Patents by Inventor Stephane BERNY
Stephane BERNY 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).
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Patent number: 10388879Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: Nano-C, Inc., Merk Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter
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Patent number: 10374162Abstract: The invention relates to fullerene derivatives of formula I, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of electronic devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to electronic devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Nano-C, Inc.Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter
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Patent number: 10361371Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: Nano-C, Inc., Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Nicolas Blouin, Stéphane Berny
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Patent number: 10164189Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymer comprising a thiadiazol group, the production of such a polymer, its use in organic electronic devices as well as such organic electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Lana Nanson, Stephane Berny
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Patent number: 9985211Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more [1,2,5]Thiadiazolo[3,4-e]isoindole-5,7-dione (TID) repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Agnieszka Pron, Graham Morse, Lana Nanson, Michal Krompiec, Stephane Berny
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Publication number: 20170256728Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more 5,6-difluoro-benzo[1,2,5]thiadiazole-4,7-diylunits (hereinafter referred to as “FF-BTZ” units) and two or more different bridged bithiophene units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY
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Publication number: 20170098775Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER, Nicolas BLOUIN, Stéphane BERNY
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Publication number: 20170092866Abstract: The invention relates to fullerene derivatives of formula I, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of electronic devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to electronic devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicants: Merck Patent GmbH, Nano-C, Inc.Inventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY, Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER
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Publication number: 20170084841Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY, Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER
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Patent number: 9559305Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising in their backbone one or more divalent donor units, like for example benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene-2,6-diyl (BDT), that are linked on both sides to an acceptor unit, to methods of preparing the polymers and educts or intermediates used in such preparation, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing the polymers, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductors organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Lana Nanson, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull, Priti Tiwana, Stephane Berny, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 9543523Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignees: MERCK PATENT GMBH, NANO-C, INC.Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Stephane Berny, Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Feng He
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Patent number: 9502658Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignees: NANO-C, INC., MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Edward A. Jackson, Henning Richter, Nicolas Blouin, Stéphane Berny
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Publication number: 20160155946Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more [1,2,5]Thiadiazolo[3,4-e]isoindole-5,7-dione (TID) repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Agnieszka PRON, Graham MORSE, Lana NANSON, Michal KROMPIEC, Stephane BERNY
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Publication number: 20150340616Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel polymer comprising a thiadiazol group, the production of such a polymer, its use in organic electronic devices as well as such organic electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Lana NANSON, Stephane BERNY
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Publication number: 20150105560Abstract: The invention relates to formulations comprising ionic organic compounds for use in electron transport layers or electron collecting layers of organic electronic (OE) devices, more specifically in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, to electron transport layers comprising or being made through the use of such formulations, and to OE and OPV devices comprising such formulations or electron transport layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Stephane Berny, Amy Phillips, Priti Tiwana, Toby Cull, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Nicolas Blouin
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Publication number: 20150069304Abstract: The invention relates to novel fullerene derivatives, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicants: Nano-C, Inc., MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Nicolas BLOUIN, Stephane BERNY, Edward A. JACKSON, Henning RICHTER, Feng HE
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Publication number: 20140312281Abstract: The invention relates to improved fullerene derivatives, to methods for their synthesis and any educts or intermediates used in such methods, to compositions and formulations containing fullerene derivatives, to the use of the fullerene derivatives, compositions and formulations in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices like for example organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices or organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these fullerene derivatives, compositions or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicants: Nano-C, Inc., Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Edward A. JACKSON, Henning Richter, Nicolas Blouin, Stéphane Berny
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Patent number: 8383931Abstract: The present invention relates to substrates coated with films comprising compounds of general formula (I) below: and also to the process for manufacturing them and to their use as anode interface layer in electronic devices. The present invention also relates to organic electroluminescent diodes (OLED), polymeric electroluminescent diodes (PLED), organic field-effect transistors (OFET) and organic solar cells (OSC) comprising a substrate according to the invention, to specific organic solar cells and to the process for manufacturing them. Compounds of formula (I) as such also form part of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6)Inventors: Denis Fichou, Stéphane Berny, Ludovic Tortech
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Publication number: 20110083730Abstract: The present invention relates to substrates coated with films comprising compounds of general formula (I) below: and also to the process for manufacturing them and to their use as anode interface layer in electronic devices. The present invention also relates to organic electroluminescent diodes (OLED), polymeric electroluminescent diodes (PLED), organic field-effect transistors (OFET) and organic solar cells (OSC) comprising a substrate according to the invention, to specific organic solar cells and to the process for manufacturing them. Compounds of formula (I) as such also form part of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Denis Fichou, Stéphane Berny, Ludovic Tortech