Patents by Inventor Stefan Metz

Stefan Metz 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: 10347851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of smaller than 0.2 eV [? (ES1(X))?(ET1(X))<0.2 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Gerhard Wagenblast, Ute Heinemeyer, Hannah Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Thomas-Wesley Holcombe
  • Patent number: 10290817
    Abstract: A cyclometallated Ir complex comprising one, two or three ligands of formula (I) or (I?) substituted at the R5 and R7 position; an organic electronic device comprising at least one inventive cyclometallated Ir complex; a light-emitting layer comprising at least one inventive cy-clometallated Ir complex; the use of the inventive cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED; an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper, comprising the organic electronic device; and a process for preparing a the inventive cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Glauco Battagliarin, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Peter Murer, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Georg Beck, Thomas Geßner
  • Publication number: 20190016740
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wegenblast, Thomas Beßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20180351115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 10128448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to iridium and platinum carbene complexes of the general formula (I), to OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Thomas Geβner, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Peter Murer, Ute Heinemeyer, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast
  • Patent number: 10118939
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20180280494
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions directed to recombinant flavivirus E glycoprotein ectodomain dimers for use in diagnostic and immunotherapeutic methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Aravinda Desilva, Michael Miley
  • Patent number: 10090476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Evelyn Fuchs, Nicolle Langer, Oliver Molt, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20180182980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 40.01 to 99.95% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of smaller than 0.2 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))<0.2 eV], 0.05 to 5.00% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 0 to 59.94% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Lennartz, Falk May, Hannah Stephanie Mangold, Minlu Zhang, Glauco Battagliarin, Ilona Stengel, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Stefan Metz
  • Publication number: 20180127448
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20180090693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to palladium and platinum complexes with one bidentate carbene ligand of the general formula to OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Stefan Metz, Ute Heinemeyer
  • Patent number: 9862739
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geβner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20170365803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complexes, to organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) comprising at least one such Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complex, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complex, a device, for example stationary or mobile visual display units or illumination means, comprising a corresponding OLED, and to the use of the inventive Pt- or Pd-amidine-carbene complexes in OLEDs, for example as emitters, matrix materials, charge transport materials and/or charge blockers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Mario Tenne
  • Publication number: 20170331054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes of the general formula to organic electronic devices, especially OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) which comprise such complexes, to an apparatus selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Murer, Glauco Battagliarin, Korinna Dormann, Stefan Metz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Gessner
  • Publication number: 20170183367
    Abstract: Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Christian Eickhoff, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Lennartz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 9673408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes of the general formula (I), where variable M is Ir or Pt and that are characterized by variable R being a group of formula (a). The complexes are used in organic electronic devices, especially OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes), illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and in material layers as emitter, charge transport material and/or charge or exiton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Peter Murer, Glauco Battagliarin, Korinna Dormann, Stefan Metz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Flavio Luiz Benedito, Soichi Watanabe, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Geβner
  • Publication number: 20170025626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Evelyn Fuchs, Nicolle Langer, Oliver Molt, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20160372687
    Abstract: An organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one metal-carbene complex comprising one, two or three specific bidentate diazabenzimidazole carbene ligands; a light-emitting layer comprising said metal-carbene complex as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material; the use of said metal-carbene complex in an OLED; an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer; the metal-carbene complex comprising one, two or three specific bidentate diazabenzimidazole carbene ligands mentioned above and a process for the preparation of said metal-carbene complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Peter MURER, Korinna DORMANN, Flavio Luiz, Glauco BATTAGLIARIN, Stefan METZ, Ute HEINEMEYER, Christian LENNARTZ, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Soichi WATANABE, Thomas GEßNER
  • Patent number: 9487548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Evelyn Fuchs, Nicolle Langer, Christian Schildknecht, Korinna Dormann, Soichi Watanabe, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Publication number: 20160315274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic light-emitting devices comprising (a) an anode, (i) a cathode, and (e) an emitting layer between the anode and cathode, comprising 2 to 40% by weight of a luminescent organometallic complex X having a difference of the singlet energy (ES1(X)) and the triplet energy (ET1(X)) of smaller than 0.2 eV [?(ES1(X))?(ET1(X))<0.2 eV], 0.05 to 5.0% by weight of a fluorescent emitter Y and 55 to 97.95% by weight of a host compound(s), wherein the amount of the organometallic complex X, the fluorescent emitter Y and the host compound(s) adds up to a total of 100% by weight and the singlet energy of the luminescent organometallic complex X (ES1(X)) is greater than the singlet energy of the fluorescent emitter Y (ES1(Y)) [(ES1(X))>ES1(Y)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Christian LENNARTZ, Stefan METZ, Korinna DORMANN, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Ute HEINEMEYER, Hannah MANGOLD, Minlu ZHANG, Thomas-Wesley HOLCOMBE