Patents by Inventor Susanne Heun

Susanne Heun 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: 10714691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formula, comprising at least one solvent, and at least one functional composition of the general formula (I), wherein A is a functional structural element, B is a solvent-providing structural element, and k is an integer in the range of 1 to 20. The molecular weight of the functional composition is at least 550 g/mol, and the solvent-providing structural element B corresponds to the general formula ((L-I). Ar1, Ar2 JeWeUs, independently of each other, signify an aryl or heteroaryl group, which can be substituted with one or several discretionary residues R. Each X is, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 10636990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise a mixture of at least two materials in the electron-transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Frank Voges, Susanne Heun, Joachim Kaiser
  • Patent number: 10490747
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) AB]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit t at has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Publication number: 20190207114
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) A?B]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit t at has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: REMI MANOUK ANEMIAN, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 10125214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units having partially fluorinated substituents, to mixtures and formulations comprising the polymers according to the invention, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention as functional materials in electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: René Peter Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Patent number: 9972782
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations containing doped conductive polymers, which due to outstanding hole injection characteristics and high conductivity are very suitable for use in organic electronic devices, preferably in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular in the buffer layers thereof. Thus the invention further relates to the use of the formulations according to the invention in organic electronic devices, preferably in electroluminescent devices, in particular in the buffer layers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20180114912
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) A?B]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit t at has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: REMI MANOUK ANEMIAN, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 9882135
    Abstract: A formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two different functional compounds of formula (I) AB]k??(I) wherein A is a functional structural element, the structural element serving as a host material, as a unit that has hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, as a unit that has electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties, as a unit which has light-emitting properties, or as a unit which improves the transfer from the singlet state to the triplet state of light-emitting compounds; B is a solubility-promoting structural element; and k is an integer in the range from 1 to 20; the molecular weight of the functional compound is at least 550 g/mol, and the solubility-promoting structural element B conforms to the general formula (L-I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 9879177
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to a new class of heteroleptic metal complexes comprising condensed aromatic heterocyclic rings, their preparation and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Nils Koenen, Cheng-Han Yang, Luisa De Cola
  • Publication number: 20170309855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise a mixture of at least two materials in the electron-transport layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: JONAS VALENTIN KROEBER, Frank VOGES, Susanne HEUN, Joachim KAISER
  • Patent number: 9793484
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising one or more polymeric organic semiconducting (OSC) compounds and one or more organic solvents. The composition preferably comprises 3,4-dimethyl anisole as solvent. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these compositions as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and organic light emitting diodes (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Susanne Heun, Katie Court
  • Patent number: 9738826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers containing indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the interlayer, emission layer and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9735385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise a mixture of at least two materials in the electron-transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Frank Voges, Susanne Heun, Joachim Kaiser
  • Patent number: 9666806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formula, comprising at least one solvent, and at least one functional composition of the general formula (I), wherein A is a functional structural element, B is a solvent-providing structural element, and k is an integer in the range of 1 to 20. The molecular weight of the functional composition is at least 550 g/mol, and the solvent-providing structural element B corresponds to the general formula ((L-I). Ar1, Ar2 JeWeUs, independently of each other, signify an aryl or heteroaryl group, which can be substituted with one or several discretionary residues R. Each X is, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9653687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture comprising a) a polymer which contains at least one L=X structural unit, b) a triplet emitter compound and c) a carbazole compound or a soluble neutral molecule. The invention furthermore relates to organic electroluminescent devices which contain the mixture according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Almut Rapp
  • Publication number: 20170125676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formula, comprising at least one solvent, and at least one functional composition of the general formula (I), wherein A is a functional structural element, B is a solvent-providing structural element, and k is an integer in the range of 1 to 20. The molecular weight of the functional composition is at least 550 g/mol, and the solvent-providing structural element B corresponds to the general formula ((L-I). Ar1, Ar2 JeWeUs, independently of each other, signify an aryl or heteroaryl group, which can be substituted with one or several discretionary residues R. Each X is, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk ANÉMIAN, Susanne HEUN, Thomas EBERLE, Philipp STOESSEL
  • Patent number: 9478762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture comprising two different compounds A and B, each of which contain emitter units, where at least one of the compounds is a polymer. The present invention furthermore relates to a non-conjugated polymer or dendrimer which contains two emitting units covalently bonded as polymer building blocks, to the use of the mixture, the polymer or dendrimer in electronic devices, to electronic devices comprising the mixture, the polymer or dendrimer, and to a formulation comprising the mixture, the polymer or dendrimer in a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Joachim Kaiser, Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20160197280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising one or more polymeric organic semiconducting (OSC) compounds and one or more organic solvents. The composition preferably comprises 3,4-dimethyl anisole as solvent. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these compositions as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and organic light emitting diodes (OLED) devices, to methods for preparing OE devices using the novel formulations, and to OE devices, OLED devices and OPV cells prepared from such methods and formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Philio Edward MAY, Mark JAMES, Susanne HEUN, Katie COURT
  • Publication number: 20160181538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device comprising a) an anode, b) a cathode, c) at least one emitter layer, which is arranged between the anode and the cathode, containing at least one semi-conductive, organic material, and d) at least one intermediate layer, which is arranged between the at least one emitter layer and the anode, and which contains a polymer having hole-conducting structural units. The device is characterized in that the polymer having hole-conducting structural units additionally have structural units having electron-conducting properties. The devices according to the invention have significantly longer service lives compared to known devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurelie Ludemann, Susanne Heun, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9368726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer which contains at least one structural unit which has electron-transport properties, to processes for the preparation thereof and to mixtures (blends), solutions and formulations which comprise these polymers. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of these polymers in electronic devices, in particular in organic electro-luminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diodes), and to these organic electroluminescent devices themselves. The polymers according to the invention exhibit improved efficiency, in particular on use in OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian