Patents by Inventor Udo Guntermann

Udo Guntermann 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: 20120091399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coatings comprising electrically conductive polymers and flavones, their production and use, and dispersions for the production of such coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Guntermann, Friedrich Jonas
  • Publication number: 20110117329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing conductive coatings containing a dispersion or solution comprising at least one optionally substituted polythiophene, at least one polyanion, water, at least one solvent and at least one basic additive by means of inkjet printing, wherein the pH of the aqueous dispersion or solution is adjusted to a value between 2 and 10 by means of at least one basic additive. The invention also relates to a conductive coating and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann, Andreas Elschner, Detlef Riesebeck, Detlef Gaiser
  • Publication number: 20110049433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing an aqueous or nonaqueous dispersion or solution comprising at least one conductive polymer and at least one polyanion, characterized in that the polymerization is performed with ultrasound irradiation, to aqueous or nonaqueous dispersions prepared by this process and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20110024692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel processes for preparing an aqueous or nonaqueous dispersion or solution comprising at least one conductive polymer and at least one polyanion, characterized in that the polymerization is performed at a pressure below atmospheric pressure, to aqueous or nonaqueous dispersions or solutions prepared by this process and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: H.C. STARCK CLEVIOS GMBH
    Inventors: Wilfried Loevenich, Rudolf Hill, Andreas Elschner, Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20100304147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating layers comprising nonpolar polyaromatics with conductive polymers, and to polymeric layers produced by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Meyer-Friedrichsen, Udo Guntermann
  • Patent number: 7785493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coatings comprising electrically conductive polymers and melamine derivatives, their preparation and use, and dispersions for the preparation of such coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: H. C. Starck GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20080243181
    Abstract: Luminous tweezers are described having two tweezer branches (3), at the ends of which gripping/illuminating jaws (9) are provided, and at least one light source (5) with a switchable electricity supply (6; 7), the tweezer branches (3) consisting at least partially of transparent plastic and forming a light guide for the light from the light source, characterised in that the light source (5) can be switched by an electrical touch circuit (8; 1; 10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Ralph Schneider, Udo Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20070105991
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coatings comprising electrically conductive polymers and melamine derivatives, their preparation and use, and dispersions for the preparation of such coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: H. C. Starck GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20050202251
    Abstract: Transparent functional layers of conductive polymers, their production and their use in optical constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: H.C. Starck GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Elschner, Udo Guntermann, Friedrich Jonas
  • Publication number: 20050191520
    Abstract: Electroluminescent arrangements that are shapeable are described. The electroluminescent arrangement includes, in superposed sequence: (a) at least one transparent carrier film; (b) at least one transparent electrode; (c) at least one electroluminescent layer; (d) at least one dielectric layer; and (e) at least one counter-electrode. In addition, the electroluminescent arrangement: (I) further includes a conductive electrode layer containing at least one conductive polymer that is (i) superposed over the exterior surface of the counter-electrode, or (ii) interposed between the dielectric layer and the counter-electrode; or (II) the counter-electrode thereof is a conductive electrode layer containing at least one conductive polymer. Also described are shaped articles comprising the electroluminescent arrangement, and methods of preparing such shaped articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Udo Guntermann, Friedrich Jonas
  • Patent number: 6652976
    Abstract: Conductive, highly abrasion-resistant coatings on mouldings, consisting of at least one conductive layer and at least one highly abrasion-resistant layer, a process for their production and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Mager, Klaus Wussow, Udo Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20020114960
    Abstract: Conductive, highly abrasion-resistant coatings on mouldings, consisting of at least one conductive layer and at least one highly abrasion-resistant layer, a process for their production and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Mager, Klaus Wussow, Udo Guntermann
  • Patent number: 6358437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a screen printing paste having a viscosity of from 1 to 200 dPas, comprising a solution or dispersion of a conductive polymer and optionally binders, thickeners and fillers, and to the use thereof for the production of electrically conductive coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann
  • Patent number: 6201051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures of conducting organic polymers and reaction products of polyfunctional organosilanes, conducting organic-inorganic hybrid materials obtained therefrom, and their use for coating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Mager, Friedrich Jonas, Aloys Eiling, Udo Guntermann
  • Patent number: 6084040
    Abstract: Coatings of electrically conductive polythiophene salts, polythiophene.sup.+ /An.sup.-, and hydrolyzable silanes, wherein the polythiophene group contains positively charged and uncharged recurring units of the formula (I): ##STR1## where, n is an integer from 5 to 100, andR.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently of one another, represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, --CH.sub.2 --OH, or an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, orR.sub.1 and R.sub.2, together, represent an optionally substituted alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, andAn.sup.- means a polyanion,and wherein the silanes have been hydrolyzed in the presence of the conductive polythiophene salts, and the use thereof for the production of scratch-resistant electrically conductive coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Klaus Lerch, Udo Guntermann
  • Patent number: 5792558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the electrostatic lacquering of non-conductive surfaces. For this purpose, a layer of a conductive organic polymer from the class of the polypyrroles, polyanilines or polythiophenes is applied to the surface and this layer is then electrostatically lacquered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Jonas, Udo Guntermann, Klaus Lerch, Arthur Bohnke, Hans Basten, Peter Thometzek