Patents by Inventor Tomoka HARA

Tomoka HARA 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).

  • Patent number: 11690290
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In General Formula (G1), A represents a substituent including a hole-transport skeleton, L1 represents any one of a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyldiyl group, R1 and R2 independently represent any one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, any one of Ar1 to Ar4 is a group represented by General Formula (g1), and the others independently represent any one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. In General Formula (g1), B represents any one of a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted triphenylenyl group, and L2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyldiyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20230105618
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than that of the second organic compound, and the HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than that of the second organic compound. The LUMO level of a guest material is higher than that of the first organic compound, and the HOMO level of the guest material is lower than that of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Takeyoshi WATABE, Hideko INOUE, Yui YAMADA, Satomi MITSUMORI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Tomoka HARA
  • Patent number: 11456424
    Abstract: A novel compound is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and a long lifetime is provided. The compound is an organic compound that includes a benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton (General Formula (G0)). The 2-position of the benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton has a substituent and the 6- to 9-positions of the skeleton have at least one substituent. Any one of the substituents bonded to the 6- to 9-positions is bonded to the benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton via a phenylene group. A light-emitting element including the compound is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20220173327
    Abstract: A benzofuropyrimidine derivative or a benzothienopyrimidine derivative, which is a novel organic compound, is provided. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1) below. In General Formula (G1), Q represents oxygen or sulfur. A represents any one of a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic hydrocarbon ring having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in the ring and a substituted or unsubstituted ?-electron rich condensed heteroaromatic ring having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in the ring; and R1 to R19 each independently represent any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms in the ring, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka HARA, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Toshiki SASAKI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20220041635
    Abstract: An organometallic complex having an emission peak in a long wavelength region (a visible region having a wavelength of 700 nm or greater or a near-infrared region) is provided. The organometallic complex has a structure represented by General Formula (G1), in which a ligand having a quinoxaline skeleton is coordinated to a central metal, and an electron-withdrawing group (e.g., fluorine, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethylsulfonyl group, or a pentafluorosulfanyl group) is included as a substituent at at least one substitutable position of the benzene ring of the quinoxaline skeleton of the ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka HARA, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Takeyoshi WATABE, Airi UEDA, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20220029105
    Abstract: A novel organic compound, a benzofuropyrimidine derivative or a benzothienopyrimidine derivative is provided. The organic compound has a structure in which a benzothienocarbazolyl ring, a benzofurocarbazolyl ring, an indolocarbazolyl ring, or an indenocarbazolyl ring is bonded to the 8-position of a benzofuropyrimidine ring or a benzothienopyrimidine ring directly or through an aromatic hydrocarbon ring. That is, the organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1) below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka HARA, Keito TOSU, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Toshiki SASAKI, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 11107995
    Abstract: A novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound, which is represented by General Formula (G1), has a structure in which a dibenzoquinazoline ring is bonded to a skeleton with a hole-transport property via one or more arylene groups. Any one of R1 to R9 in General Formula (G1) is bonded to any one of R10 to R14 in General Formula (G1-1). Note that n is any of 0 to 3; m is 1 or 2; A represents a single bond, or an arylene group; B represents a ring having a dibenzofuran skeleton, dibenzothiophene skeleton, or carbazole skeleton; and each of R1 to R15 independently represents any of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, and an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Inoue, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11024809
    Abstract: In a light-emitting element, a layer including an organic compound includes a light-emitting layer; the light-emitting layer includes a tris iridium complex; and on the assumption that there is a rectangle which covers the iridium complex and in which at least one atom of the iridium complex is located over each of four sides when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a direction of a C3 symmetry axis of the iridium complex, A×B/C2 is greater than or equal to 2.5, where A represents a maximum length of a long side of the rectangle, B represents a length of a short side of the rectangle when the length of the long side of the rectangle is A, and C represents a width in the direction of the C3 symmetry axis when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a normal direction of the C3 symmetry axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Watabe, Hideko Yoshizumi, Tomoka Hara, Yui Yamada, Takahiro Ishisone, Hiromitsu Kido, Kunihiko Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20210151689
    Abstract: A novel compound is provided. A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and a long lifetime is provided. The compound is an organic compound that includes a benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton (General Formula (G0)). The 2-position of the benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton has a substituent and the 6- to 9-positions of the skeleton have at least one substituent. Any one of the substituents bonded to the 6- to 9-positions is bonded to the benzofuro[3,2-d]pyrimidine or benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine skeleton via a phenylene group. A light-emitting element including the compound is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20210043849
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. In General Formula (G1), A represents a substituent including a hole-transport skeleton, L1 represents any one of a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyldiyl group, R1 and R2 independently represent any one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, any one of Ar1 to Ar4 is a group represented by General Formula (g1), and the others independently represent any one of hydrogen and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. In General Formula (g1), B represents any one of a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted triphenylenyl group, and L2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyldiyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko Yoshizumi, Hiromitsu Kido, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20210013421
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound, a novel heterocyclic compound that can be used in a light-emitting element, or a highly reliable light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device in each of which the light-emitting element using the novel heterocyclic compound is used. One embodiment of the present invention is a heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), each of A1 and A2 independently represents nitrogen or carbon bonded to hydrogen, and at least one of A1 and A2 represents nitrogen; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group; and R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoka HARA, Yasushi KITANO, Hiromi SEO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20200350503
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than that of the second organic compound, and the HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than that of the second organic compound. The LUMO level of a guest material is higher than that of the first organic compound, and the HOMO level of the guest material is lower than that of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi SEO, Takeyoshi WATABE, Hideko INOUE, Yui YAMADA, Satomi MITSUMORI, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Tomoka HARA
  • Patent number: 10770660
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound, a novel heterocyclic compound that can be used in a light-emitting element, or a highly reliable light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device in each of which the light-emitting element using the novel heterocyclic compound is used. One embodiment of the present invention is a heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), each of A1 and A2 independently represents nitrogen or carbon bonded to hydrogen, and at least one of A1 and A2 represents nitrogen; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group; and R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoka Hara, Yasushi Kitano, Hiromi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20200199135
    Abstract: A novel organic compound is provided. That is, a novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound has a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton and is represented by General Formula (G1). Note that in General Formula (G1), Q represents oxygen or sulfur; a represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms; n represents an integer of 0 to 4; A1 represents a group including an aryl group or a heteroaryl group and having 6 to 100 carbon atoms; R1 to R4 independently represent any one of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms; and A2 represents a condensed ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Miki KURIHARA, Tomoka HARA, Hideko YOSHIZUMI, Satomi WATABE, Hiromitsu KIDO, Satoshi SEO
  • Publication number: 20180198073
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound, a novel heterocyclic compound that can be used in a light-emitting element, or a highly reliable light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device in each of which the light-emitting element using the novel heterocyclic compound is used. One embodiment of the present invention is a heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), each of A1 and A2 independently represents nitrogen or carbon bonded to hydrogen, and at least one of A1 and A2 represents nitrogen; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group; and R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko INOUE, Tomoka HARA, Yasushi KITANO, Hiromi SEO, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Satoshi SEO
  • Patent number: 9978962
    Abstract: To provide a long-lifetime organometallic iridium complex exhibiting yellow light emission with high emission efficiency as a novel substance. The organometallic iridium complex includes a ligand in which an unsubstituted phenyl group is bonded to each of the 2-position and the 5-position of pyrimidine. The organometallic iridium complex has a structure represented by General Formula (G1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoka Hara, Satoshi Seo, Toshiki Sasaki, Kunihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9938309
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting material is provided. A novel orgnometallic complex is provided. An orgnometallic complex having a high carrier-transport property is provided. An orgnometallic complex having a deep HOMO level and/or a deep LUMO level is provided. An orgnometallic complex having a high charge-injection property is provided. Another object is to provide an organometallic complex that can exhibit yellow to blue phosphorescence. An organometallic complex that has a high carrier-transport property and exhibits green to blue phosphorescence is provided. An organometallic complex including a ligand having a structure of 5-(2-pyridinyl)-5H-benzimidazo[1,2-a]benzimidazole and a light-emitting material including the organometallic complex are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Miki Kanamoto, Hideko Inoue, Satoshi Seo, Satomi Mitsumori, Takeyoshi Watabe, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 9923149
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heterocyclic compound, a novel heterocyclic compound that can be used in a light-emitting element, or a highly reliable light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device in each of which the light-emitting element using the novel heterocyclic compound is used. One embodiment of the present invention is a heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), each of A1 and A2 independently represents nitrogen or carbon bonded to hydrogen, and at least one of A1 and A2 represents nitrogen; Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; B represents a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group; and R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Tomoka Hara, Yasushi Kitano, Hiromi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20180062084
    Abstract: In a light-emitting element, a layer including an organic compound includes a light-emitting layer; the light-emitting layer includes a tris iridium complex; and on the assumption that there is a rectangle which covers the iridium complex and in which at least one atom of the iridium complex is located over each of four sides when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a direction of a C3 symmetry axis of the iridium complex, A×B/C2 is greater than or equal to 2.5, where A represents a maximum length of a long side of the rectangle, B represents a length of a short side of the rectangle when the length of the long side of the rectangle is A, and C represents a width in the direction of the C3 symmetry axis when the iridium complex is two-dimensionally seen from a normal direction of the C3 symmetry axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Watabe, Hideko Yoshizumi, Tomoka Hara, Yui Yamada, Takahiro Ishisone, Hiromitsu Kido, Kunihiko Suzuki, Satoshi Seo
  • Publication number: 20170373257
    Abstract: A novel organic compound that is effective in improving the element characteristics and reliability is provided. The organic compound, which is represented by General Formula (G1), has a structure in which a dibenzoquinazoline ring is bonded to a skeleton with a hole-transport property via one or more arylene groups. Any one of R1 to R9 in General Formula (G1) is bonded to any one of R10 to R14 in General Formula (G1-1). Note that n is any of 0 to 3; m is 1 or 2; A represents a single bond, or an arylene group; B represents a ring having a dibenzofuran skeleton, dibenzothiophene skeleton, or carbazole skeleton; and each of R1 to R15 independently represents any of hydrogen, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, and an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoka Hara, Hideko INOUE, Tatsuyoshi TAKAHASHI, Satoshi SEO