Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Hierse

Wolfgang Hierse 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: 20230417688
    Abstract: Described herein is a sample holder for use in the Crystalline Sponge (CS) method of introducing an analyte in a CS crystalline material for for use during the entire method of soaking (i.e. introducing the analyte into the crystallographic structure analysis of the analyte. The sample holder is suitable CS crystalline material and any subsequent steps including the X-ray crystallographic analysis of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Wolfgang Hierse
  • Publication number: 20220276186
    Abstract: The invention provides a sample preparation method (100) comprising: providing a sample (10) comprising an organic molecule (20), wherein the organic molecule (20) comprises a target group (21), wherein the target group (21) is a nucleophilic group and/or an acidic group; a derivatization stage (110) comprising: derivatizing the target group (21) of the organic molecule (20) with a moiety (31) comprising one or more of (i) a hydrocarbon comprising group and (ii) a 3rd period atom comprising group, wherein the 3rd period atom is selected from the group consisting of Si, P, and S, thereby providing a derivatized organic molecule (30); a separation stage (120) comprising: subjecting the sample (10) to a separation process to provide a fraction (35) comprising the derivatized organic molecule (30); and a preparation stage (130) comprising: introducing the derivatized organic molecule (30) into a porous single crystal (40), to provide a derivatized organic molecule doped porous single crystal (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventor: WOLFGANG HIERSE
  • Patent number: 10125214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units having partially fluorinated substituents, to mixtures and formulations comprising the polymers according to the invention, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention as functional materials in electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: René Peter Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Patent number: 9115062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing fluorinated end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Eckhard Claus, Jan Krause, Melanie Kleineidam, Steffen Schellenberger, Andreas Bathe
  • Patent number: 8846922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functionalized fluoroalkylfluorophosphate salts, in particular as ionic liquids, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Theo Hoge, Anne Julia Bader, Nikolai Mykola Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Wolfgang Hierse, Waldemar Wiebe, Helge Willner
  • Publication number: 20130269568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing Rf end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds. The claimed compounds fall under the following formula: (I), Two examples of claimed compound are: (II), (III).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Claus, Melanie Kleineidam, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Publication number: 20130197228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functionalised fluoroalkylfluorophosphate salts, in particular as ionic liquids, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Berthold Theo Hoge, Anne Julia Bader, Nikolai Mykola Ignatyev, Michael Schulte, Wolfgang Hierse, Waldemar Wiebe, Helge Willner
  • Patent number: 8338507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phosphinic acids and/or phosphonic acids and salts thereof for wetting fluorine compounds, in particular fluoropolymers, to the use in coating solutions comprising fluorine compounds, and to polymerisation processes in which fluorine compounds are used and/or formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev
  • Patent number: 8282808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phosphinic acids and/or phosphonic acids and salts thereof, preferably as surface-active compounds, in redox processes, in particular in electroplating technology, particularly preferably in electroplating baths, and to electroplating baths comprising these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai Ignatyev
  • Publication number: 20120142855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units having partially fluorinated substituents, to mixtures and formulations comprising the polymers according to the invention, to a process for the preparation of the polymers according to the invention, and to the use of the polymers according to the invention as functional materials in electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH Patents & Scientific Information
    Inventors: René P. Scheurich, Junyou Pan, Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Rémi Manouk Anèmian, Susanne Heun, Thomas Eberle, Aurélie Ludemann, Herwig Buchholz, Wolfgang Hierse
  • Publication number: 20120111233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing fluorinated end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Eckhard Claus, Jan Krause, Melanie Kleineidam, Steffen Schellenberger, Andreas Bathe
  • Patent number: 8067625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fatty acid esters of polyols or sulfonated fatty acid esters or sulfonated fatty acid amides containing at least one group Y, where Y stands for CF3—(CH2)a—O—, SF5—, CF3—(CH2)a—S—, CF3CF2S—, [CF3—(CH2)a]2N— or [CF3—(CH2)a]NH—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, or formula (I), where Rf stands for CF3—(CH2)r—, CF3—(CH2)r—O—, CF3—(CH2)r—S—, CF3CF2—S—, SF5—(CH2)t— or [CF3—(CH2)r]2N—, [CF3—(CH2)r]NH— or (CF3)2N—(CH2)r—, B stands for a single bond, O, NH, NR, CH2, C(O)—O, C(O), S, CH2—O, O—C(O), N—C(O), C(O)—N, O—C(O)—N, N—C(O)—N, O—SO2 or SO2—O, R stands for alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms, b stands for 0 or 1 and c stands for 0 or 1, q stands for 0 or 1, where at least one radical from b and q stands for 1, and r stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to uses of these surface-active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Patent number: 8049022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fatty acid alkanolamides or polyolamides containing at least one group Y, where Y stands for CF3—(CH2)a—O—, SF5—, CF3—(CH2)a—S—, CF3CF2S—, [CF3—(CH2)a]2N— or [CF3—(CH2)a]NH—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, or formula (I), where Rf stands for CF3—(CH2)r—, CF3—(CH2)r—O—, CF3—(CH2)r—S—, CF3CF2—S—, SF5—(CH2)r— or [CF3—(CH2)r]2N—, [CF3—(CH2)r]NH— or (CF3)2N—(CH2)r—, B stands for a single bond, O, NH, NR, CH2, C(O)—O, C(O), S, CH2—O, O—C(O), N—C(O), C(O)—N, O—C(O)—N, N—C(O)—N, O—SO2 or SO2—O, R stands for alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms, b stands for 0 or 1 and c stands for 0 or 1, q stands for 0 or 1, where at least one radical from b and q stands for 1, and r stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to uses of these surface-active compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Publication number: 20110118428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds containing CF3O end groups, to the use thereof as surface-active substances, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankterhaftung
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Eckhard Claus, Melanie Kleineidam, Peer Kirsch, Elvira Montenegro, Martin Seidel
  • Publication number: 20110088594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formulae (I), (II) and (III), to the use of compounds containing at least one perfluoro-tert-butoxy group and at least one substituted or unsubstituted aromatic end group as surface-active agent, and to a process for the preparation of compounds of the formula (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Eckhard Claus, Fanny Schooren, Martin Seidel, Wolfgang Hierse, Peer Kirsch
  • Publication number: 20110082312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds containing CF3O groups using compounds containing at least one group Y, in which Y=—Hal, —OSO2(CF2)zF, —OSO2CzH2z+1 (z=1-10), —OSO2F, —OSO2Cl, —OC(O)CF3— or —OSO2Ar, to a process for the preparation of compounds containing CF3O groups using KOCF3 and/or RbOCF3, and to novel compounds containing CF3O groups, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT DESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Wolfgang Hierse, Martin Seidel, Andreas Bathe, Jens Schroeter, Karsten Koppe, Thorsten Meier, Peter Barthen, Walter Frank
  • Publication number: 20100273921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phosphinic acids and/or phosphonic acids and salts thereof for wetting fluorine compounds, in particular fluoropolymers, to the use in coating solutions comprising fluorine compounds, and to polymerisation processes in which fluorine compounds are used and/or formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev
  • Publication number: 20100152081
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds comprising an aryl sulfonate group, a spacer and a Y group, wherein Y represents CF3—(CH2)a—O—, SF5—, CF3—(CH2)a—S—, CF3CF2S—, [CF3—(CH2)a]2N— or [CF3—(CH2)a]NH—, a represents a whole number selected from the range of 0 to 5 or (formula I), Rf represents CF3—(CH2)r—, CF3—(CH2)r—O—, CF3—(CH2)r—S—, CF3CF2—S—, SF5—(CH2)r— or [CF3—(CH2)r]2N—, [CF3—(CH2)r]NH— or (CF3)2N—(CH2)r—, B represents a simple bond, O, NH, NR, CH2, C(O)—O, C(O), S, CH2—O, O—C(O), N—C(O)1C(O)—N, O—C(O)—N, N—C(O)—N, O—SO2 or SO2—O, R represents alkyl having 1 to 4 C-atoms, b represents 0 or 1 and c represents 0 or 1, q represents 0 or 1, at least one radical from b and q represents 1, and r represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said compounds and to the uses of said surface-active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Publication number: 20090320718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of end groups Y, where Y stands for CF3(CH2)aS— or CF3CF2S— or [CF3—(CH2)a]2N—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, as end group in surface-active compounds, to corresponding novel compounds, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Publication number: 20090312432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fatty acid alkanolamides or polyolamides containing at least one group Y, where Y stands for CF3—(CH2)a—O—, SF5—, CF3—(CH2)a—S—, CF3CF2S—, [CF3—(CH2)a]2N— or [CF3—(CH2)a]NH—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, or formula (I), where Rf stands for CF3—(CH2)r—, CF3—(CH2)r—O—, CF3—(CH2)r—S—, CF3CF2—S—, SF5—(CH2)r— or (CH2)r]2N—, [CF3—(CH2)r]NH— or (CF3)2N—(CH2)r—, B stands for a single bond, O, NH, NR, CH2, C(O)—O, C(O), S, CH2—O, O—C(O), N—C(O), C(O)—N, O—C(O)—N, N—C(O)—N, O—SO2 or SO2—O, R stands for alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms, b stands for 0 or 1 and c stands for 0 or 1, q stands for 0 or 1, where at least one radical from b and q stands for 1, and r stands for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to uses of these surface-active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe