Patents by Inventor Steffen Runge

Steffen Runge 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: 20240121974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device comprising a common charge generation layer and method for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver Langguth, Thomas Rosenow, Steffen Runge
  • Publication number: 20240107793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active-matrix OLED display, comprising a plurality of OLED pixels, wherein each pixel itself comprises a stack of organic layers and each layer of the stack of organic layers can form a common semiconductor layer, wherein—at least a first OLED pixel and a second OLED pixel comprising—an anode layer, —a common cathode layer, —at least a stack of organic layers, comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver Langguth, Thomas Rosenow, Steffen Runge, Benjamin Schulze, Max Peter Nüllen, Jakob Jacek Wudarczyk, Vladimir Uvarov, Ulrich Heggemann, Steffen Willmann
  • Publication number: 20230422603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device comprising a semiconductor layer which comprises a compound of formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Vladimir Uvarov, Markus Hummert, Thomas Rosenow, Steffen Runge, Regina Luschtinetz, Oliver Langguth, Jens Angermann
  • Patent number: 11787965
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an ink composition for forming an organic semiconductor layer, wherein the ink composition comprises: —at least one p-type dopant comprising electron withdrawing groups; —at least one first auxiliary compound, wherein the first auxiliary compound is an aromatic nitrile compound, wherein the aromatic nitrile compound has about ?1 to about ?3 nitrile groups and a melting point of about <100° C., wherein the first auxiliary compound is different from the p-type dopant; and wherein the electron withdrawing groups are fluorine, chlorine, bromine and/or nitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Kay Lederer, Steffen Runge, Jerome Ganier, Anke Limbach
  • Publication number: 20230270004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting diode comprising an anode, a cathode, a first emission layer, a second emission layer, a first charge generation, layer and a first electron transport layer stack; and to a display device or lighting device comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Ansgar Werner, Jérome Ganier, Domagoj Pavicic, Steffen Runge, Regina Luschtinetz
  • Publication number: 20230217677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic electronic device comprising a substrate (110), an anode layer (120), a cathode layer (190), at least one first emission layer (150), and a hole injection layer (130), wherein • - the hole injection layer comprises a metal complex, wherein • - the metal complex comprises at least one electropositive metal atom having an electro-negativity value according to Allen of less than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Moo Jin Park, Thomas Rosenow, Regina Luschtinetz, Vladimir Uvarov, Jens Angermann, Kai Gilge, Steffen Runge, Annette Steudel
  • Patent number: 11539001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that include a nitrogen heteroatom, including a compound of the formula (I). Also provided herein is an organic electronic device comprising the compound and a display device or lighting device comprising the organic electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Runge, Benjamin Schulze, Omrane Fadhel, Gregor Schwartz, Volodymyr Senkovskyy, Chao Wu
  • Publication number: 20220216428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic semiconducting material comprising a compound comprising at least one dibenzo [c,h) acridine group and at least one CN-group, organic electronic devices comprising the same and display devices comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Francois Cardinali, Benjamin Schulze, Elena Galán García, Domagoj Pavicic, Steffen Runge, Johannes Scholz
  • Publication number: 20220149290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having the formula (I); and an organic semiconducting layer, an organic electronic device, a display device and a lighting device comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Elena Galán García, Johannes Scholz, Benjamin Schulze, Jens Wutke, Quan Chen, Steffen Runge
  • Publication number: 20220131087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I); an organic semiconducting layer, an organic electronic device, a display device or a lighting device comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Elena Galán García, Johannes Scholz, Benjamin Schulze, Jens Wutke, Quan Chen, Steffen Runge
  • Patent number: 10937966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an organic semiconductor layer in a vacuum chamber at a pressure of 10?5 to 10?9 mbar comprising a step of sublimating a composition from a single vacuum thermal evaporation source arranged in the vacuum chamber, wherein the composition comprises a physical mixture of (a) a first organic aromatic matrix compound having a molecular weight ?400 and ?1,000: and (b) a first alkali organic complex having a molecular weight of ?100 and ?400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Runge, Carsten Rothe, Julien Frey, Uwe Gölfert
  • Publication number: 20210005397
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a solar cell comprising a first electrode; a second electrode; and a stack of layers provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein the stack of layers comprises one light absorbing layer provided with a perovskite crystal structure; and at least one dopant layer, wherein the dopant layer consists of one or more n-dopant material(s); or one or more p-dopant material(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kay Lederer, Steffen Runge, Hendrik Bolink, Michele Sessolo, Jorge Avila, Maria Grazia La Placa, Pablo B. Boix
  • Patent number: 10873030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge transporting semi-conducting material comprising: a) at least one electrical dopant, and b) a branched or cross-linked charge-transporting polymer comprising cyclobutenone cross-linking units of at least one of the general formulae la and/or lb, wherein aa) Pol1, Pol2, Pol3 and Pol4 are independently selected chains of the charge-transporting polymer, bb) X1, X2, X3, and X4 are independently selected optional spacer units or, independently, represent direct bonding of Pol1, Pol2, Pol3 and Pol4 chains to the cyclobutenone ring, cc) Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 are independently selected from H, halogen or a carbon-containing group; the charge transporting semi-conducting material being obtainable by a process comprising: i) providing a solution containing aaa) at least one precursor charge transporting compound comprising at least one covalently attacked alkenyloxy group having generic formula II wherein X is an optional spacer which is further linked to a charge transporting st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Kay Lederer, Steffen Runge, Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, Felix Limberg, Hartmut Krüger
  • Publication number: 20200161565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) wherein all of R1 to R11, except one, are independently selected from the group consisting of H, D, F, substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C18 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C42 aryl, substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C42 heteroaryl; and adjacent groups R1 to R11 may be linked to each other to form a fused ring, wherein the one of R1 to R11 not selected from the above groups is a group G, wherein the group G comprises one atom A having an electron pair in a p-orbital thereof; the group G comprises two 6-membered aryl rings which are attached to the atom A, wherein each of the two 6-membered aryl rings is attached to the atom A via a single bond respectively; and wherein the two 6-membered aryl rings attached to the atom A may be connected with each other via a single bond; the group G comprises 12 to 66 carbon atoms in total; the group G is attached to the benzoacridine part of the compound of formula (I) via a single bond or vi
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Steffen Runge, Benjamin Schulze, Omrane Fadhel, Gregor Schwartz, Volodymyr Senkovskyy, Chao Wu
  • Patent number: 10468601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge transporting semi-conducting material. The charge transporting semi-conducting material may include optionally at least one electrical dopant, and a branched or cross-linked charge transporting polymer that includes 1,2,3-triazole cross-linking units of at least one of the general formulae Ia and/or Ib herein. The charge transporting polymer can include ethylene building units substituted with at least one pending side group including a conjugated system of delocalized electrons. Also provided herein are processes for obtaining the charge transporting semi-conducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Kay Lederer, Steffen Runge, Felix Limberg, Hartmut Krueger
  • Patent number: 10403824
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a compound having Formula (1): ABx (1), wherein A is a structural moiety that consists of at least two atoms and comprises a conjugated system of delocalized electrons, each B is independently selected from an imine functional group (1a), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are independently selected from C1-C30 alkyl, C2-C30 alkenyl, C2-C3 alkinyl, C3-C30 cycloalkyl, C6-C30 aryl, C2-C30 heteroaryl, C7-C30 arylalkyl, C3-C30 heteroarylalkyl, the wave line represents a covalent bond to the imine nitrogen atom, G is in each group (1a) independently selected from a quarternary carbon atom and from a cyclopropenylidene structural moiety, x is an integer equal one or higher, preferably equal two or higher, and the lone electron pair of the imine nitrogen atom and/or the pi-electrons of the imine double bond of at least one group B is conjugated with the conjugated system of delocalized electrons comprised in the structural moiety A, with the proviso that two or more of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Ina Steudtner, Ulrich Heggemann, Steffen Runge, Manuela Klose
  • Publication number: 20190207116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an organic semiconductor layer in a vacuum chamber at a pressure of 10?5 to 10?9 mbar comprising a step of sublimating a composition from a single vacuum thermal evaporation source arranged in the vacuum chamber, wherein the composition comprises a physical mixture of (a) a first organic aromatic matrix compound having a molecular weight ?400 and ?1,000: and (b) a first alkali organic complex having a molecular weight of ?100 and ?400.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Runge, Carsten Rothe, Julien Frey, Uwe Gölfert
  • Publication number: 20190058128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge transporting semi-conducting material comprising: a) at least one electrical dopant, and b) a branched or cross-linked charge-transporting polymer comprising cyclobutenone cross-linking units of at least one of the general formulae la and/or lb, wherein aa) Pol1, Pol2, Pol3 and Pol4 are independently selected chains of the charge-transporting polymer, bb) X1, X2, X3, and X4 are independently selected optional spacer units or, independently, represent direct bonding of Pol1, Pol2, Pol3 and Pol4 chains to the cyclobutenone ring, cc) Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 are independently selected from H, halogen or a carbon-containing group; the charge transporting semi-conducting material being obtainable by a process comprising: i) providing a solution containing aaa) at least one precursor charge transporting compound comprising at least one covalently attacked alkenyloxy group having generic formula II wherein X is an optional spacer which is further linked to a charge transporting st
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kay Lederer, Steffen Runge, Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, Felix Limberg, Hartmut Krüger
  • Publication number: 20170244033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charge transporting semi-conducting material. The charge transporting semi-conducting material may include optionally at least one electrical dopant, and a branched or cross-linked charge transporting polymer that includes 1,2,3-triazole cross-linking units of at least one of the general formulae Ia and/or Ib herein. The charge transporting polymer can include ethylene building units substituted with at least one pending side group including a conjugated system of delocalised electrons. Also provided herein are processes for obtaining the charge transporting semi-conducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kay Lederer, Steffen Runge, Felix Limberg, Hartmut Krueger
  • Publication number: 20170155047
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a compound having Formula (1): ABx (1), wherein A is a structural moiety that consists of at least two atoms and comprises a conjugated system of delocalized electrons, each B is independently selected from an imine functional group (1a), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are independently selected from C1-C30 alkyl, C2-C30 alkenyl, C2-C3 alkinyl, C3-C30 cycloalkyl, C6-C30 aryl, C2-C30 heteroaryl, C7-C30 arylalkyl, C3-C30 heteroarylalkyl, the wave line represents a covalent bond to the imine nitrogen atom, G is in each group (1a) independently selected from a quarternary carbon atom and from a cyclopropenylidene structural moiety, x is an integer equal one or higher, preferably equal two or higher, and the lone electron pair of the imine nitrogen atom and/or the pi-electrons of the imine double bond of at least one group B is conjugated with the conjugated system of delocalized electrons comprised in the structural moiety A, with the proviso that two or more of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Dorok, Ina Steudtner, Ulrich Heggemann, Steffen Runge, Manuela Klose