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: 20130277617
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Joachim Kaiser, Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 8557953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising substituted anthracenyl units and to blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in organic electronic devices and to these devices themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann
  • Publication number: 20130228767
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Almut Rapp
  • Publication number: 20130200357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a formulation, in particular for use in organic electroluminescent devices, comprising a carbazole compound, an electron-transport compound, a triplet emitter compound and at least one solvent, where the electron-transport compound encompasses a ketone compound or a triazine compound and where the carbazole compound contains at least two carbazole groups whose N atoms are connected to one another via an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system. The invention is furthermore directed to organic electro-luminescent devices which comprise the mixtures according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Holger Heil, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20130187103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electroluminescent polymers which contain at least one structural unit which includes at least one phosphorescent emitter unit, to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to mixtures (also called blends), solutions and formulations which comprise these polymers, 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 electronic devices containing these polymers. The polymers according to the invention exhibit improved efficiency and a longer lifetime, in particular on use in OLEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Publication number: 20130168663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphorescent organic electroluminescent devices which comprise 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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Holger Heil, Christof Pflumm, Susanne Heun
  • Publication number: 20130126791
    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: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Publication number: 20130062581
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philip Edward May, Mark James, Susanne Heun, Magda Goncalves-Miskiewicz, Katie Court
  • Patent number: 8323804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to partly conjugated spirobifluorene polymers which are linked in the polymer via both spiro molecule halves. The materials according to the invention display a purer emission color and a longer life than materials according to the prior art and are therefore better suited for use in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Amir Parham, Aurélie Ludemann
  • Publication number: 20120299045
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to an opto-electronic device having at least two electrodes (10, 15) and at least one light-emitting layer (EML) (12) arranged between the electrodes (10, 15), which comprises an electroluminescent organic material which emits light having a first wavelength spectrum, characterised in that at least one layer (1, 2, 5, 6) which comprises at least one colour converter is arranged between at least one of the at least one light-emitting layer (EML) and at least one electrode. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of an opto-electronic device of this type, and to the use of an opto-electronic device of this type as lamp or in a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 8278394
    Abstract: The invention relates to polymers comprising indenofluorene units or derivatives thereof, organic semiconductor (OSC) materials comprising them, their use in electronic or electrooptical devices, and devices comprising said polymers or materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Susanne Heun, Frank Meyer
  • Publication number: 20120238105
    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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi Manouk Anémian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 8236968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,4-bis(2-thienylvinyl)benzene derivatives, to conjugated polymers, dendrimers, blends, mixtures and formulations comprising same, and to the use thereof in electronic devices, in particular in polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte
  • Publication number: 20120142855
    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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: René P. Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Publication number: 20120126179
    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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Hossain Parham, Susanne Heun, Esther Breuning
  • Patent number: 8173276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic semiconductors which contain structural units L=X and in addition structural units which emit light from the triplet state. The materials according to the invention are more soluble and easier to synthesise and are therefore more suitable for use in organic light-emitting diodes than comparative materials in accordance with the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, René Scheurich, Arne Büsing, Aurelie Falcou, Anja Gerhard, Philipp Stössel, Horst Vestweber
  • Publication number: 20120108731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising substituted anthracenyl units and to blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in organic electronic devices and to these devices themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Aurélie Ludemann
  • Publication number: 20120061617
    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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Susanne Heun, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk, Junyou Pan, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20120056170
    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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Rémi Manouk Anémian, Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Thomas Eberle, Susanne Heun
  • Patent number: 8058790
    Abstract: The invention relates to mixtures comprising at least one polymer, additionally comprising structural units containing at least one element from the 4th main group different from carbon and additionally comprising structural units that are triplet emissives. The inventive materials are better suited to the use in phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes than comparable prior art materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, René Scheurich, Susanne Heun, Ingrid Bach