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).

  • Patent number: 9287505
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on thieno[3,4-b]thiophene, 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer, Steven Tierney
  • Patent number: 9287504
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing repeating units based on benzodifuran, benzodipyrrole or benzodithiophene, 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Steven Tierney, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
  • Patent number: 9236574
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel dinaphtho[2,3-a:2?,3?-h]phenazine compounds, to methods for their preparation and intermediates used therein, formulations comprising them, the use of these compounds and formulations as semiconductor material in organic electronic (OE) devices, and OE devices comprising these compounds and formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney
  • Patent number: 9212260
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing 8,9-dihydrobenzo[def]carbazole units, methods and materials for their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney
  • Publication number: 20150353575
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: William MITCHELL, Steven TIERNEY, Changsheng WANG, Nicolas BLOUIN
  • Publication number: 20150349256
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William MITCHELL, Mansoor D'LAVARI, Changsheng WANG, Steven TIERNEY, David SPARROWE
  • Patent number: 9153784
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Nicolas Blouin, Frank Egon Meyer, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
  • Publication number: 20150270490
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: William MITCHELL, Steven TIERNEY, Nicolas BLOUIN, Frank Egon MEYER, Miguel CARRASCO-OROZCO
  • Publication number: 20150207076
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Steven TIERNEY, Nicolas BLOUIN, William MITCHELL, Changsheng WANG, Miguel CARRARSCO-OROZCO, Frank Egon MEYER
  • Patent number: 9048433
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing one or more thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-dione and/or furo[3,2-b]furan-2,5-dionerepeating units or their thioketone derivatives, 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Steven Tierney, William Mitchell, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco
  • Publication number: 20150144846
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds containing one or more units derived from 1,5-disubstituted-1,5-dihydro-[1,5]naphthyridine-2,6-dione, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, 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 compounds, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Lana Nanson, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull
  • Publication number: 20150144847
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Mansoor D'Lavari, William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, David Sparrowe
  • Patent number: 9017577
    Abstract: The invention relates to conjugated polymers comprising indacenodithiophene or indacenoselenophene units or derivatives thereof, to methods of their preparation, to novel monomer units used therein, to the use of the polymers in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising the polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Steven Tierney, Clare Bailey, William Mitchell, Weimin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150076418
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Lana Nanson, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull, Priti Tiwana, Stephane Berney, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Frank Egon Meyer
  • Publication number: 20150048279
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more repearting 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Jingyao Song
  • Publication number: 20150041727
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Jingyao Song, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney
  • Publication number: 20140319428
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds based on thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-dione and/or furo[3,2-b]furan-2,5-dione or their thioketone derivatives, methods for their preparation and intermediates used therein, mixtures and formulations containing them, the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as semiconductor in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Amy Phillips, Steven Tierney
  • Publication number: 20140252279
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing one or more dithieno[2,3-b:7,8-b?]-s-indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b?]dithiophene (IDTT) units that are functionalised at the 6,12-positions with electron withdrawing groups and are optionally substituted at the 3,9-positions with solubilising groups, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymers, blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, 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 compounds, polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Mansoor D'Lavari, Lana Nanson
  • Patent number: 8821762
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel anthra[2,3-b]benzo[d]thiophene derivatives, methods of their preparation, their use as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, and to OE devices comprising these derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Steven Tierney, Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20140209839
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Amy Phillips, Steven Tierney, Miguel Carrasco-Orozco, Toby Cull