Patents by Inventor Zhiqiang Ji

Zhiqiang Ji 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: 20250145648
    Abstract: An OLED including an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic layer includes a compound having the formula [LA]3-nIr[LB]n is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhiqiang JI, Jui-Yi TSAI, Lichang ZENG, Alexey Borisovich DYATKIN, Walter YEAGER, Eric MARGULIES, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT
  • Patent number: 12295262
    Abstract: The present invention relates in part to compounds containing indolocarbazole and terphenyl building blocks. These compounds are useful for application in organic electroluminescent devices wherein the combination of indolocarbazoles with terphenyl groups leads to novel compounds that demonstrate superior device performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Lichang Zeng, Zhiqiang Ji, Walter Yeager, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Chuanjun Xia
  • Patent number: 12286447
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds including a ligand LA having a structure of Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chun Shih, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Jui-Yi Tsai, Zhiqiang Ji
  • Publication number: 20250129110
    Abstract: A compound comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, each of moiety A, moiety B, and moiety C is ring or a polycyclic fused ring system; each of X and Z1 to Z5 is C or N; Y is N, B, and P; each of K1 and K2 is a direct bond or a linker; each R?, R?, RA, RB, and RC is hydrogen or a General Substituent defined herein; any two substituents can be joined or fused together to form a ring; and the ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M by the dashed lines. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang JI, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT, Derek Ian WOZNIAK, Alexey Borisovich DYATKIN
  • Publication number: 20250133951
    Abstract: Please replace the Abstract with the following replacement version which is marked up to show the changes. A compound comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I, is provided. In the compound, moiety B is a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring system; each of X1 to X6 is C or N; K is a direct bond or a linking group; at least one RA comprises silyl or germyl; any RA that is silyl or germyl does not form a 5-membered ring with another RA; each substituent is hydrogen or a General Substituents defined herein; the first ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M by the dashed lines. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang JI, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT
  • Publication number: 20250133953
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising a ligand which is at least a two-dentate ligand which comprises at least one 5-membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring, the nitrogen of which is bonded to the central metal atom. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Walter Yeager, Jui-Yi Tsai, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Wei-Chun Shih, Eric A. Margulies, Zhiqiang Ji, Tongxiang Lu, Elena Sheina
  • Patent number: 12281129
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds including a ligand LA of the following Formula I Also provided are formulations including these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: George Fitzgerald, Joseph A. Macor, Jason Brooks, Hsiao-Fan Chen, Geza Szigethy, Diana Drennan, Wystan Neil Palmer, Wei-Chun Shih, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Zhiqiang Ji, Woo-Young So, Noah Horwitz
  • Publication number: 20250122233
    Abstract: A compound comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I?, or Formula I*: In Formula I? or Formula I*, all the variables are defined herein; and LA is coordinated to a metal M. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang JI, Derek Ian WOZNIAK, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT, Tongxiang LU, Alexey Borisovich DYATKIN, Jerald FELDMAN
  • Patent number: 12279520
    Abstract: Provided are transition metal compounds having 1,2,3-triazine. Also provided are formulations comprising these transition metal compounds having 1,2,3-triazine. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these transition metal compounds having 1,2,3-triazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Zhiqiang Ji
  • Patent number: 12279516
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula Ir(LA)2LC where: each ligand LA can be the same or different and has Formula I Also provided are formulations comprising these iridium complexes comprising pyridine-azole ligands. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these iridium complexes comprising pyridine-azole ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chun Shih, Zhiqiang Ji, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault
  • Publication number: 20250120301
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising a ligand comprising at least two moieties A and B which are linked by a linking group L2, wherein the ligand is coordinated to a central metal atom M. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Wystan Neil Palmer, Jui-Yi Tsai, Wei-Chun Shih, Zhiqiang Ji
  • Patent number: 12274157
    Abstract: A compound is disclosed that has a metal coordination complex structure having at least two ligands coordinated to the metal; wherein the compound has a first substituent R1 at one of the ligands' periphery; wherein a first distance is defined as the distance between the metal and one of the atoms in R1 where that atom is the farthest away from the metal among the atoms in R1; wherein the first distance is also longer than any other atom-to-metal distance between the metal and any other atoms in the compound; and wherein when a sphere having a radius r is defined whose center is at the metal and the radius r is the smallest radius that will allow the sphere to enclose all atoms in the compound that are not part of R1, the first distance is longer than the radius r by at least 2.9 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric A. Margulies, Zhiqiang Ji, Jui-Yi Tsai, Chun Lin, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Mingjuan Su, Bin Ma, Michael S. Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Lichang Zeng, Walter Yeager, Alan Deangelis, Chuanjun Xia
  • Patent number: 12274158
    Abstract: A compound including a first ligand LA having a structure of Formula I is disclosed. The compound is useful a an emitter dopants in OLEDs for enhancing the OLED performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun Lin, Zhiqiang Ji
  • Publication number: 20250113724
    Abstract: A compound comprising a first ligand LA comprising a structure of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, each of moiety A, moiety B, and moiety C is a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring system, where moiety A and moiety C comprise a nitrogen and moiety C is aromatic; each of Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 is C or N; each of K1 and K2 is a direct bond or a linker; Y is a linking group; each R, R?, RA, RB, RC, R?, and R? is hydrogen or a General Substituent defined herein; and the first ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang JI, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT
  • Publication number: 20250084114
    Abstract: A compound having a first ligand LA of Formula I, In Formula I, each of moiety B and moiety C is a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring system; each of Z1, X1, and X2 is C or N; K is a direct bond or a linker; each R?, R?, RA, RB, and RC is hydrogen or a General Substituents defined herein; at least one RA comprises an electron-withdrawing group, a silyl group, or a germyl group; LA is coordinated to a metal M, having an atomic mass of at least 40; and any two substituents may be joined or fused to form a ring. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang JI, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT
  • Patent number: 12250872
    Abstract: Provided is a new composition of matter for phosphorescent emitters containing a chelating ligand comprised of a fused heterocyclic structure containing boron. The disclosed ligands form two bonds to the metal forming a 6-membered chelate and can be further substituted to form tridentate or tetradentate ligands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jui-Yi Tsai, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Jerald Feldman, Zhiqiang Ji, Hsiao-Fan Chen, Tyler Fleetham, Sean Michael Ryno, Rasha Hamze, Morgan C. Macinnis
  • Patent number: 12247041
    Abstract: An OLED including an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic layer includes a compound having the formula [LA]3-nIr[LB]n is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Ji, Jui-Yi Tsai, Lichang Zeng, Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Walter Yeager, Eric Margulies, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault
  • Publication number: 20250081837
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds comprising two moieties A and B which are each independently a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring structure, wherein the monocyclic ring or each ring of the polycyclic fused ring structure is independently a 5-membered to 10-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring which are linked by a direct bond and which are further bridged by a linker comprising two groups which are each independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, Se, NR, BR, BRR?, PR, CR, C?O, C?NR, C?CRR?, C?S, CRR?, SO, SO2, P(O)R, SiRR?, and GeRR?. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Zhiqiang Ji, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Walter Yeager, Derek Ian Wozniak, Wei-Chun Shih, Hsiao-Fan Chen, Elena Sheina, Peter Wolohan, Wystan Neil Palmer
  • Patent number: 12240865
    Abstract: A compound comprising a first bidentate ligand LA, wherein LA comprises a structure of Formula I; wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR, BR, CRKRL, C?CRKRL, SiRKRL, —CRKRLCRMRN—, —SiRKRLSiRMRN—, —CRKRLO—, —SiRKRLO—, and —CRK?CRL—; wherein ring A, ring B, and ring C are each independently a 5-membered carbocyclic ring, 5-membered heterocyclic ring, 6-membered carbocyclic ring or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; wherein LA is coordinated to a metal M forming a 5-membered chelate ring; wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Ir, Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Os, Re, Cu, Ag, and Au; wherein RA, RB, and RC each represent mono to the maximum allowable substitution, or no substitution; wherein each R, RK, RL, RM, RN, RA, RB, and RC is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, germyl, boryl, selenyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventors: Alexey Borisovich Dyatkin, Jui-Yi Tsai, Walter Yeager, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Zhiqiang Ji, Alan DeAngelis
  • Patent number: 12239013
    Abstract: Provided is an OLED structure includes an organic layer having a primary phosphorescent emitter and a first host; where one of the following conditions is true: (1) the organic layer further includes a secondary emitter; or (2) the OLED further includes a second organic layer where the second organic layer includes a secondary emitter. The primary phosphorescent emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?600 nm and ?750 nm; the secondary emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?750 nm; the primary phosphorescent emitter is capable of transferring energy to the secondary emitter; the first host has a lowest excited state triplet energy T1 that is at least 0.1 eV higher than that of the primary phosphorescent emitter; the primary phosphorescent emitter has the formula Pt(L1)m; L1 can represent one or more ligands that are the same or different; each L1 is independently monodentate or multidentate; and m represents a maximum possible number of ligands L1 that can coordinate to Pt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric A. Margulies, Zhiqiang Ji, Nicholas J. Thompson, Geza Szigethy, Michael S. Weaver, Jerald Feldman