Patents by Inventor Thomas Eberle

Thomas Eberle 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: 20130214249
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising a quantum dot and an organic host, a mixture comprising a quantum dot and an organic host, a quantum dot, a method for preparing a quantum dot (QD), and a formulation including the mixture or the quantum dot are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Thomas Eberle, Volker Hilarius
  • Publication number: 20130207095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blend comprising; a) at least one polymer or copolymer or a mixture of a plurality of polymers and/or copolymers which contain a main chain and a side chain, where at least one side chain contains a structural unit of the following formula (I), the symbols and indices used here are as defined below; b) at least one host molecule which has electron- or hole-transporting functionality, and c) at least one emitter molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Forderung E.V., Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Eberle, Rémi Manouk Anémain, Manuel Thesen, Hartmut Krueger, Armin Wedel, Beatrice Salert, Stefanie Kreissl
  • 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: 20130193382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) and to the use thereof in electronic devices. The invention furthermore relates to electronic devices, preferably organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs), comprising one or more com-pounds of the formula (I). The invention again furthermore relates to the preparation of compounds of the formula (I) and to formulations comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Thomas Eberle, Irina Martynova, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud
  • Publication number: 20130187096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric materials which have electron-transporting, hole-transporting and/or emitting units in the side chains. The present invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of these polymers, to the use of these polymers in electroluminescent devices and to electroluminescent devices comprising these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, René P. Scheerich, Thomas Eberle, Arne Buesing, Philipp Stoessel
  • Publication number: 20130070443
    Abstract: The present invention relates inter alia to an array comprising i times j array elements, wherein the array elements may comprise at least one quantum dot and/or at least one photoluminescent compound. Further the present invention relates to devices comprising these arrays. The arrays and devices can be used to generate white light with high color purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20130063023
    Abstract: A composition is provided, including one or more quantum dots and at least one organic emitter. Further, a formulation including the composition, a use of the formulation and a device comprising the composition or formulation is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Merck Patent GMBH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Niels Schulte, Thomas Eberle, Volker Hilarius
  • Publication number: 20130022481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic rotor (1) for a rotary pump (2), wherein the rotor (1) can be driven and levitated in a magnetically contactless manner in a pump housing (4) within a stator (5) of the rotary pump (2) for conveying a fluid (3) and the rotor (1) is encapsulated by means of an outer encapsulation (6) including a fluorinated hydrocarbon. In accordance with the invention, the rotor (1) includes a permanent magnet (8) sheathed by a metal jacket (7) within the encapsulation (6), with the metal jacket (7) including at least one metal from the group of elements composed of tantalum, niobium, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, gold, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, ruthenium and rhodium. The invention further relates to plant components, in particular to a rotary pump (2) having a magnetic rotor (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Levitronix GmbH
    Inventors: Reto Schöb, Thomas Eberle, Natale Barletta
  • Publication number: 20120298981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to styrene-based copolymers having recurring units which contain substituted anthracenes in the side chain, to blends comprising these polymers according to the invention, and to the use of these polymers and blends in electronic devices. The invention furthermore relates to electronic devices which contain these polymers or blends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Niels Schulte, Aurélie Ludemann, Junyou Pan, René Peter Scheurich, Thomas Eberle, Anna Hayer, Philipp Stoessel, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • 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
  • 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: 20120132898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbons and functional organic compounds, which can be used in different electronic devices. The invention further relates to an electronic device comprising one or more organic functional layers, wherein at least one of the layers comprises at least one functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbon. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a formulation comprising functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbons, from which a thin layer comprising at least one functionalized or un-functionalized multi cyclic hydrocarbon can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Thomas Eberle, Herwig Buchholz
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110095283
    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: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Buchholz, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle
  • Publication number: 20040014917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support for catalysts which has a content of physisorbed water of at least 2.5% by weight. Further subject-matters of the application are a process for preparing heterogeneous catalysts containing these supports and the use of these catalysts for olefin polymerization and also a polymerization process using the catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Eberle, Dieter Lubda, Katrin Kohler, Jens Eichhorn