Patents by Inventor Tomoki Kato

Tomoki Kato 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: 20160118602
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device, which shows high luminous efficiency, is free of any pixel defect, and has a long lifetime, and a material for an organic electroluminescence device for realizing the device. The material for an organic electroluminescence device is a compound having a ?-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom. The organic electroluminescence device has one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Masaki Numata, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 9278926
    Abstract: Provided is an aromatic amine derivative represented by the formula N(ArA)(ArB)(ArC) as an organic EL device material capable of reducing the driving voltage of an organic EL device, and improving its luminous efficiency and device lifetime. ArA represents the formula (II-1) or (II-2). La represents an arylene group or the like, Ara represents an aryl group or the like, and n represents 2 or 3. ArB represents the formula (III). Lb represents a single bond or the like, R1 and R2 each represent an alkyl group or the like, o and p each represent 0 to 3 or the like, X represents an oxygen atom or the like, and R3, R4 and R5 each represent an alkyl group or the like. ArC represents an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, or the formula (II-1), (II-2), or (III).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Kato
  • Publication number: 20160064669
    Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device material that reduce the driving voltage of an organic EL device and increase the lifetime of the device as compared with a conventional organic EL device material. Also provided are organic electroluminescence devices containing the organic EL device material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki KATO
  • Patent number: 9260390
    Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device material that reduce the driving voltage of an organic EL device and increase the lifetime of the device as compared with a conventional organic EL device material. Also provided are organic electroluminescence devices containing the organic EL device material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Kato
  • Patent number: 9196842
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a long lifetime and a higher emission efficiency and a specific aromatic amine derivative which provides such an organic electroluminescence device are provided. In the specific aromatic amine derivative, a dibenzofuranyl group or a dibenzothiophenyl group is bonded via a p-phenylene and a heteroaryl group is bonded via a m-phenylene. The organic electroluminescence device includes a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer including one or more layers which is disposed between the cathode and the anode. The organic thin film layer includes at least one light emitting layer and at least one layer of the organic thin film layer includes the aromatic amine derivative singly or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Takayasu Sado, Takahiro Fujiyama
  • Patent number: 9184395
    Abstract: To provide an organic EL element material that is capable of enhancing the light emission efficiency and the lifetime of the element as compared to an ordinary organic EL element material, and an organic EL element using the same. Specifically, to provide an aromatic amine derivative represented by Ar1Ar2Ar3N, and an organic EL element using the same. Representative compounds include the following.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takahiro Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20150287931
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device having a long lifetime and a higher emission efficiency and a specific aromatic amine derivative which provides such an organic electroluminescence device are provided. In the specific aromatic amine derivative, a dibenzofuranyl group or a dibenzothiophenyl group is bonded via a p-phenylene and a heteroaryl group is bonded via a m-phenylene. The organic electroluminescence device includes a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer including one or more layers which is disposed between the cathode and the anode. The organic thin film layer includes at least one light emitting layer and at least one layer of the organic thin film layer includes the aromatic amine derivative singly or in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Takayasu Sado, Takahiro Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20150287921
    Abstract: An organic EL device that has a high efficiency and a long service life, an electronic apparatus containing the organic EL device, and a compound capable of providing the organic EL device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicants: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Takayasu Sado, Takahiro Fujiyama
  • Patent number: 9145363
    Abstract: Provided are a long-lifetime organic electroluminescence device which can be fabricated in an improved yield owing to suppressed crystallization of molecules, and an aromatic amine derivative that realizes the device, i.e., a novel aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure. Specifically provided are an organic electroluminescence device, including an organic thin film layer formed of one or more layers including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode, and an aromatic amine derivative for at least one layer of the organic thin film layer, in particular, a hole transporting layer, the derivative having at least one such structure that a substituent in which two or more specific heterocycles are linked to each other, in particular, a substituent in which two or more specific heterocycles are linked through an aryl group is bonded to an amine through an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Tomoki Kato
  • Publication number: 20150263292
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative represented by formula (1): wherein HAr1, Ar2, L1, L2, and L3 are as defined in the specification, is useful as a material for constituting an organic EL device and realizes an organic EL device having a high efficiency and a long lifetime even when driving at a low voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Takayasu Sado, Takahiro Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20150255729
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device that not only provides high efficiency but also has a long lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative that realizes the device. The organic electroluminescence device includes an aromatic amine derivative, including at least one substituent A having dibenzofuran and at least one substituent B selected from groups each having dibenzofuran or carbazole, in a molecule thereof, in which the substituent A and the substituent B include groups different from each other, and the substituent A and the substituent B are bonded to the same nitrogen atom, or different nitrogen atoms, in the molecule. The molecules of the aromatic amine derivative hardly crystallize, which improves a yield in the production of the organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro YABUNOUCHI, Masahiro KAWAMURA, Tomoki KATO
  • Publication number: 20150243891
    Abstract: An aromatic amine derivative represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, L, AR1, Ar2, k, m, and n are the same as defined in the specification, is useful as a material for an organic EL device and realizes an organic EL device with a high efficiency and a long lifetime even when driving it at a low voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicants: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD., MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Takayasu Sado, Takahiro Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20150228899
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device containing, between an anode and a cathode facing each other, a first hole transporting layer, an adjacent layer adjacent to an emitting layer, and an emitting layer, in this order from the side of the anode, wherein the first hole transporting layer contains a compound represented by the following formula (1), is provided as an organic EL device that is capable of being driven at a low voltage and has a prolonged life time and high efficiency. (In the formula, R1 to R4, L1, Ar1, Ar2, m, n, p and q are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Takayasu Sado
  • Patent number: 9082986
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes a first organic thin-film layer and a second organic thin-film layer between an anode and a cathode opposing the anode in this order from the anode side. The first organic thin-film layer includes a specific aromatic heterocyclic derivative A, and the second organic thin-film layer includes a specific aromatic heterocyclic derivative B. The aromatic heterocyclic derivative A and the aromatic heterocyclic derivative B are different from each other. The organic electroluminescence device is capable of driving at a low voltage and has a long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Takayasu Sado
  • Publication number: 20150171334
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device, which shows high luminous efficiency, is free of any pixel defect, and has a long lifetime, and a material for an organic electroluminescence device for realizing the device. The material for an organic electroluminescence device is a compound having a ?-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom. The organic electroluminescence device has one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki KATO, Masaki NUMATA, Kazuki NISHIMURA, Toshihiro IWAKUMA, Chishio HOSOKAWA
  • Patent number: 9056870
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device, which shows high luminous efficiency, is free of any pixel defect, and has a long lifetime, and a material for an organic electroluminescence device for realizing the device. The material for an organic electroluminescence device is a compound having a ?-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom. The organic electroluminescence device has one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Masaki Numata, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 9054322
    Abstract: Provided is an organic electroluminescence device that provides high efficiency and a long lifetime. The device includes an aromatic amine including at least one substituent A having dibenzofuran and at least one substituent B selected from groups having dibenzofuran or carbazole. The substituent A and the substituent B include groups different from each other and are bonded to the same or different nitrogen atoms in the molecule. The molecules of the aromatic amine hardly crystallize, improving yield in producing the organic electroluminescence device. The device includes an organic thin film layer formed of one or more layers including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being interposed between a cathode and an anode. The aromatic amine is contained in at least one layer, particularly a hole transport layer, in the organic thin film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Masahiro Kawamura, Tomoki Kato
  • Patent number: 8980442
    Abstract: There are provided an aromatic monoamine derivative having a fluorene structure-containing organic group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group-containing organic group, and an organic electroluminescent element containing an organic thin film layer composed of a single layer or plural layers while including at least a light emitting layer, the organic thin film layer being between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one layer of the organic thin film layer, particularly a hole transport layer, contains the aromatic amine derivative alone or as a component of a mixture. An organic electroluminescent element which maintains high luminous efficiency even if exposed to a high temperature environment, and has a low driving voltage and a long emission lifetime, and an aromatic amine derivative capable of realizing the organic electroluminescent element are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yabunouchi, Tomoki Kato, Takahiro Fujiyama, Yoshiyuki Totani
  • Patent number: 8927118
    Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescence device, which shows high luminous efficiency, is free of any pixel defect, and has a long lifetime, and a material for an organic electroluminescence device for realizing the device. The material for an organic electroluminescence device is a compound having a n-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, or sulfur atom. The organic electroluminescence device has one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the material for an organic electroluminescence device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Kato, Masaki Numata, Kazuki Nishimura, Toshihiro Iwakuma, Chishio Hosokawa
  • Patent number: D724006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Tomoki Kato