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).

  • Publication number: 20160163987
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-optical device containing a) an anode, b) a cathode and c) at least one first emitter layer arranged between anode and cathode, containing at least one semiconducting, organic material, said device being characterized in that at least one second emitter layer comprising at least one polymer having hole-conducting properties and at least one emitter is arranged between the first emitter layer and the anode, and to the use thereof. The use of two emitter layers allows simple production from solution, and the production of electroluminescence devices having broadband emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurelie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 9349960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers which contain substituted indenofluorene derivatives as structural unit, to substituted indenofluorene derivatives, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, to mixtures and solutions which comprise the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention in electronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED=organic light emitting diode).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Junyou Pan, Thomas Eberle
  • Patent number: 9236578
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent organic electroluminescent devices include at least one phosphorescent emitter and a matrix material in the emitting layer, where certain conditions must be satisfied for the positions of the triplet energy and the HOMO and LUMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Christof Pflumm, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20150364689
    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 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 9206351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (1) and/or according to formulae (4) to (10) and their use in organic electroluminescent devices, in particular as a matrix material in phosphorescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ingrid Bach, Arne Buesing, Susanne Heun, Philipp Stoessel, Michael Holbach, Jonas Kroeber, Amir Hossain Parham
  • Patent number: 9159930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two functional compounds of the general formula (I) where A is a functional structural element, 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) where Ar1, Ar2 is each, independently of one another, an aryl or heteroaryl group, which may be substituted by one or more radicals R of any desired type, X is in each case, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH, R1, R2 is each, independently of one another, hydrogen, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms or is a silyl group or a substituted keto group having 1 to 40 C atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms, an aryloxycarbonyl group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Publication number: 20150228902
    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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Becker, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 9099655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, containing at least one emitter compound and at least one polymer with conjugation-interrupting units, to the use of said composition in an optoelectronic apparatus and to an optoelectronic apparatus which contains said inventive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Thomas Eberle, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 9080099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-bridged associate consisting of an oligomer or polymer containing fluorine radicals which are bonded to the oligomer or polymer backbone, and up to three types of functional units in the backbone which differ with respect to function and are selected from the group consisting of a hole-transport and/or hole-injection unit, an electron-transport and/or electron-injection unit and an emitter unit, and one to three types of compounds containing a fluorine radical which differ with respect to function and are selected from a hole-transport and/or hole-injection unit, an electron-transport and/or electron-injection unit and an emitter unit, and to an opto-electronic device in which the fluorine-bridged associate is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20150105843
    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: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Nils Koenen, Cheng-Han Yang, Luisa De Cola
  • Patent number: 8974702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising an organic semiconductor (OSC) and one or more organic solvents. The formulation comprises a dimethyl anisole solvent. Furthermore, the present invention describes the use of these formulations as inks for the preparation of organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells and 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 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Susanne Heun, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Katie Court
  • Patent number: 8932731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, by using compounds of the formula (1) or formula (2) as dopants in the emitting layer or as hole-transport material in a hole-transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Susanne Heun, Horst Vestweber, Philipp Stoessel, Holger Heil, Rocco Fortte
  • Publication number: 20140358198
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions, devices containing same, and the use thereof for up-conversion. Said compositions and devices are particularly suitable for generating low-energy radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Junyou Pan, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 8859111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 4,4?-substituted spirobifluorenes which are suitable, owing to excellent properties, as functional materials in organic electroluminescent devices. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4,4?-substituted spirobifluorenes and to the use of these compounds in organic electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Susanne Heun, Esther Breuning
  • Publication number: 20140197401
    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 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jonas Valentin Kroeber, Frank Voges, Susanne Heun, Joachim Kaiser
  • Patent number: 8679644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers which contain certain triarylamine units of the Formula (1) The materials according to the invention exhibit a longer lifetime than materials in accordance with the prior art and therefore more suitable for use in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Arne Buesing, Junyou Pan, Heinrich Becker
  • Publication number: 20140048745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation comprising at least one solvent and at least two functional compounds of the general formula (I) where A is a functional structural element, 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) where Ar1, Ar2 is each, independently of one another, an aryl or heteroaryl group, which may be substituted by one or more radicals R of any desired type, X is in each case, independently of one another, N or CR2, preferably CH, R1, R2 is each, independently of one another, hydrogen, a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms or is a silyl group or a substituted keto group having 1 to 40 C atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 40 C atoms, an aryloxycarbonyl group
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel, Aurélie Ludemann, Dietmar Kunkel
  • Patent number: 8637853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an opto-electronic device comprising a first layer and a second layer on a substrate, characterized in that the first layer comprises an electrode material containing fluorine-containing groups and the second layer comprises a polymer containing fluorine-containing groups, where an adhesive fluorine-fluorine interaction exists between some of the fluorine-containing groups of the first layer and of the second layer. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the opto-electronic device and to a process for the production of the opto-electronic device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20130299743
    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: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Niels Schulte
  • Patent number: 8580395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electroluminescent polymers which comprise 2-vinylthiophenylbenzene derivatives as recurring units, to a process for the preparation thereof, to blends and formulations comprising these polymers, and to the use of these polymers in electronic devices, in particular in organic light-emitting diodes, so-called OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anemian, Niels Schulte