses and in the preparation of pigment preparations, dry preparations and in particular cosmetic formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Christoph SCHMIDT, Carsten PLUEG, Uwe LENZ, Sabine SCHOEN
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Patent number: 10351771Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 has the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof in liquid-crystalline media and in electro-optical liquid-crystal displays.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Mark Goebel, Lars Lietzau, Sabine Schoen, Andreas Pohle
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Publication number: 20190169439Abstract: Effect pigments based on Al2O3 flakes with high weather resistance and less photoactivity and to their use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations. The effect pigments have a ratio of the amount by weight of Al2O3 of the Al2O3 flake and the amount by weight of the metal oxide(s) of the coating layer(s) in the range of from 27:73 to 83:17 based on the total weight of the effect pigment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Sabine SCHOEN, Michael JUNGNITZ, Stefan SCHLUETER, Kirsten FRITSCHE, Carsten PLUEG, Stephanie ANDES, Ulrich SCHOENEFELD
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Patent number: 10214691Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Constanze Brocke, Rocco Fortte, Matthias Bremer, Sabine Schoen
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Patent number: 10214692Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, Z1, Z2 and L1-3 have the meanings defined herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS, PS-FFS, PS-IPS or IPS effect.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Harald Hirschmann, Monika Bauer, Martina Windhorst, Marcus Reuter, Constanze Brocke, Rocco Fortte, Matthias Bremer, Sabine Schoen