Patents by Inventor Tohru Asari
Tohru Asari 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).
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Patent number: 10340460Abstract: Provided is a practically useful organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) having high efficiency and high driving stability while being capable of being driven at a low voltage. The organic electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other. The light-emitting layer contains two host materials and at least one light-emitting dopant. One of the two host materials is a host material selected from an indolocarbazole compound having one indolocarbazole ring and an indolocarbazole compound having two indolocarbazole rings, and the other thereof is a host material selected from carbazole compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD., PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Fukumatsu, Katsuhide Noguchi, Masashi Tada, Mitsuru Sakai, Tohru Asari, Kazuto Shiraishi, Takahiro Kai, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Yuhki Terao, Taishi Tsuji, Yusuke Nakajima, Toshinao Yuki
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Patent number: 10193069Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which has improved luminous efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, and an organic electroluminescent element obtained therefrom. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element has a repeating unit represented by [—(Z)l-(A)m-]n in repeating units constituting a main chain. In addition, the organic electroluminescent element includes, between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, organic layers including a hole-transporting layer and a light-emitting layer, in which at least one of the organic layers contains the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element. In the repeating unit, Z represents an N-indolocarbazolyl group, A represents a repeating unit different from Z, l and m each represent an abundance molar ratio, and l is 5 to 100 mol % and m is 0 to 95 mol %, and n is 2 to 10,000.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshige Tanaka, Tohru Asari, Kazuto Shiraishi, Mitsuru Sakai, Masashi Niina, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9865829Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) with improved luminous efficiency, sufficiently ensured driving stability, and a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an organic layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the group consisting of a light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains a carborane compound that has at least one carborane ring with a silyl group on the carbon thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Tada, Takahiro Kai, Tohru Asari, Junya Ogawa
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Patent number: 9614172Abstract: Provided are: a curable composition containing a compound having a polymerizable group, which allows the production of an organic electroluminescent element in which a plurality of organic layers are formed between both electrodes to be performed through a wet process; and an organic electroluminescent element improved in light emission performance, including a layer containing a cured product of the curable composition. Specifically, provided are: a curable composition containing an indolocarbazole compound having one polymerizable group such as a vinyl group or an epoxy group and having an indolocarbazole skeleton, and a compound having two polymerizable groups; and an organic electroluminescent element including a layer obtained by applying and curing the curable composition as a hole transport layer of the organic electroluminescent element.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hayashida, Masashi Niina, Hiroshige Tanaka, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9590179Abstract: Provided are a curable composition for an organic electroluminescent element, which has high light emission efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, a cured product thereof, and an organic electroluminescent element containing the cured product in an organic layer. More specifically, provided are a curable composition containing a compound represented by an indolocarbazole skeleton compound, a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, and an organic electroluminescent element containing the cured product in an organic layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hayashida, Masashi Niina, Hiroshige Tanaka, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9343685Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (EL device) that uses an indolocarbazole compound. The organic EL device includes an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (1). In the general formula (1), a ring I and a ring II represent rings represented by the formula (1a) and the formula (1b), respectively, each of which are fused to an adjacent ring. X's each represent nitrogen or C—Y and at least one of X's represents nitrogen. Y's each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. A represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. At least one of Y and A represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Tohru Asari, Takaya Ishiyama, Megumi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9299934Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which has high light emission efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, a cured product thereof, and an organic electroluminescent element using the cured product. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element is represented by the following general formula (1) and includes an indolocarbazole skeleton and a polymerizable group as pendants in a repeating unit constituting a main chain, in which the polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 1,000,000. An organic electroluminescent element that uses the cured product of the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element in an organic layer is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Niina, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Hiroshige Tanaka, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Patent number: 9290692Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer light-emitting material for an organic electroluminescent device that displays excellent light-emitting performance and is applicable to a wet process. The polymer light-emitting material for an organic electroluminescent device is obtained by subjecting a thermoplastic resin having an Mw of 2,000-1,000,000 and containing a functional group in a unit constituting the backbone and a metal-containing phosphorescent dopant compound containing a reactive group capable of reacting with the said functional group to a polymer reaction so as to link a phosphorescent dopant moiety derived from the metal-containing phosphorescent dopant compound to the unit constituting the backbone of the thermoplastic resin. The content of the metal derived from the metal containing phosphorescent dopant compound in the said polymer light-emitting material is 0.001-20 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshige Tanaka, Takaya Ishiyama, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20150115240Abstract: Provided is a practically useful organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) having high efficiency and high driving stability while being capable of being driven at a low voltage. The organic electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other. The light-emitting layer contains two host materials and at least one light-emitting dopant. One of the two host materials is a host material selected from an indolocarbazole compound having one indolocarbazole ring and an indolocarbazole compound having two indolocarbazole rings, and the other thereof is a host material selected from carbazole compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Takayuki Fukumatsu, Katsuhide Noguchi, Masashi Tada, Mitsuru Sakai, Tohru Asari, Kazuto Shiraishi, Takahiro Kai, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Yuhki Terao, Taishi Tsuji, Yusuke Nakajima, Toshinao Yuki
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Patent number: 8945726Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which improves light emission efficiency of the element and is applicable to a wet process, and an organic electroluminescent element, which is obtained using the polymer. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element includes a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) in a repeating unit constituting a main chain. Further, the organic electroluminescent element includes organic layers between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one of the organic layers includes the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, including an indolocarbazole skeleton in the repeating unit constituting a main chain. In the general formula (1), Z represents an N-indolocarbazolyl group, W represents a charge transporting group, m and n represent molar ratios, m represents 0 to 95 mol %, and n represents 5 to 100 mol.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshige Tanaka, Tohru Asari, Kazuto Shiraishi, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Yasushi Koishikawa, Kazuaki Yoshimura, Takaya Ishiyama
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Publication number: 20140332792Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) with improved luminous efficiency, sufficiently ensured driving stability, and a simple construction. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an organic layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the group consisting of a light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, an electron-blocking layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains a carborane compound that has at least one carborane ring with a silyl group on the carbon thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Masashi Tada, Takahiro Kai, Tohru Asari, Junya Ogawa
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Publication number: 20140326982Abstract: Provided are: a curable composition containing a compound having a polymerizable group, which allows the production of an organic electroluminescent element in which a plurality of organic layers are formed between both electrodes to be performed through a wet process; and an organic electroluminescent element improved in light emission performance, including a layer containing a cured product of the curable composition. Specifically, provided are: a curable composition containing an indolocarbazole compound having one polymerizable group such as a vinyl group or an epoxy group and having an indolocarbazole skeleton, and a compound having two polymerizable groups; and an organic electroluminescent element including a layer obtained by applying and curing the curable composition as a hole transport layer of the organic electroluminescent element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Hiroyuki Hayashida, Masashi Niina, Hiroshige Tanaka, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Patent number: 8795852Abstract: Disclosed is a highly reliable organic electroluminescent device, in particular, a phosphorescent organic electroluminescent device using a low-molecular-weight host material, wherein a good balance between electron and hole injection and an efficient mechanism of phosphorescence are maintained. The organic electroluminescent device contains a light-emitting layer between an anode layer and a cathode layer and the light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant material and a host material with a molecular weight of not more than 10,000. The host material is composed of a first host material and a second host material that is different from the first host material and the first host material differs from the second host material by not more than 0.1 eV in the ionization potential (IP), by not more than 0.1 eV in the electron affinity (EA), and by not more than 0.1 eV in the triplet energy (T1).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Asari, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Kazuto Shiraishi, Takayuki Shimizu, Yasushi Koishikawa, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20140084279Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which has improved luminous efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, and an organic electroluminescent element obtained therefrom. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element has a repeating unit represented by [—(Z)1-(A)m-]n in repeating units constituting a main chain. In addition, the organic electroluminescent element includes, between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, organic layers including a hole-transporting layer and a light-emitting layer, in which at least one of the organic layers contains the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element. In the repeating unit, Z represents an N-indolocarbazolyl group, A represents a repeating unit different from Z, l and m each represent an abundance molar ratio, and l is 5 to 100 mol % and m is 0 to 95 mol %, and n is 2 to 10,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTDInventors: Hiroshige Tanaka, Tohru Asari, Kazuto Shiraishi, Mitsuru Sakai, Masashi Niina, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20140008624Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which has high light emission efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, a cured product thereof, and an organic electroluminescent element using the cured product. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element is represented by the following general formula (1) and includes an indolocarbazole skeleton and a polymerizable group as pendants in a repeating unit constituting a main chain, in which the polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 1,000,000. An organic electroluminescent element that uses the cured product of the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element in an organic layer is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Masashi Niina, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Hiroshige Tanaka, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20140008626Abstract: Provided are a curable composition for an organic electroluminescent element, which has high light emission efficiency and is applicable to a wet process, a cured product thereof, and an organic electroluminescent element containing the cured product in an organic layer. More specifically, provided are a curable composition containing a compound represented by an indolocarbazole skeleton compound, a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, and an organic electroluminescent element containing the cured product in an organic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Hiroyuki Hayashida, Masashi Niina, Hiroshige Tanaka, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20130207097Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (EL device) that uses an indolocarbazole compound. The organic EL device includes an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one organic layer selected from the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, and a hole-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (1). In the general formula (1), a ring I and a ring II represent rings represented by the formula (1a) and the formula (1b), respectively, each of which are fused to an adjacent ring. X's each represent nitrogen or C—Y and at least one of X's represents nitrogen. Y's each represent hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. A represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group. At least one of Y and A represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Kai, Masaki Komori, Toshihiro Yamamoto, Tohru Asari, Takaya Ishiyama, Megumi Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20120313513Abstract: Provided are a polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, which improves light emission efficiency of the element and is applicable to a wet process, and an organic electroluminescent element, which is obtained using the polymer. The polymer for an organic electroluminescent element includes a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) in a repeating unit constituting a main chain. Further, the organic electroluminescent element includes organic layers between an anode and a cathode laminated on a substrate, in which at least one of the organic layers includes the polymer for an organic electroluminescent element, including an indolocarbazole skeleton in the repeating unit constituting a main chain. In the general formula (1), Z represents an N-indolocarbazolyl group, W represents a charge transporting group, m and n represent molar ratios, m represents 0 to 95 mol %, and n represents 5 to 100 mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: Hiroshige Tanaka, Tohru Asari, Kazuto Shiraishi, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Yasushi Koishikawa, Kazuaki Yoshimura, Takaya Ishiyama
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Publication number: 20120001158Abstract: Disclosed is a highly reliable organic electroluminescent device, in particular, a phosphorescent organic electroluminescent device using a low-molecular-weight host material, wherein a good balance between electron and hole injection and an efficient mechanism of phosphorescence are maintained. The organic electroluminescent device contains a light-emitting layer between an anode layer and a cathode layer and the light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant material and a host material with a molecular weight of not more than 10,000. The host material is composed of a first host material and a second host material that is different from the first host material and the first host material differs from the second host material by not more than 0.1 eV in the ionization potential (IP), by not more than 0.1 eV in the electron affinity (EA), and by not more than 0.1 eV in the triplet energy (T1).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Tohru Asari, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Kazuto Shiraishi, Takayuki Shimizu, Yasushi Koishikawa, Kazuaki Yoshimura
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Publication number: 20110309342Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer light-emitting material for an organic electroluminescent device that displays excellent light-emitting performance and is applicable to a wet process. The polymer light-emitting material for an organic electroluminescent device is obtained by subjecting a thermoplastic resin having an Mw of 2,000-1,000,000 and containing a functional group in a unit constituting the backbone and a metal-containing phosphorescent dopant compound containing a reactive group capable of reacting with the said functional group to a polymer reaction so as to link a phosphorescent dopant moiety derived from the metal-containing phosphorescent dopant compound to the unit constituting the backbone of the thermoplastic resin. The content of the metal derived from the metal containing phosphorescent dopant compound in the said polymer light-emitting material is 0.001-20 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Hiroshige Tanaka, Takaya Ishiyama, Kazuto Shiraishi, Tohru Asari, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Kazuaki Yoshimura