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).

  • Publication number: 20250040430
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency, a light-emitting device with a long lifetime, or a light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. An EL layer includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side. The first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer contains a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. A HOMO level of the second organic compound is higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The fourth layer includes a region where the amount of seventh organic compound is large and a region where the amount of seventh organic compound is small in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Satoshi SEO, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Yusuke TAKITA, Takumu OKUYAMA, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Toshiki SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20250040336
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device not only including a light-emitting layer in which energy is efficiently transferred from a host material to a guest material but also having high reliability. The light-emitting device not only includes a light-emitting layer in which the T1 levels and the S1 levels of a host material and a guest material fall within certain ranges so that energy can be efficiently transferred from the host material to the guest material and but also has improved reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250040429
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a long lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency is provided. A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. A novel hole-transport material is provided. A hole-transport material including an organic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran skeleton and a substituted or unsubstituted amine skeleton is provided. A light-emitting element using the hole-transport material is provided. An organic compound in which an amine skeleton including two aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 60 carbon atoms is bonded to the 6- or 8-position of the benzonaphthofuran skeleton is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Yusuke TAKITA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250031573
    Abstract: A novel compound and a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and a long lifetime are provided. The novel compound includes a benzofuropyrazine skeleton or a benzothienopyrazine skeleton, and each of a benzene ring and a pyrazine ring in the benzofuropyrazine skeleton or the benzothienopyrazine skeleton independently includes a substituent with a total number of carbon atoms of 6 to 100 inclusive. The light-emitting element includes the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20250031515
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, an electronic device, and a display device each consume less power are provided. The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element that share an EL layer. The EL layer includes a layer containing a light-emitting material that emits blue fluorescence and a layer containing a light-emitting material that emits yellow or green phosphorescence. Light emitted from the second light-emitting element enters a color filter layer or a second color conversion layer, and light emitted from the third light-emitting element enters a first color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA
  • Publication number: 20250024697
    Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a multicolor light-emitting element that utilizes fluorescence and phosphorescence and is advantageous for practical application. The light-emitting element has a stacked-layer structure of a first light-emitting layer containing a host material and a fluorescent substance, a separation layer containing a substance having a hole-transport property and a substance having an electron-transport property, and a second light-emitting layer containing two kinds of organic compounds that form an exciplex and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into luminescence. Note that a light-emitting element in which light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has an emission spectrum peak on the shorter wavelength side than an emission spectrum peak of the second light-emitting layer is more effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Yusuke NONAKA, Takahiro ISHISONE, Satoshi SEO, Takuya KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20250024741
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting apparatus including a light-emitting device A and a light-emitting device B is provided. The light-emitting device A includes a first electrode A, a second electrode A, a light-emitting layer A interposed between the first electrode A and the second electrode A, and a first layer A interposed between the first electrode A and the light-emitting layer A. The light-emitting device B includes a first electrode B, a second electrode B, a light-emitting layer B interposed between the first electrode B and the second electrode B, a first layer B interposed between the first electrode B and the light-emitting layer B, and a second layer B interposed between the first electrode B and the light-emitting layer B. The light-emitting layer A contains a light-emitting substance A. The light-emitting layer B contains a light-emitting substance B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Takeyoshi WATABE, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12201018
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. The light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer. The light-emitting layer is positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and an electron-transport layer. The electron-transport layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the cathode. The light-emitting layer contains a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and an emission center substance. The combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The electron-transport layer contains an organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. (Note that in General Formula (G1) below, Ar1 represents a benzoquinolyl group or a benzoisoquinolyl group, and Ar2 represents a triphenylenylnaphthylene group or a naphthylenyltriphenylene-diyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko Kawakami, Nozomi Komatsu, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12200983
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Hatano, Satoshi Seo, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12200952
    Abstract: A long-lifetime light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a first light-emitting device and a first color conversion layer. The first color conversion layer contains a first substance. An EL layer of the first light-emitting device includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side. The first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The second layer contains a third organic compound. The third layer contains a fourth organic compound. The light-emitting layer contains a fifth organic compound and a sixth organic compound. The fourth layer contains a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound is an organic compound having an electron accepting property to the second organic compound. The fifth organic compound is an emission center substance. The HOMO level of the second organic compound is higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20250011260
    Abstract: A novel compound for a host material is provided. A compound for a host material that is capable of increasing the lifetime of a light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. A material whose thermophysical properties such as a glass transition temperature are high is provided. An anthracene compound for a host material represented by General Formula (G1) below is provided. (Note that in General Formula (G1), R1 to R7 each independently represent hydrogen or an aryl group having 1 to 25 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO, Hiroshi KADOMA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Naoaki HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250017035
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element contains first to third organic compounds. The first organic compound has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light. The second organic compound has a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton. The third organic compound is a fluorescent compound. Light emitted from the light-emitting element is light emitted from the third organic compound that receives excitation energy from the first organic compound or from an exciplex formed by the first and second organic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20250017109
    Abstract: A fluorescent light-emitting device using a host material that is less likely to form an oxygen adduct and having a high emission efficiency is provided. In addition, a highly reliable electronic device or light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device including at least a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode is provided. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound that is a light-emitting substance emitting fluorescent light and a second organic compound having a fluoranthene skeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Akira NAGASAKA, Yuji IWAKI, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Takuya HARUYAMA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250011286
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element having high luminous efficiency and to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device which consumes low power and is driven at low voltage, a carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, ?1, ?2, ?3, and ?4 each represent an arylene group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aryl group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; R1 represents any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; and R2 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. In addition, l, m, and n are each independently 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroko NOMURA, Harue OSAKA, Takahiro USHIKUBO, Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Satoshi SEO, Satoko SHITAGAKI
  • Patent number: 12191312
    Abstract: A lightweight flexible light-emitting device which is able to possess a curved display portion and display a full color image with high resolution and the manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The light-emitting device comprises: a plastic substrate; an insulating layer with an adhesive interposed therebetween; a thin film transistor over the insulating layer; a protective insulating film over the thin film transistor; a color filter over the protective insulating film; an interlayer insulating film over the color filter; and a white-emissive light-emitting element formed over the interlayer insulating film and being electrically connected to the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Kaoru Hatano
  • Publication number: 20250002500
    Abstract: A benzofuropyrimidine derivative or benzothienopyrimidine derivative that is a novel organic compound is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. Q represents oxygen or sulfur. Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, and Ar4 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, and the number of carbon atoms included in the aromatic hydrocarbon ring is 6 to 25. m and n are each 0 or 1. 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: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Satomi Watabe, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Toshiki Sasaki, Akira Nagasaka, Yuta Kawano
  • Publication number: 20250008835
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. A novel organic compound having a hole-transport property is provided. A novel hole-transport material is provided. A novel light-emitting element is provided. A light-emitting element with a favorable lifetime is provided. A light-emitting element with favorable emission efficiency is provided. An organic compound having a substituted or unsubstituted benzonaphthofuran skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole skeleton, and a substituted or unsubstituted amine skeleton is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting element that uses the hole-transport material is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachiko KAWAKAMI, Rina SHIMAZAKI, Takumu OKUYAMA, Tsunenori SUZUKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12185558
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. In a light-emitting device that includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes, a light-emitting layer included in the EL layer has a functional stacked-layer structure, whereby the efficiency and reliability of the light-emitting device can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Harue Osaka, Naoaki Hashimoto, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20240431129
    Abstract: A display device having a long lifetime is provided. A large-sized display device is provided. A display device includes a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device. The first light-emitting device includes a hole-injection layer, a first light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer. The second light-emitting device includes a second light-emitting layer. The hole-injection layer contains a first compound and a second compound. The first light-emitting layer contains a third compound that emits light of a first color. The second light-emitting layer contains a fourth compound that emits light of a second color. The electron-transport layer contains a fifth compound. The first compound has a property of accepting electrons from the second compound. The second compound has a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?5.7 eV and lower than or equal to ?5.4 eV. The fifth compound has a HOMO level higher than or equal to ?6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Satoshi SEO, Harue OSAKA
  • Publication number: 20240431131
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting element is provided. Alternatively, a novel light-emitting element which can achieve both high efficiency and a long lifetime is provided. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting element includes a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer. The first light-emitting layer includes a fluorescent material. The second light-emitting layer includes a phosphorescent material. A difference in peak value between a first emission spectrum of light from the first light-emitting layer and a second emission spectrum of light from the second light-emitting layer is 30 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Satoshi SEO