Patents by Inventor Thomas Schafer

Thomas Schafer 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: 20240334821
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 11988595
    Abstract: A method for the detection and monitoring of surface fouling from the nanoscale as a predictive or real-time monitoring tool is provided. Also provided are devices for carrying out the method, and to uses of the method, in particular for optimising cleaning procedures of devices or components thereof fouled by flows of foulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Iliane Rafaniello
  • Patent number: 11968893
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Publication number: 20220216422
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 11289658
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Publication number: 20210270723
    Abstract: A method for the detection and monitoring of surface fouling from the nanoscale as a predictive or real-time monitoring tool is provided. Also provided are devices for carrying out the method, and to uses of the method, in particular for optimising cleaning procedures of devices or components thereof fouled by flows of foulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas SCHAFER, Ilianne RAFANIELLO
  • Publication number: 20190002469
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) and their use in electronic devices, especially electroluminescent devices: (I) wherein at least two of the substituents R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R5 and R6, R6 and R7, or R7 and R8 form together one of the following ring systems (IIa), (IIb) (IIc). When used as charge transport material, charge blocker material and/or host material in electroluminescent devices, the compounds of formula (I) may provide improved efficiency, stability, manufacturability, or spectral characteristics of electroluminescent devices and reduced driving voltage of electroluminescent devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas SCHAFER, Jean-Charles FLORES, Hideaki NAGASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180319813
    Abstract: A compound of general formula (I): wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, X1 and X2 have the meanings as defined in the description provides electronic devices, preferably OLEDs, which ensure good efficiencies, good operative lifetimes and a high stability to thermal stress, and a low use and operating voltage of the OLEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuichi NISHIMAE, Thomas SCHAFER, Yuki NAKANO, Hideaki NAGASHIMA, Masahiro KAWAMURA, Tasuku HAKETA, Takushi SHIOMI
  • Publication number: 20180269403
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one ore more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Patent number: 9923148
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Publication number: 20170194568
    Abstract: Disclosed are electroluminescent devices that comprise organic layers that contain certain organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties. The organic compounds containing one or more pyrimidine moieties are suitable components of blue-emitting, durable, organo-electroluminescent layers. The electroluminescent devices may be employed for full color display panels in for example mobile phones, televisions and personal computer screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Patrice Bujard, Jonathan Rogers, Kristina Bardon
  • Publication number: 20160299136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing single step assays for the determination of the presence or absence of an analyte in a liquid sample, on a solid surface. The method disclosed, comprise an aptamer coated and signal molecule loaded porous silica particles immobilized on a porous solid material. Specific interaction of the analyte with the aptamers coated on the silica beads, cause release of the signal molecules which result in a detectable signal on the solid support. Also provided are assay devices for the detection platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: NANOBIZ NANOBIYOTEKNOLOJIK SISTEMLER EGITIM BILISIM DANISMANLIK AR-GE SAN.TIC. LTD. STI.
    Inventors: Veli Cengiz OZALP, Huseyin Avni OKTEM, Frank J. HERNANDEZ, Luiza I. HERNANDEZ, Thomas SCHAFER
  • Patent number: 9012899
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I) wherein the ring A, represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring B, represents an optionally substituted nitrogen containing aryl group, which can optionally contain further heteroatoms, or the ring A may be taken with the ring B binding to the ring A to form a ring; the group C, represents an acyclic carbene, or a cyclic carbene (ring C), which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring D, represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, n1 is an integer of 1 to 3, m1 is an integer of 0, 1 or 2, m2 is an integer 0 or 1, M1 is a metal with an atomic weight of greater than 40, L3 is a monodentate ligand or a bidentate ligand, Y is —C(?O)— or —C(X1)2—, wherein X1 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl, especially hydrogen and y is 0 or 1, especially 0; a process for their preparation, electronic devices comprising the me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roger Pretot, Paul Adriaan Van Der Schaaf, Jemima Schmidt, Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schafer, Bernd Lamatsch
  • Patent number: 8586735
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to novel hydroxyphenyl triazine UV-absorbers with an aromatic carbocyclic fused ring system having a long wavelength shifted absorption spectrum with significant absorbance up to 420 nm. Further aspects of the invention are a process for their preparation, a UV stabilized composition containing the new UV-absorbers, a process for the stabilization of organic materials and the use of the new compounds as UV-light stabilizers for organic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Vogel, Adalbert Braig, Thomas Schafer, Rachel Kohli Steck, Valerie Stutz
  • Patent number: 7972831
    Abstract: The inventors have identified polypeptides having lipase activity in anaerobic thermophilic bacteria. Accordingly, the invention provides a process for hydrolyzing an ester bond in a substrate, which comprises treating the substrate with a particular lipase (a polypeptide having lipase activity). The invention also provides a lipase for use in the process and a polynucleotide encoding the lipase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Garabed Antranikian, Maryna Royter, Tine Hoff
  • Publication number: 20110152491
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising repeating unit(s) of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Shin-Ichiro Kawano, Martin Baumgarten, Klaus Mullen, Peter Murer, Thomas Schafer, Moussa Saleh
  • Publication number: 20110089407
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I), or (II), a process for their preparation, electronic devices comprising the metal complexes and their use in electronic devices, especially organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), as oxygen sensitive indicators, as phosphorescent indicators in bioassays, and as catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schafer, Peter Murer, Kristina Bardon, Stephan Allenbach, Andrea Ricci
  • Patent number: 7886722
    Abstract: The invention concerns a fuel tank for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one venting device which is connected to a fuel vapor filter, wherein the venting device includes at least one collecting container for receiving liquid fuel. The fuel tank is distinguished in that disposed within the collecting container is a delivery pump for emptying it into the delivery volume of the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Thomas Schafer
  • Patent number: 7833771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate-binding affinity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid constructs as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes North America Inc
    Inventors: Tine Hoff, Carsten Andersen, Tina Spendler, Sven Pedersen, Anders Vikso-Nielsen, Thomas Schafer, Jiyin Liu
  • Publication number: 20090309068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymers comprising a repeating unit(s) of the formula (I) wherein at least one of the substituents R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is a group -(Sp)x1-HEI, wherein Sp is a spacer unit, HEI is a group (HEII), which increases the hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties of the polymers; or a group (HEIII), which increases the electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties of the polymers, or a group (HEIIII), which increases the hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties of the polymers and the electron-injection and/or electron-transport properties of the polymers, x1 is 0, or 1, and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color can be observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Schafer, Peter Murer, Toblas Hintermann, Beat Schmidhalter