Patents by Inventor Tomas Backlund

Tomas Backlund 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).

  • MODIFICATION OF STRESS RESPONSE AND ADHESION BEHAVIOR OF DIELECTRIC THROUGH TUNING OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20220263036
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a dielectric stack that includes a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric material that includes one or more constituent components each having a Tg value of 70° C. or lower and that is annealed at a temperature exceeding the highest Tg value of the one or more constituent components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: FLEXENABLE LIMITED
    Inventors: Rashmi Sachin BHINTADE, Tomas BACKLUND
  • Organic dielectric layer and organic electronic device
    Patent number: 10879474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic dielectric layers comprising a polycycloolefinic polymer with a pendent chromophoric group having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range from 230 to 290 nm, and to organic electronic devices comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: PROMERUS, LLC, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Irina Afonina, Tomas Backlund, Larry F Rhodes, Hugh A Burgoon
  • Diazirine containing organic electronic compositions and device thereof
    Patent number: 10693072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electronic devices, and more specifically to organic field effect transistors, comprising a dielectric layer that comprises a polycycloolefinic polymer and a diazirine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: PROMERUS, LLC, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Larry F Rhodes, Hugh Burgoon, Irina Afonina, Tomas Backlund, Aurelie Morley
  • DIAZIRINE CONTAINING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC COMPOSITIONS AND DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190157558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electronic devices, and more specifically to organic field effect transistors, comprising a dielectric layer that comprises a polycycloolefinic polymer and a diazirine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: PROMERUS, LLC, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: LARRY F RHODES, HUGH BURGOON, IRINA AFONINA, TOMAS BACKLUND, AURELIE MORLEY
  • Organic Dielectric Layer and Organic Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20190148657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic dielectric layers comprising a polycycloolefinic polymer with a pendent chromophoric group having an absorption maximum in the wavelength range from 230 to 290 nm, and to organic electronic devices comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicants: PROMERUS, LLC, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: IRINA AFONINA, TOMAS BACKLUND, LARRY F RHODES, HUGH A BURGOON
  • Diazirine containing organic electronic compositions and device thereof
    Patent number: 10256409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electronic devices, and more specifically to organic field effect transistors, comprising a dielectric layer that comprises a polycycloolefinic polymer and a diazirine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: PROMERUS, LLC, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Larry F Rhodes, Hugh Burgoon, Irina Afonina, Tomas Backlund, Aurelie Morley
  • Electron transfer composition for use in an electron injection layer for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 10032983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel electron transfer composition comprising one or more metal ion comprising compound, the use of such electron transfer composition in organic electronic devices, particularly in photodiodes, as well as such organic electronic devices, particularly photodiodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lichun Chen, Frank Egon Meyer, Andromachi Malandraki, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Tomas Backlund
  • Method for producing organic electronic devices with bank structures, bank structures and electronic devices produced therewith
    Patent number: 9923035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an organic electronic device, wherein a layer is selectively swelled with a swelling solvent so as to form bank structures allowing the deposition of the semiconductor material in a specific and well-defined area. The present invention further relates to bank structures, organic electronic devices and products or assemblies produced by said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Rashmi Bhintade, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund
  • DIAZIRINE CONTAINING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC COMPOSITIONS AND DEVICE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170279048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic electronic devices, and more specifically to organic field effect transistors, comprising a dielectric layer that comprises a polycycloolefinic polymer and a diazirine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicants: PROMERUS, LLC, MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: LARRY F RHODES, HUGH BURGOON, IRINA AFONINA, TOMAS BACKLUND, AURELIE MORLEY
  • Passivation layers for organic electronic devices including polycycloolefinic polymers allowing for a flexible material design
    Patent number: 9691985
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to passivation layers for use in organic electronic devices, and more specifically in organic field effect transistors, to processes for preparing such passivation layers, and to organic electronic devices and organic field effect transistors encompassing such passivation layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Bain, Irina Afonina, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes
  • Planarization layer for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 9490439
    Abstract: The invention relates to organic electronic devices containing polycycloolefin planarization layers between the substrate and a functional layer such as a semiconducting layer, dielectric layer, or electrode; to the use of polycycloolefins as a planarization layer on the substrate of an organic electronic device; and to processes for preparing such polycycloolefin planarization layers and organic electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus, LLC
    Inventors: Piotr Wierzchowiec, Tomas Backlund, Li W. Tan, Irina Afonina, Pawel Miskiewicz, Paul C. Brookes, Larry F. Rhodes, Andrew Bell
  • Process of surface modification of dielectric structures in organic electronic devices to increase surface energy
    Patent number: 9450187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of modifying the surface energy of dielectric structures, like for example dielectric layers or bank structures, in organic electronic (OE) devices, more specifically in organic field effect transistors (OFETs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May
  • IMPROVED ELECTRON TRANSFER COMPOSITION FOR USE IN AN ELECTRON INJECTION LAYER FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160181533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel electron transfer composition comprising one or more metal ion comprising compound, the use of such electron transfer composition in organic electronic devices, particularly in photodiodes, as well as such organic electronic devices, particularly photodiodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Lichun CHEN, Frank Egon MEYER, Andromachi MALANDRAKI, Piotr WIERZCHOWIEC, Tomas BACKLUND
  • Bank structures for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 9331281
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate generally to the use of polycycloolefinic polymers as a structure defining material in organic electronic devices, and more specifically to separators, insulating structures or bank structures of such devices and to organic electronic devices comprising such structures, to processes for preparing such structures and to organic electronic devices encompassing such structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus, LLC
    Inventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May, Toby Cull, Larry F. Rhodes, Edmund Elce, Andrew Bell
  • PLANARIZATION LAYER FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160079551
    Abstract: The invention relates to organic electronic devices containing polycycloolefin planarization layers between the substrate and a functional layer such as a semiconducting layer, dielectric layer, or electrode; to the use of polycycloolefins as a planarization layer on the substrate of an organic electronic device; and to processes for preparing such polycycloolefin planarization layers and organic electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Piotr Wierzchowiec, Tomas Backlund, Li W. Tan, Irina Afonina, Pawel Miskiewick, Paul C. Brookes, Larry F. Rhodes, Andrew Bell
  • PASSIVATION LAYERS FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150280128
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to passivation layers for use in organic electronic devices, and more specifically in organic field effect transistors, to processes for preparing such passivation layers, and to organic electronic devices and organic field effect transistors encompassing such passivation layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Bain, Irina Afonina, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH BANK STRUCTURES, BANK STRUCTURES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES PRODUCED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20150270318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an organic electronic device, wherein a layer is selectively swelled with a swelling solvent so as to form bank structures allowing the deposition of the semiconductor material in a specific and well-defined area. The present invention further relates to bank structures, organic electronic devices and products or assemblies produced by said process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Rashmi Bhintade, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund
  • PROCESS OF SURFACE MODIFICATION OF DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES IN ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150228903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process of modifying the surface energy of dielectric structures, like for example dielectric layers or bank structures, in organic electronic (OE) devices, more specifically in organic field effect transistors (OFETs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Tomas Backlund, Philip Edward May
  • Electrode treatment process for organic electronic devices
    Patent number: 8878165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of electrodes in organic electronic (OE) devices, in particular organic field effect transistors (OFETs), to devices prepared by such a process, and to materials and formulations used in such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Pawel Miskiewicz, Li Wei Tan, Tomas Backlund, Paul Craig Brookes, David Sparrowe, Toby Cull, Giles Lloyd
  • Manufacturing of electronic components
    Patent number: 8629015
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a method is provided for manufacturing electronic components. A conducting element comprising a first portion, a second portion and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion is provided. Thermally responsive dielectric material is added at least onto the third portion of the conducting element. Electric current is supplied between the first portion and the second portion of the conducting element causing ohmic heating to affix dielectric material located on the third portion to the third portion. Non-thermally-affixed dielectric material is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Smartrac IP B.V.
    Inventors: Tomas Bäcklund, Kaisa Lilja, Timo Joutsenoja