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).

  • Publication number: 20160293862
    Abstract: An organic electronic device comprising at least one hole-transport material and/or at least one electron/exciton blocker material, wherein said at least one hole-transport material and/or said at least one electron/exciton blocker material is an Ir metal-carbene complex comprising one, two or three specific bidentate azabenzimidazole ligands; a hole transport layer or an electron/exciton blocking layer, comprising at least one Ir metal-carbene complex, comprising one, two or three specific bidentate azabenzimidazole ligands; 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 furniture and units in wallpaper, comprising the organic electronic device of the present invention or the hole transport layer or the electron/exciton blocking layer of the present invention; and the use of an Ir metal-carbene complex comprising one, two or three specific bidentate azabenzimidazole ligands according to
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Soichi Watanabe, Thomas Gebner, Korinna Dormann, Peter Murer, Christian Lennartz, Ute Heinemeyer, Glauco Battagliarin
  • Publication number: 20160181549
    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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Peter MURER, Glauco BATTAGLIARIN, Korinna DORMANN, Stefan METZ, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Flavio Luiz BENEDITO, Soichi WATANABE, Christian LENNARTZ, Thomas GEßNER
  • Publication number: 20160172606
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Glauco BATTAGLIARIN, Flavio Luiz BENEDITO, Stefan METZ, Korinna DORMANN, Peter MURER, Soichi WATANABE, Christian LENNARTZ, Georg BECK, Thomas GEßNER
  • Publication number: 20160141521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to white organic light-emitting devices having separate stacked blue/green phosphorescent and red phosphorescent layers. The white organic light-emitting devices emit the desired natural white color and show a reduced power consumption, superior current efficiency, efficacy, external quantum efficiency (EQE) and/or lifetime. In particular, the efficiency of the white organic light emitting device is improved and at the same time the lifetime of the white organic light emitting device is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Soichi WATANABE, Stefan METZ, Peter MURER, Heinz WOLLEB, Ute HEINEMEYER, Christian LENNARTZ, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Thomas SCHĀFER
  • Patent number: 9315724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and specific azabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diode, OLED) 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: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Oliver Molt, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geβner, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160072081
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Thomas Geßner, Korinna Dormann, Glauco Battagliarin, Peter Murer, Ute Heinemeyer, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast
  • Publication number: 20150243912
    Abstract: The palladium and platinum complexes with one bidentate carbene ligand have the general formula (I). The OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) comprise the said complexes. A device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary units and mobile visual display units comprises the said OLEDs. 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 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Alexander Tronnier, Stefan Metz, Ute Heinemeyer
  • Patent number: 9079872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, especially an electroluminescent devices, comprising a compound of the formula especially as host for phosphorescent compounds. The hosts may function with phosphorescent materials to provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Christian Schildknecht, Peter Murer, Christian Lennartz, Nicolle Langer, Gerhard Wagenblast, Stefan Metz
  • Publication number: 20130032766
    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: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    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: 20120319050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and specific azabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diode, OLED) 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: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan METZ, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Oliver Molt, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geßner, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120095222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, especially an electroluminescent devices, comprising a compound of the formula especially as host for phosphorescent compounds. The hosts may function with phosphorescent materials to provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schaefer, Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Peter MURER, Christian LENNARTZ, Nicolle LANGER, Gerhard WAGENBLAST, Stefan METZ
  • Publication number: 20110209892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coaxial cable (10) comprising a central inner conductor (11) that is concentrically surrounded by an outer conductor (12) at a specified distance, wherein the intermediate space between the inner conductor (11) and outer conductor (12) is filled with a dielectric (13). A coaxial cable having especially good mechanical and electrical properties is achieved by the dielectric (13) comprising a plurality of hollow fibers (14, 15, 19) that extend in the longitudinal direction of the cable and are composed of a glass, and by at least the inner conductor (11) having a thermal expansion coefficient that is matched to the dielectric (13) with regard to a least possible temperature-related phase change in the coaxial cable (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Huber+Suhner AG
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Stefan Schaelle
  • Patent number: 7137952
    Abstract: A new noninvasive approach for intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement allowing continuous monitoring over prolonged periods, regardless of patient's position and activities. The key element of this measurement method is a soft contact lens (1) including at least one strain gage (2) longitudinally arranged around the center of the contact lens and capable of measuring precisely spherical deformations of the eyeball induced by the changes in IOP. This information is transmitted with wires or (preferably) wirelessly in real time to an external recording system (14). The system is placed in the same way as a normal corrective contact lens, no anesthesia is required and patient vision remains almost completely unimpaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Service des Relations Industrielles
    Inventors: Matteo Leonardi, Stefan Metz, Daniel Bertrand, Peter Leuenberger
  • Publication number: 20040186366
    Abstract: A new noninvasive approach for intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement allowing continuous monitoring over prolonged periods, regardless of patient's position and activities. The key element of this measurement method is a soft contact lens (1) including at least one strain gage (2) longitudinally arranged around the center of the contact lens and capable of measuring precisely spherical deformations of the eyeball induced by the changes in IOP. This information is transmitted with wires or (preferably) wirelessly in real time to an external recording system (14). The system is placed in the same way as a normal corrective contact lens, no anesthesia is required and patient vision remains almost completely unimpaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Matteo Leonardi, Stefan Metz, Daniel Bertrand, Peter Leuenberger