Patents by Inventor Satoshi Seo
Satoshi Seo 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: 20250113711Abstract: The invention relates to: a light-emitting device which includes a first flexible substrate having a first electrode, a light-emitting layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode with a projecting portion over the light-emitting layer and a second flexible substrate having a semiconductor circuit and a third electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor circuit, in which the projecting portion of the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to each other; a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device; and a cellular phone which includes a housing incorporating the light-emitting device and having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, in which the light-emitting device is disposed on a front side and in an upper portion in the longitudinal direction of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Kaoru HATANO, Satoshi SEO, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 12262574Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element which uses a fluorescent material as a light-emitting substance and has higher luminous efficiency. To provide a light-emitting element which includes a mixture of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance and a fluorescent material. By making the emission spectrum of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance overlap with an absorption band on the longest wavelength side in absorption by the fluorescent material in an S1 level of the fluorescent material, energy at an S1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance can be transferred to the S1 of the fluorescent material. Alternatively, it is also possible that the S1 of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance is generated from part of the energy of a T1 level of the thermally activated delayed fluorescent substance, and is transferred to the S1 of the fluorescent material.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hiromi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20250098523Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer including a guest, an n-type host and a p-type host between a pair of electrodes, where the difference between the energy difference between a triplet excited state and a ground state of the n-type host (or p-type host) and the energy difference between a triplet excited state and a ground state of the guest is 0.15 eV or more. Alternatively, in such a light-emitting element, the LUMO level of the n-type host is higher than the LUMO level of the guest by 0.1 eV or more, or the HOMO level of the p-type host is lower than the HOMO level of the guest by 0.1 eV or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoko SHITAGAKI, Hideko INOUE, Hiroshi KADOMA, Harue OSAKA, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Yasuhiko TAKEMURA
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Publication number: 20250098526Abstract: A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency and high reliability is provided. The light-emitting device includes a host material and a guest material in a light-emitting layer. The host material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission and the guest material emits fluorescence. The guest material has a molecular structure including a luminophore and protecting groups, and five or more protecting groups are included in one molecule of the guest materials. When the protecting groups are introduced into the molecule, triplet excitation energy transfer from the host material to the guest material by the Dexter mechanism is inhibited. As the protecting group, an alkyl group or a branched-chain alkyl group is used. A light-emitting device with improved emission efficiency can be obtained with the use of a material having a five-membered ring skeleton in the host material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
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Publication number: 20250098516Abstract: As a novel substance having a novel skeleton, an organometallic complex with high emission efficiency which achieves improved color purity by a reduction of half width of an emission spectrum is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is an organometallic complex in which a ?-diketone and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring including two or more nitrogen atoms inclusive of a nitrogen atom that is a coordinating atom are ligands. In General Formula (G1), X represents a substituted or unsubstituted six-membered heteroaromatic ring including two or more nitrogen atoms inclusive of a nitrogen atom that is a coordinating atom. Further, R1 to R4 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Hiromi SEO, Satoshi SEO, Kunihiko SUZUKI, Miki KANAMOTO
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Patent number: 12252496Abstract: Provided is a novel organic compound, a benzofuropyrimidine derivative or a benzothienopyrimidine derivative, which is an organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. In General Formula (G1), Q represents oxygen or sulfur. Furthermore, A is a group having 12 to 100 carbon atoms in total and includes one or more of a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, a fluorene ring, a phenanthrene ring, a triphenylene ring, a heteroaromatic ring including a dibenzothiophene ring, a heteroaromatic ring including a dibenzofuran ring, a heteroaromatic ring including a carbazole ring, a benzimidazole ring, and a triphenylamine structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satomi Watabe, Hideko Yoshizumi, Satoshi Seo, Hiromitsu Kido, Toshiki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20250084302Abstract: An organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1). In the formula, each of R1 to R4 independently represents any of hydrogen (including deuterium), a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and a substituent represented by General Formula (G1-1). Each of R5 to R8 independently represents any of hydrogen (including deuterium), a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and a substituent represented by General Formula (G1-3). At least one of R5 to R8 represents a substituent represented by General Formula (G1-3).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Miyako MORIKUBO, Yuki HAYASHI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Takashi SHINGU, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Harue OSAKA, Satoshi SEO
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Publication number: 20250089560Abstract: Provided is a novel light-emitting element, a light-emitting element with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent substance and a host material, a first electron-transport layer containing a first electron-transport material, and a second electron-transport layer containing a second electron-transport material, which are in contact with each other and in this order. The LUMO level of each of the host material and the second electron-transport material is higher than the LUMO level of the first electron-transport material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori Suzuki, Naoaki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20250089443Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants and has high emission efficiency. In one embodiment of the present invention, a light-emitting device, a light-emitting module, a light-emitting display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. Attention is paid to Förster mechanism, which is one of mechanisms of intermolecular energy transfer. Efficient energy transfer by Förster mechanism is achieved by making an emission wavelength of a molecule which donates energy overlap with a local maximum peak on the longest wavelength side of a graph obtained by multiplying an absorption spectrum of a molecule which receives energy by a wavelength raised to the fourth power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Satoshi SEO, Yoshiharu HIRAKATA, Takahiro ISHISONE
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Patent number: 12250884Abstract: A light-emitting element which has low driving voltage and high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a hole-transport layer and a light-emitting layer over the hole-transport layer. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound having an electron-transport property, a second organic compound having a hole-transport property, and a light-emitting third organic compound converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex. The hole-transport layer contains at least a fourth organic compound whose HOMO level is lower than or equal to that of the second organic compound and a fifth organic compound whose HOMO level is higher than that of the second organic compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo, Satoko Shitagaki
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Publication number: 20250081715Abstract: A light-emitting element containing a light-emitting material with high luminous efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element includes a host material and a guest material. The host material includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. In the first organic compound, a difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level is larger than 0 eV and smaller than or equal to 0.2 eV. The HOMO level of one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is higher than or equal to that of the other organic compound, and the LUMO level of the one of the organic compounds is higher than or equal to that of the other organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA
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Publication number: 20250081840Abstract: A novel compound is provided. The novel compound is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic ring having 10 to 30 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed heteroaromatic ring having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms. Each of Y1 and Y2 independently represents a cycloalkyl group having a bridge structure and having 7 to 10 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., LtdInventors: Takuya HARUYAMA, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA
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Publication number: 20250072250Abstract: One object of this invention is to provide a novel light-emitting device with low power consumption. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting element includes the first electrode, a third electrode, and the light-emitting layer. The second electrode comprises only a first conductive film, and the third electrode comprises a second conductive film and a third conductive film. The first electrode has a function of reflecting light. The second conductive film has functions of reflecting light and transmitting light. The first conductive film and the third conductive film each have a function of transmitting light.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO, Toshiki SASAKI
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Patent number: 12239010Abstract: A novel organometallic complex with high reliability is provided. A light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer contains an organometallic complex. The organometallic complex includes a first ligand and a second ligand which are coordinated to a central metal. The HOMO is distributed over the first ligand, and the LUMO is distributed over the second ligand. The first ligand and the second ligand are cyclometalated ligands.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Hideko Inoue, Miki Kurihara, Yui Yamada, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Hiromitsu Kido
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Publication number: 20250063937Abstract: A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a long lifetime is provided. Alight-emitting element is provided which includes a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound between a pair of electrodes, in which a combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex (excited complex). The light-emitting element transfers energy by utilizing an overlap between the emission spectrum of the exciplex and the absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound and thus has high energy transfer efficiency. Therefore, a light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Satoko SHITAGAKI, Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hideko INOUE, Kunihiko SUZUKI
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Patent number: 12232420Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving reliability of a light-emitting element is provided. The organic compound includes a condensed ring including a pyrimidine ring and is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a group having 6 to 100 carbon atoms and includes at least one of an aromatic ring and a heteroaromatic ring. The aromatic ring and the heteroaromatic ring may each include a substituent. Furthermore, Q represents oxygen or sulfur. A ring X represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthalene ring or a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrene ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Miki Kurihara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Satomi Watabe, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
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Patent number: 12232342Abstract: An organic semiconductor device with low driving voltage is provided. The organic semiconductor device includes a layer containing an organic compound between a pair of electrodes. The layer containing an organic compound includes a hole-transport region. The hole-transport region includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is positioned between the anode and the second layer. When a potential gradient of a surface potential of an evaporated film is set as GSP (mV/nm), a value obtained by subtracting GSP of an organic compound in the second layer from GSP of an organic compound in the first layer is less than or equal to 20 (mV/nm).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Seo, Takeyoshi Watabe, Airi Ueda, Yuta Kawano, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
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Patent number: 12225812Abstract: An organic compound having a hole-transport property and a low refractive index is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) shown below is provided. In General Formula (G1), Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring, n represents an integer of 0 or 1, and Ar2 represents an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in a ring and includes at least one branched-chain or cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. The total number of carbon atoms of the branched-chain or cyclic alkyl group in Ar2 is more than or equal to 6. R1 to R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. R11 to R14 and R21 to R24 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Any one of R15 to R18 and any one of R25 to R28 each represent a bond directly bonded to a nitrogen atom, and the others each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kubota, Takao Tosu, Takeyoshi Watabe, Airi Ueda, Yuta Kawano, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
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Patent number: 12225748Abstract: A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the LUMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the guest material is higher than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than the energy difference between the LUMO level of the first organic compound and the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Mitsumori
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Publication number: 20250048926Abstract: Alight-emitting element having high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having a low driving voltage is provided. A novel compound which can be used for a transport layer or as a host material or a light-emitting material of a light-emitting element is provided. A novel compound with a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton is provided. Also provided is a light-emitting element which includes the compound with the benzofuropyrimidine skeleton between a pair of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Miki Kanamoto, Hiromi Seo, Satoshi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Tomoka Nakagawa