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).

  • Patent number: 12388106
    Abstract: To provide a storage battery including a carbon-based material. To provide a graphene compound film having desired ion conductivity and mechanical strength while preventing direct contact between electrodes in a storage battery. To achieve long-term reliability. A lithium-ion storage battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an exterior body, and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. In the lithium-ion storage battery, one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is wrapped in a first film, and the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator are stored in the exterior body. The first film may include a first region in which the first film includes a first functional group. The first film may further include a second region in which the first film includes a second functional group different from the first functional group. The first film may be a graphene compound film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Teppei Oguni, Satoshi Seo, Hiroshi Kadoma
  • Patent number: 12365835
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and low driving voltage. The light-emitting element includes a guest material and a host material. A LUMO level of the host material is higher than a LUMO level of the host material, and a HOMO level of the guest material is lower than a HOMO level of the host material. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The difference between a singlet excitation energy level and a triplet excitation energy level of the host material is greater than 0 eV and less than or equal to 0.2 eV. The energy difference between the LUMO level and the HOMO level of the host material is larger than or equal to light emission energy of the guest material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satoshi Seo, Satomi Mitsumori
  • Patent number: 12364159
    Abstract: A benzofuropyrimidine derivative or a benzothienopyrimidine derivative, which is a novel organic compound, is provided. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1) below. In General Formula (G1), Q represents oxygen or sulfur. A represents any one of a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in the ring and a substituted or unsubstituted ?-electron rich condensed heteroaromatic ring having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in the ring; and R1 to R19 each independently represent any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms in the ring, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Toshiki Sasaki, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12364115
    Abstract: A near-infrared organic EL device with favorable efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an EL layer is provided; in which the EL layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; in which the EL layer emits light having a peak of an emission spectrum in a wavelength range of greater than or equal to 750 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm; in which one of the first electrode and the second electrode is an electrode having a transmitting property with respect to light with a peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the EL layer; in which a first layer is provided in contact with a surface of the electrode having a transmitting property, which is opposite to a surface facing the EL layer; in which the first layer contains an organic compound; and in which the first layer has the local maximum value of an extinction coefficient k in the visible light region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Airi Ueda, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12356791
    Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting apparatus including a first light-emitting device and a first color conversion layer. The first light-emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode. The EL layer includes a layer including a material with a refractive index lower than or equal to 1.75 at 467 nm. The first color conversion layer includes a first substance capable of emission by absorbing light. Light emitted from the first light-emitting device enters the first color conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Takeyoshi Watabe, Tomohiro Kubota, Airi Ueda, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Yuko Kubota
  • Publication number: 20250221157
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having favorable characteristics is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an intermediate layer positioned between the first and second electrodes, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a first electron-transport layer, and a second electron-transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromi SEO, Hiromitsu KIDO, Tomoe MATSUBABA, Yuki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20250221304
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having favorable characteristics is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an intermediate layer therebetween, a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, a first electron-transport layer, and a second electron-transport layer. The first light-emitting layer is between the first electrode and the intermediate layer. The second light-emitting layer is between the intermediate layer and the second electrode. The first electron-transport layer is between the first light-emitting layer and the intermediate layer. The second electron-transport layer is between the second light-emitting layer and the second electrode. The second electron-transport layer has a stacked-layer structure. The intermediate layer contains a second organic compound having a phenanthroline skeleton. The first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer contain the same emission center substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromi SEO, Hiromitsu KIDO, Tomoe MATSUBARA, Yuki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 12349538
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes an EL layer and a light-transmitting electrode. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer and a low refractive index layer. The low refractive index layer is positioned between the light-emitting layer and the light-transmitting electrode. A cap layer is in contact with a surface of the light-transmitting electrode on the side opposite to the EL layer. The cap layer includes a high refractive index material having an ordinary refractive index of higher than or equal to 1.90 and lower than or equal to 2.40 and an ordinary extinction coefficient of higher than or equal to 0 and lower than or equal to 0.01. The low refractive index layer includes a low refractive index material having an ordinary refractive index of higher than or equal to 1.60 and lower than or equal to 1.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Yuta Kawano, Airi Ueda, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12344602
    Abstract: An object is to provide an organic compound with a low refractive index. Alternatively, a novel organic compound with a low refractive index and an electron-donating property is provided. Alternatively, an EL device with high emission efficiency is provided. An organic compound having an arylamine skeleton including a fluorine atom or an acridine skeleton including a fluorine atom and an EL device using the organic compound are provided. The EL device preferably includes a hole-injection layer containing the organic compound having an arylamine skeleton including a fluorine atom or an acridine skeleton including a fluorine atom and a substance showing an electron-accepting property with respect to the organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Tomohiro Kubota, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 12349591
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting device with a favorable lifetime is provided. A light-emitting device with low driving voltage is provided. A light-emitting device with favorable display quality is provided. A light-emitting device that includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer positioned between the anode and the cathode, in which the EL layer includes a hole-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and an electron-transport layer; in which the electron-transport layer contains an electron-transport material and an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a compound of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, or a complex thereof; and in which the resistivity of the hole-injection layer is within a certain range, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takumu Okuyama, Hiromi Seo, Naoaki Hashimoto, Yusuke Takita, Tsunenori Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20250204142
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes. The light-emitting layer includes a first compound, a material configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission, and a material configured to convert singlet excitation energy into light emission. At least one of the first compound and the material configured to convert triplet excitation energy into light emission includes deuterium. Light emission is obtained from the material configured to convert singlet excitation energy into light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui YOSHIYASU, Hiromitsu KIDO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250185501
    Abstract: A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light-emitting layer includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a substance that can convert triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound includes a ?-electron deficient heteroaromatic ring. The second organic compound includes a ?-electron rich heteroaromatic ring or an aromatic amine skeleton. The first organic compound and the second organic compound each contain deuterium. A difference between the lowest triplet excitation level of the first organic compound and that of the second organic compound is less than or equal to 0.10 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromitsu KIDO, Yui YOSHIYASU, Satoko NUMATA, Eriko AOYAMA, Anna TADA
  • Publication number: 20250185498
    Abstract: A light-emitting device having excellent characteristics is provided. A light-emitting apparatus material contains an organic compound. In the light-emitting apparatus material, the inner product of a vector A connecting two most distant atoms in the lowest excited state of the organic compound and a vector B that is a transition dipole moment relating to light emission from the organic compound is greater than or equal to 2.5. The length of the vector A is represented in nm, and the magnitude of the vector B is represented in debye. The direction of the vector A is set such that an angle formed by the vector A and the vector B is less than or equal to 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Yui YOSHIYASU, Masatoshi TAKABATAKE, Hiroki HISHINUMA, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 12319688
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting device includes a fluorescent substance and a phosphorescent substance or a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material; the fluorescent substance includes a luminophore and five or more protecting groups; the luminophore is a condensed aromatic ring or a condensed heteroaromatic ring; the five or more protecting groups each have any one of an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and a trialkylsilyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; the lowest singlet excitation energy level of the fluorescent substance is higher than the lowest triplet excitation energy level of the phosphorescent substance or the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material; and light emission can be obtained from both the phosphorescent substance and the phosphorescent substance or the thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20250176421
    Abstract: To provide an organometallic complex that can be used as a light-emitting material. The organometallic complex is represented by General Formula (G1). In the formula, each of R2 and R8 represents a deuterated alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, each of R1, R3 to R7, and R9 to R26 independently represents hydrogen (including deuterium), an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, at least one of R4 to R6 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one of R22 to R26 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya YAMAGUCHI, Tomohiro KUBOTA, Yui YOSHIYASU, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250160203
    Abstract: A quinoxaline derivative that is a novel organic compound is provided. A quinoxaline derivative represented by General Formula (G1) has a structure in which a quinoxaline skeleton is bonded to the 9-position of an anthracene skeleton, the 10-position of the anthracene skeleton is bonded to a heteroaromatic ring, and the 3-position of the heteroaromatic ring is nitrogen. In General Formula (G1) shown above, a and b each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring. In addition, m and n are each independently 0, 1, or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi KADOMA, Satoshi SEO, Takumu OKUYAMA, Naoaki HASHIMOTO, Yusuke TAKITA, Tsunenori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20250160107
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Hiromi SEO, Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi UEDA, Yuta KAWANO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250160198
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Tomohiro KUBOTA, Takao TOSU, Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi UEDA, Yuta KAWANO, Nobuharu OHSAWA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20250160108
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Hiromi SEO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250160211
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi SEO, Satoshi SEO, Satoko SHITAGAKI