Patents by Inventor Steven Tierney
Steven Tierney 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: 10158079Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 10155774Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodithiophene or derivatives thereof, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin
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Patent number: 10050201Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers of benzodithiophene, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
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Patent number: 9944663Abstract: The invention relates to a process of preparing substituted pentacenes, to novel pentacenes prepared by this process, to the use of the novel pentacenes as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel pentacenes.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Steven Tierney, Martin Heeney, Clare Bailey, Weimin Zhang
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Patent number: 9837613Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[2,1,3]thiadiazole-5,6-dicarboxylic acid bis-ester, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Frank Egon Meyer, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
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Patent number: 9761805Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting oligomers or polymers containing dithieno[2,3-d:2?,3?-d?]-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b?]dithiophene units, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these oligomers, polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Mansoor D'Lavari, Lana Nanason
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Patent number: 9695190Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more thieno[3,2-b]thiophene based polycyclic 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 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: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, David Sparrowe
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Patent number: 9676901Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more repeating units derived from indacenodibenzothiophene or dithia-dicyclopenta-dibenzothiophene, 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 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: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Mansoor D'Lavari, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, David Sparrowe
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Patent number: 9673397Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more repeating units derived from indacenodibenzothiophene or dithia-dicyclopenta-dibenzothiophene, 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 organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Jingyao Song
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Patent number: 9620716Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting polymers containing one or more monomers derived from s-indacene fused symmetrically on each terminus with dithieno[3,2-b;2?,3?-d]thiophene (IDDTT), cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b?]dithiophene (IDCDT), or derivatives thereof, 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 semiconductors in 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: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Jingyao Song, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney
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Patent number: 9590178Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing one or more 4,8-dioxycarbonylalkyl-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene repeating units or their thioester derivatives, methods for their preparation and monomers used therein, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Steven Tierney, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Toby Cull
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Patent number: 9577197Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing one or more 3,7-dialkyl-benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b?]dithiophene repeating units, methods for their preparation and monomers used therein, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbHInventors: Amy Phillips, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Steven Tierney
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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: 9559303Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzo[1,2-d;4,3-d?]bisthiazole, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Thorsten Schwalm
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Patent number: 9520565Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing one or more dialkylidene-s-indacenodiheteroarene groups, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the compounds, polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these compounds, polymers, blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney, Lana Nanson
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Patent number: 9455059Abstract: The invention relates to novel phenanthro[1,10,9,8-c,d,e,f,g]carbazole polymers, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney
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Publication number: 20160272753Abstract: Disclosed are novel conjugated polymers containing one or more 3,4-dithia-7-sila-cyclopenta[a]pentalene based units and one or more pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline based units, methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices containing these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Lana NANSON, Nicolas BLOUIN, Steven TIERNEY
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Patent number: 9373801Abstract: The invention relates to benzo[h]benz[5,6]acridino[2,1,9,8-klmna]acridines, methods of their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising them.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney
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Patent number: 9365585Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodithiophene or derivatives thereof, monomers and methods for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin
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Patent number: 9306172Abstract: The invention relates to novel anthra[2,3-b:7,6-b?]dithiophene derivatives, methods of their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Mansoor D'Lavari