Patents by Inventor Weiying Gao

Weiying Gao 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: 20160164005
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure where Q is a fused ring linkage having the formula In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, aryl, silyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cyano, vinyl, or allyl; R2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, alkyl, or aryl, or both R2 are an N-heterocycle; R3 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, cyano, alkyl or aryl; and a is the same or different at each occurrence and is an integer from 0-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: JERALD FELDMAN, Norman Herron, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Nora Sabina Radu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Weishi Wu, Ying Wang, Charles D. McLaren
  • Patent number: 9293716
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure where Q is a fused ring linkage having the formula In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, aryl, silyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, cyano, vinyl, or allyl; R2 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, alkyl, or aryl, or both R2 are an N-heterocycle; R3 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, cyano, alkyl or aryl; and a is the same or different at each occurrence and is an integer from 0-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jerald Feldman, Norman Herron, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Nora Sabina Radu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Kerwin D Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Weishi Wu, Ying Wang, Charles D McLaren
  • Patent number: 9276217
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive compound having Formula I In the formula: Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are the same or different and are aryl groups; R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl or aryl; a is an integer from 0-4. The compound has a LUMO level deeper than ?2.3 eV and a band gap of at least 2.9 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Weiying Gao, Norman Herron, Mark A Guidry
  • Patent number: 9260657
    Abstract: This invention relates to chrysene compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a chrysene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Weishi Wu, Norman Herron, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Weiying Gao
  • Publication number: 20160013413
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: NORMAN HERRON, VSEVOLOD ROSTOVTSEV, JEFFREY A. MERLO, MICHAEL HENRY HOWARD, JR., ADAM FENNIMORE, WEIYING GAO, KALINDI DOGRA, NORA SABINA RADU, WEISHI WU, ERIC MAURICE SMITH, DANIEL DAVID LECLOUX
  • Patent number: 9166174
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Norman Herron, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Kalindi Dogra, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Eric Maurice Smith, Daniel David Lecloux
  • Patent number: 9133095
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to chrysene compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a chrysene compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Weiying Gao, Norman Herron, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Vsevolod Rostovtsev
  • Patent number: 8968883
    Abstract: There is provided an electroluminescent composition. The composition includes a material having Formula I In Formula I: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected from D, alkyl, alkoxy, silyl, and siloxane, or adjacent R1 groups may be joined together to form a 5- or 6-membered aliphatic ring; Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl groups; a is an integer from 0 to 6; b is an integer from 0 to 2; and c is an integer from 0 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Weiying Gao, Jeffrey A. Merlo
  • Publication number: 20150048340
    Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula I In the formula: R1 can be aryl, alkyl, silyl, or deuterated analogs thereof; R2 can be aryl, alkyl, silyl, or deuterated analogs thereof; R3 can be H, D, alkyl, silyl, deuterated alkyl, or deuterated silyl; and R4 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, aryl, alkyl, silyl, deuterated aryl, deuterated alkyl, or deuterated silyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Norman Herron, Weiying Gao
  • Publication number: 20150028321
    Abstract: There is provided a compound having Formula I In the formula: Ar can be phenyl, biphenyl, or terphenyl, and can optionally have one or more substituents which can be D, alkyl, silyl, deuterated alkyl, or deuterated silyl; R1 can be alkyl, silyl, aryl, heteroaryl, deuterated alkyl, deuterated silyl, deuterated aryl, or deuterated heteroaryl; R2-R11 are the same or different and can be H, D, alkyl, silyl, deuterated alkyl, or deuterated silyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Norman Herron, Weiying Gao
  • Publication number: 20150021586
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated aryl-anthracene compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: DANIEL DAVID LECLOUX, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Hong Meng, Yulong Shen, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Eric Maurice Smith
  • Patent number: 8932733
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive composition. The composition has (a) a host material having Formula I and (b) an electroactive dopant capable of electroluminescence having an emission maximum between 500 and 700 nm. In Formula I: R1 to R8 are the same or different and can be H, alkyl, or alkoxy, or adjacent R groups may be joined together to form a 5- or 6-membered aliphatic ring, with the proviso that at least one of R1 to R8 is not H, Ar1 to Ar4 are the same or different and are aryl groups, A is the same or different at each occurrence and can be a single bond or a phenylene group, and a and b are the same or different and are an integer of 0-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Weiying Gao, Dean T. Deibler, Vsevolod Rostovtsev
  • Patent number: 8890131
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated aryl-anthracene compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Lecloux, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Hong Meng, Yulong Shen, Jeffrey A Merlo, Eric Maurice Smith
  • Patent number: 8759818
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated aryl-anthracene compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Daniel David LeCloux, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Hong Meng, Yulong Shen, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Eric Maurice Smith
  • Publication number: 20140001459
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic device having two electrical contact layers with a photoactive layer between them. The photoactive layer has a single component which is a compound having Formula I: In Formula I: R1 through R8 are the same or different at each occurrence and are H, D, alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, siloxane, or silyl; Ar1 and Ar2 are the same or different and are aryl groups; and Ar3 and Ar4 are the same or different and are H, D, or aryl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Weiying Gao
  • Patent number: 8617720
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive composition including: a deuterated first host material and an electroluminescent dopant material. The first host is a compound having Formula I: The compound of Formula I is deuterated. In Formula I: Ar1 to Ar4 are the same or different and are aryl; Q is a multivalent aryl group or where T is (CR?)a, SiR2, S, SO2, PR, PO, PO2, BR, or R; R is the same or different at each occurrence and is an alkyl group or an ary group; R? is the same or different at each occurrence and is selected H, D, or alkyl; a is an integer from 1-6; and m is an integer from 0-6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael Henry Howard, Jr., Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Weiying Gao, Norman Herron, Eric Maurice Smith, Christina M. Older, Adam Fennimore, Ying Wang, Daniel David Lecloux, Kalindi Dogra, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Jerald Feldman, Siddhartha Shenoy
  • Publication number: 20130299807
    Abstract: There is provided an electroactive composition including (a) a host, (b) a dopant, and (c) an additive having Formula I In Formula I, E is the same or different at each occurrence and is N or C—Ar1 and Ar1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is H, D, or aryl. At least one E=N, and at least one Ar1 is aryl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Weiying Gao
  • Publication number: 20130299801
    Abstract: This invention relates to deuterated compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: NORMAN HERRON, Vsevolod Rostovtsev, Jeffrey A. Merlo, Michael Henry Howard, JR., Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Kalindi Dogra, Nora Sabina Radu, Weishi Wu, Eric Maurice Smith, Daniel David Lecloux
  • Publication number: 20130264561
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition including (a) a dopant, (b) a first host having at least one unit of Formula I, and (c) a second host compound. Formula I has the structure In Formula I: Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are the same or different and are H, D, or aryl groups. At least two of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are aryl and none of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 includes an indolocarbazole moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Mark A. Guidry, Norman Herron, Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M. Rossi, Gabriel C. Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20130264560
    Abstract: There is provided a compound having at least one unit of Formula I where Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are the same or different and have Formula II In Formula II: R1 is the same or different at each occurrence and is D, alkyl, or silyl, or adjacent R1 groups can be joined together to form a 6-membered fused aromatic ring; Q is the same or different at each occurrence and is phenyl, naphthyl, substituted naphthyl, an N,O,S-heterocycle, or a deuterated analog thereof; a is an integer from 1-5; b is an integer from 0-5, with the proviso that when b=5, c=0; and c is an integer from 0-4. In the compound not all Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kerwin D. Dobbs, Adam Fennimore, Weiying Gao, Mark A Guidry, Norman Herron, Nora Sabina Radu, Gene M Rossi, Gabriel C Schumacher