From Boron-containing Reactant Patents (Class 528/394)
  • Patent number: 11939429
    Abstract: Infrared-transparent polymers, useful for LWIR and/or MWIR transparency, are disclosed. The disclosed infrared-transparent polymers are low-cost, damage-resistant, and economically scalable to commercially relevant substrate areas (1 ft2 and greater). In some disclosed infrared-transparent polymers, the carbon-free polymer backbone contains a plurality of polymer repeat units of the form wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyls, hydroxyl, amino, urea, thiol, thioether, amino alkyls, carboxylates, metals, metal-containing groups, and deuterated forms or combinations thereof; wherein R2 is (independently from R1) selected from the group consisting of alkyls, hydroxyl, amino, urea, thiol, thioether, amino alkyls, carboxylates, metals, metal-containing groups, and deuterated forms or combinations thereof; wherein n is selected from 2 to about 10,000; and wherein the carbon-free polymer backbone is linear, cyclic, branched, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Adam F. Gross, Ashley M. Dustin, Andrew P. Nowak, April R. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11472917
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of organic supermolecules, and specifically discloses a 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) polymer capable of supramolecular assembly with carbon-based materials, and a preparation method thereof. The polymer of the present invention is a polymer with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-2-acetylene as the main chain and alkoxy as the side chain. The polymer is prepared as follows: subjecting EDOT to bromination, to give 2,5-dibromo-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene; then reacting 2,5-dibromo-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and trimethylsilyl acetylene (TMSA) to give bis(trimethylsilyl)-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene; removing trimethylsilyl (TMS) protecting groups from the bis(trimethylsilyl)-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, and subjecting the obtained compound and 2,5-dibromo-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene to Sonogashira coupling to give an EDOT polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUDAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Biao Kong, Lei Xie, Jichao Li, Jie Zeng
  • Patent number: 11420870
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for directly synthesizing sodium borohydride by solid-state ball milling at room temperature, which comprises: performing solid-state ball milling on a mixture of a reducing agent and a reduced material by using a ball mill under room temperature, and performing purification to obtain sodium borohydride. The reducing agent comprises one or more of magnesium, magnesium hydride, aluminum, calcium, and magnesium silicide. The reduced material is sodium metaborate containing crystallization water or sodium metaborate, or is a mixture of sodium metaborate containing crystallization water and sodium metaborate. The solid-state milling is performed in a mixed atmosphere of argon and hydrogen, or an argon atmosphere, or a hydrogen atmosphere. The present invention has a simple process, a controllable and adjustable reaction procedure, mild reaction conditions, low energy consumption, low costs, high yield, no pollution, good safety, and easy industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Liuzhang Ouyang, Hao Zhong, Wei Chen, Hui Wang, Jiangwen Liu, Min Zhu
  • Patent number: 11242247
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a metal borohydride and/or H2, including: A. producing a metal borohydride in a synthesis process, in which H2 is a reactant and the reaction further takes metal hydroxide and boron oxide or further takes metal boron oxide; B. producing H2 in a chemical reaction process, in which metal borohydride produced in step A and H2O are reactants, the amount of H2 produced in step B being larger than the amount of H2 required as a reactant in step A for the same amounts of metal borohydride as a reactant and a reaction product in steps B and A, respectively; and C. providing H2 produced in step C to step A, and repeating steps A, B and C. Part of the metal borohydride and/or H2 is withdrawn while leaving an amount of metal borohydride and H2, respectively, so as to allow repeating steps A-C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: H2FUEL CASCADE B.V.
    Inventor: Gerardus Wilhelmus Lugtigheid
  • Patent number: 10227531
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing bromine-containing polymers, comprising a Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction of pentabromobenzyl halide with a polymer reactant which contains one or more six-membered aromatic ring(s) in its repeat unit, in the presence of at least one Friedel-Crafts catalyst. The so-formed bromine-containing polymers, having pendent —CH2C6Br5 groups attached to at least a portion of the six-membered aromatic rings of the polymer, with a carbon ring atom of said six-membered aromatic ring being bonded to the aliphatic carbon of said —CH2C6Br5 pendent group, are also provided. These bromine-containing polymers are useful as flame retarding agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Bromine Compounds Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Gelmont, Michael Yuzefovich, David Yoffe, Renata Yelizarov, Ron Frim, Lior Melamed
  • Patent number: 9586978
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Mary E. Bellizzi, David A. Betebenner, Jean C. Califano, William A. Carroll, Daniel D. Caspi, David A. DeGoey, Pamela L. Donner, Charles A. Flentge, Yi Gao, Charles W. Hutchins, Douglas K. Hutchinson, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Warren M. Kati, Ryan G. Keddy, Allan C. Krueger, Wenke Li, Dachun Liu, Clarence J. Maring, Mark A. Matulenko, Christopher E. Motter, Lissa T. Nelson, Sachin V. Patel, John K. Pratt, John T. Randolph, Todd W. Rockway, Kathy Sarris, Michael D. Tufano, Seble H. Wagaw, Rolf Wagner, Kevin R. Woller
  • Patent number: 9525134
    Abstract: There is provided a hole transport compound having Formula I In Formula I: Ar1-Ar3 are selected from the group consisting of aryl groups and deuterated aryl groups; with the proviso that Ar1 is not the same as Ar2, E is the same or different at each occurrence, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1. There is also a hole transport compound having Formula II In Formula II: Ar4-Ar7 are the same or different and are aryl groups or deuterated aryl groups; E1 is the same or different at each occurrence; R1-R5 are the same or different at each occurrence; a-e are the same or different and are in integer from 0-4; m is an integer from 0-6; o is an integer greater than or equal to 1. There is also provided an organic electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Nora Sabina Radu, Adam Fennimore, Tiffany N. Hoerter, Gene M Rossi
  • Patent number: 9450195
    Abstract: Phosphorescent metal complexes comprising a pendant redox-active metallocene are disclosed. These complexes are useful as emitters for phosphorescent OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Yi Tsai, Chuanjun Xia
  • Patent number: 9394279
    Abstract: Compounds effective in inhibiting replication of Hepatitis C virus (“HCV”) are described. This invention also relates to processes of making such compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat HCV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Allan C. Krueger, Warren M. Kati, William A. Carroll, John K. Pratt, Douglas K. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 9328126
    Abstract: Embodiments of norbornenylhydrocarbylene dihydrocarbylboranes represented by the Formula (I), and methods of forming such norbornenylhydrocarbylene dihydrocarbylboranes are provided, where m is 0, 1 or 2, A is a C2 to C12 hydrocarbylene group; R1 and R2 are independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C12 hydrocarbyl, substituted or unsubstituted, monocyclic or bicyclic C5 to C7 rings, and R1 and R2, taken together with the boron atom to which they are attached, can form a monocyclic or bicyclic ring; wherein the norbornenylhydrocarbylene dihydrocarbylboranes of Formula (I) are subject to the proviso that 9-norbornenylethyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane is not included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bell, Keitaro Seto, Stephen Westcott, Robert G Potter
  • Patent number: 9293709
    Abstract: A polymer, for use in an organic light emitting device, comprises asymmetrically substituted repeat units of formula (I (a)): wherein R7 represents a substituent bound to the 9-carbon atom of the fluorene ring through a non-aromatic carbon atom, R8, R9 and R11 independently in each occurrence represent H or a substituent with the proviso that at least one R8 is not H; R10 independently in each occurrence is a substituent; and t in each occurrence is independently 0, 1, 2 or 3. R7 is preferably a linear alkyl substituted with one or more groups —(Ar6)w, wherein each Ar6 independently represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group, and w is at least 1, for example 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology, Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventor: Jonathan Pillow
  • Patent number: 9206202
    Abstract: A carbazole derivative represented by the following General Formula (1) where at least one aromatic ring has one to three substituents each represented by the following General Formula (2): in General Formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group which may form a ring with a benzene ring, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylsilyl group, or a hydrogen atom, and Ar3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, —X—Y—Z??(2) in General Formula (2), X represents a methylene group, a carbonyloxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbonyl group, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Y represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group, and Z represents a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group or a thiol group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Harada, Masaomi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9109081
    Abstract: A method for producing an aromatic polymer comprising polycondensing an aromatic compound of the following formula (I) in the presence of a palladium complex containing a phosphine compound of the following formula (II): (wherein, Ar represents an aromatic ring-containing bi-functional organic group. X represents a halogen atom, nitro group or group of the formula —SO3Q (wherein, Q represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group). Y represents an oxygen atom, sulfur atom or the like, and n represents 0 or 1. M represents a hydrogen atom, —B(OQ1)2 or the like (Q1 represents a hydrogen atom or hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yokozawa, Kazuei Ohuchi, Yasuhiro Kubota, Hideyuki Higashimura
  • Patent number: 9040718
    Abstract: Compounds (including polymers) for use in hybrid host materials which can be used in electroluminescent devices. The compounds comprise at least one electron-transporting moiety and at least one hole-transporting moiety which are joined by a flexible linker. Hybrid host materials comprising the compounds exhibit stability against phase separation, elevated glass transition temperature, morphological stability against crystallization, and isolation of the electron transporting moiety and hole transporting moiety ?-systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Rochester
    Inventors: Shaw H. Chen, Lichang Zeng, Thomas Yung-Hsin Lee
  • Patent number: 9040176
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including: a substrate; a display unit on the substrate; and an encapsulation layer covering the display unit, the encapsulation layer having an alternating stack structure of an organic layer and an inorganic layer, and the organic layer including a polymer polymerized from monomers of Formula 1 and Formula 2:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Jin Kim, Chul-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 9029449
    Abstract: A polymeric composition comprising: a reaction product (c) produced by reacting an organic silane compound (a) represented by the formula: R4-n—Si—(OR?)n [wherein R represents an organic group containing an amino group; R? represents a methyl group, an ethyl group or a propyl group; and n represents an integer selected from 1 to 3] with at least one boron compound (b) selected from the group consisting of H3BO3 and B2O3; and a condensation product (d) of a metal alkoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Tamura
  • Patent number: 9023978
    Abstract: A material capable of luminescence comprising a polymer or oligomer and an organometallic group, wherein the polymer or oligomer is at least partially conjugated and the organometallic group is covalently bound to the polymer or oligomer and at least one of the nature, location, and proportion of the polymer or oligomer and of the organometallic group in the material are selected so that the luminescence predominantly is phosphorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Bruce Holmes, Albertus Sandee, Charlotte Williams, Annette Koehler, Nick Evans
  • Patent number: 8980443
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element which can be produced by a wet process, has improved laminated structure, and also has improved external quantum efficiency and an improved service life. The organic electroluminescent element comprises at least an anode; a cathode and a laminated structure intercalated between the anode and the cathode, all of which are arranged on a substrate, wherein the laminated structure has at least four layers formed by a wet process, and wherein the layers produced by the wet process include at least a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer and a light-emitting layer. The organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that the hole injection layer comprises an electrically conductive polymer, the hole transport layer comprises a polymeric compound having a repeating unit represented by general formula (1), and the polymeric compound has a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 200,000 in terms of polystyrene content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Murota, Toshihiko Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8916677
    Abstract: A monomer of formula (III): wherein X is a polymerisable group Ar, Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R1 represents H or a substituent; and Z represents a direct bond or a divalent linking atom or group, wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are linked by a single bond or a divalent linking group selected from CR1R2, SiR1R2, PR1, NR1, O and S wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen; optionally substituted alkyl wherein one or more non-adjacent C atoms may be replaced with O, S, N, C?O and —COO—; alkoxy, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl and heteroarylalkyl. Ar1 and Ar2 are preferably linked by an oxygen atom, and Ar1 and/or Ar2 may be fused to their respective adjacent Ar groups. Ar1 and its adjacent Ar group and/or Ar2 and its adjacent Ar group are optionally fused to form a fluorene unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Mary McKiernan, Thomas Pounds
  • Publication number: 20140316101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-pot synthesis for an SiBNC preceramic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Jakob Wilfert, Martin Jansen
  • Patent number: 8865858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a composite material composed of a) at least one oxidic phase and b) an organic polymer phase. The copolymerization of at least one compound of the formula I [(ArO)mMOnRrHp]q??(I) in which M is B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As or Sb, Ar is phenyl or naphthyl, R is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, where aryl is unsubstituted or may have one or more substituents, with formaldehyde or formaldehyde equivalents, in a reaction medium which is essentially anhydrous, to obtain a composite material having an arrangement of phase domains similar to those nanocomposite materials obtainable by twin polymerization, and to the use of the composite material for production of gas storage materials, rubber mixtures, low-K dielectrics and electrode materials for lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Arno Lange, Gerhard Cox, Hannes Wolf, Szilard Csihony
  • Patent number: 8860007
    Abstract: The invention relates to organic semiconductive polymers comprising a new backbone system, monomers for the preparation of such polymers, methods for the preparation of such polymers and the use of such polymers in organic optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Carl Towns, Ian Rees, Ilaria Grizzi, Mary Mckiernan, Paul Wallace, Thomas Pounds, Clare Foden, Sophie Heidenhain
  • Patent number: 8829065
    Abstract: Porous networks are described linked by boronates. Also described are processes for producing the porous networks. The porous networks are formed by reacting a polyboronic acid with itself or with a polydiol, a polydiamine, or a polyamino alcohol. The resulting boronate linkage is covalently bonded. The characteristics and properties of the resulting porous material can be varied and altered by changing the reactants and by incorporating functional groups into the reactants. Of particular advantage, the porous materials can be formed at or near atmospheric pressure and at low temperature in the presence of one or more solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: John J. Lavigne, R. William Tilford
  • Patent number: 8765903
    Abstract: A carbazole polymer containing a repeating unit represented by a chemical structure 1: where R represents an aliphatic or alicyclic bifunctional group, Ar represents an aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic ring bifunctional group, and Ar1 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon or heterocyclic ring monofunctional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaomi Sasaki, Shigeyuki Harada, Takashi Okada, Toshiya Sagisaka
  • Patent number: 8703902
    Abstract: Polymerizable ionic liquid monomers and their corresponding polymers (poly(ionic liquid)s) are created and found to exhibit high absorption of radio frequency electromagnetic radiation, particularly in the microwave and radar bands. These materials are useful for coating objects to make them less reflective of radio frequency radiation and for making objects that absorb radio frequency radiation and are of minimal reflectivity to radio frequency radiation. Free-radical and condensation polymerization approaches are used in the preparation of the poly(ionic liquids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: University of Wyoming
    Inventors: Maciej Radosz, Youqing Shen, Huadong Tang
  • Patent number: 8674046
    Abstract: A low dielectric constant material having an excellent water resistance obtained by heat-treating a borazine compound of the formula (1-2): or an inorganic or organic compound having a group derived from the borazine compound (1-2) to undergo a condensation reaction, thereby producing an oligomer or polymer, wherein R1 to R6 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, an alkenyl group, an amino group, an alkylamino group, an alkoxyl group, a thioalkoxyl group, a carbonyl group, a silyl group, an alkylsilyl group, a phosphino group, an alkylphosphino group, or a group of the formula: Si(OR7)(OR8)(OR9), and at least one of R1 to R6 is not hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideharu Nobutoki, Teruhiko Kumada, Toshiyuki Toyoshima, Naoki Yasuda, Suguru Nagae
  • Patent number: 8617724
    Abstract: A polymer compound that, when used for fabrication of a light emitting device, results in an excellent luminance lifetime for the obtained light emitting device. A polymer compound comprising a constitutional unit represented by formula (1). (In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent an unsubstituted alkyl group. R3 and R4 each independently represent a group other than an unsubstituted alkyl group. R5 and R6 each independently represent an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy or unsubstituted or substituted aryl group. The letters a and b each independently represent an integer of 0-4. The letters c and d each independently represent an integer of 0-3. When multiple R3, R4, R5 and R6 groups are present, they may be the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukushima, Kazuei Ohuchi, Brian Tierney, Natasha Conway, Mary McKiernan
  • Patent number: 8613979
    Abstract: A composition includes a boron-containing hydrogen silsesquioxane polymer having a structure that includes: silicon-oxygen-silicon units, and oxygen-boron-oxygen linkages in which the boron is trivalent, wherein two silicon-oxygen-silicon units are covalently bound by an oxygen-boron-oxygen linkage therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sina Maghsoodi, Shahrokh Motallebi, SangHak Lim, Meisam Movassat, Do-Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 8580392
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) having an improved lifetime and improved transport of negative charge carriers. The organic light-emitting diode is based on an organic semiconductor material, in which the transport of negative charge carriers and stability with respect to reduction is achieved with triarylated Lewis acid units, in particular perarylated borane units. This leads to an improved lifetime of the emission layer which in turn increases the lifetime of the component and eliminates the need for correcting brightness during operation. Furthermore, the invention relates to organic light-emitting diodes in which the position of the emission zone in the emitter layer and the color of the emission can be influenced in a targeted manner through triarylated Lewis acids such as perarylated borane units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Heuser, Arvid Hunze, Andreas Kanitz, Wolfgang Rogler, Debora Henseler
  • Patent number: 8501902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coupling thiophene or selenophene compounds, in particular for preparing conjugated thiophene or selenophene polymers with high molecular weight and high regioregularity, and to novel polymers prepared by this process. The invention further relates to the use of the novel polymers as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), thin film transistors (TFT), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices. The invention further relates to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Steven Tierney, Martin Heeney, Weimin Zhang, Simon Higgins, Iain Liversedge
  • Patent number: 8502199
    Abstract: A semiconductive conjugated polymer comprising a first repeat unit comprising general formula I: where Ar1, Ar3, and Ar5 are the same or different and wherein each represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; Ar2 and Ar4 are the same or different and each represent a substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and Ar2 and Ar4 sterically interact with one another so as to cause an increase in the bandgap of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Brian Tierney, Mark Leadbeater, Nalinkumar Patel, Clare L. Foden, Natasha M. Conway, Mary J. McKiernan
  • Patent number: 8501887
    Abstract: A radical polymerizable composition includes a radical polymerizable compound and an organoborane-azole complex. The organoborane-azole complex includes an azole having at least two nitrogen atoms wherein at least one nitrogen atom is an sp3 nitrogen atom and is substituted. A method of forming the composition includes the step of combining the radical polymerizable compound and the organoborane-azole complex to form the composition. The method also includes the step of polymerizing the composition. A composite article which includes a substrate and a cured composition disposed on the substrate is also provided. The cured composition is formed from polymerization of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, Gang Lu
  • Patent number: 8492007
    Abstract: A metal complex which has a metal complex structure showing light emission from triplet excited state, and has a monovalent group derived from carbazole, and a light-emitting device using said metal complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company
    Inventors: Satoshi Kobayashi, Shuji Doi, Satoshi Mikami
  • Patent number: 8481175
    Abstract: An oligofluorene compound is represented by the General Formula (1) below wherein in Formula (1) P1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; P2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted 2-naphthyl group; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n represents integer of 2 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryota Ooishi, Takao Takiguchi, Jun Kamatani, Tetsuya Kosuge, Shigemoto Abe
  • Patent number: 8475936
    Abstract: Organic compounds and organic electroluminescence devices employing the same are provided. The organic compound has a chemical structure represented as follows: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently an H, C1-8 alkyl group, C1-8 alkoxy group, C1-8 halo-alkyl group, aryl group, heteroaryl group, cycloalkyl group, hetero-cycloalkyl group, or cycloaliphatic group; Z is independently and R8 and R9 are each independent an aryl group, heteroaryl group, cycloalkyl group, hetero-cycloalkyl, or cycloaliphatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Heh-Lung Huang, Chi-Jen Lin, Teng-Chih Chao, Hao-Chun Lee, Chien-Hong Cheng
  • Patent number: 8454819
    Abstract: The present invention includes sensors and systems that include a sensor. A sensor includes a sensor polymer, where the polymer includes a repeating unit having an anilineboronic acid-phosphate complex or an anilineboronic acid complexed with an alcohol or diol. The sensor polymer may be a copolymer, such as a random copolymer, a block copolymer, or an alternate copolymer. The present invention also provides methods for using the sensors described herein, including methods for detecting the presence of an analyte, such as CO2, in a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Sureshraja Neethirajan, Michael S. Freund, Digvir J. Jayas
  • Patent number: 8445630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising a repeating unit of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent 5 solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schäfer, Beat Schmidhalter, Peter Murer, Kristina Bardon, Tobias Hintermann
  • Patent number: 8436197
    Abstract: The present invention is related to palladium complexes having substituted diarylideneacetone ligands and coupling and polymerization processes thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: West Chester University of Pennsylvania of the State System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Felix E Goodson, III
  • Patent number: 8420232
    Abstract: Disclosed are Binaphthyl-Arylamine Polymers having Formula I: In the Formula: Ar1 is an arylene; Ar2 is an aryl group; Ar3 is an arylene; Binap is a binaphthyl moiety; M is a conjugated moiety; and x, y and z are mole fractions such that x+y+z=1.0, with the proviso that x and y are not zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kyung-Ho Park, Nora Sabina Radu
  • Patent number: 8389130
    Abstract: A polymer for use in an opto-electrical device comprising aromatically conjugated repeat units of optionally substituted 9,9-dimethylfluorene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: CDT Oxford Limited
    Inventors: Ilaria Grizzi, Natasha Conway, Caroline Towns
  • Patent number: 8361636
    Abstract: A luminescent polymer comprising a triarylene repeat unit which comprises a triarylene of general formula (I) which is substituted or unsubstituted and an arylene repeat unit -[-Ar-]- that is different from the triarylene repeat unit wherein X, Y, and Z are each independently O, S, CR2, SiR2 or NR and each R is independently alkyl, aryl or H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Carl Towns, Richard O'Dell
  • Patent number: 8334058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the improvement of organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, by using compounds of the formula (1) as dopants in the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel, Horst Vestweber, Rocco Fortte
  • Patent number: 8298443
    Abstract: A method for producing a polymer comprising reacting a fluoride and a monomer having a boronic acid moiety, or a salt thereof, in acidic aqueous solution and/or in an aliphatic alcohol. Polymerization occurs with the addition of an oxidizing agent. The method may further comprise the step of purification of the polymer by centrifugation with 0.5 M HCl and/or dispersion of the polymer in a solvent. The polymer has a morphology tunable by changing the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Michael S. Freund, Bhavana A. Deore, Insun Yu
  • Patent number: 8289677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer suspension for providing a conductive polymer material having a high conductivity and a method for producing the same, and in particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR and a method for producing the same. The conductive polymer suspension is produced by: synthesizing a conductive polymer by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer giving the conductive polymer by using an oxidant in a solvent containing a dopant consisting of a low-molecular organic acid or a salt thereof; purifying the conductive polymer; and mixing the purified conductive polymer and an oxidant in an aqueous solvent containing a polyacid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Kobayakawa, Tomoki Nobuta, Naoki Takahashi, Yasuhisa Sugawara, Satoshi Suzuki, Toshihiko Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8277955
    Abstract: A compound for an organic EL device as a light-emitting material for use in an organic EL device is provided. The compound includes a polymer molecule containing a light-emitting molecule for determining a luminescent color region of the light-emitting material, and molecules represented by Formulas (1) to (4) as constituent units. (wherein R represents an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkylaryl group) (wherein R? represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, or an alkylaryl group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuji Fujita
  • Patent number: 8263735
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising at least one repeating unit selected from the group of repeating units shown by formula (1) or formula (2), wherein Ar1 to Ar4 represent an arylene group etc.; E1, E2, and E3 represent an aryl group (A) having three or more substituents, or a heterocyclic group (B) having one or more substituents, and the total number of substituents and hetero atoms of the heterocyclic ring is three or more; a and b represent 0 or 1, and 0<=a+b<=1, wherein Ar5 to Ar10 and Ar11 represent an arylene group etc.; E4 to E9 represent an aryl group or a monovalent heterocyclic group; l, m and n represent 0 to 2; o and p represent 0 or 1, and l+m+n+o+p is 2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Kitano, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Chizu Sekine, Jun Oguma, Katsumi Agata, Akihiro Ono, Akiko Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8231983
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device having high emission luminance, high external quantum efficiency and long lifetime. Also disclosed are a display and an illuminating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Shuichi Sugita, Tatsuo Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120097938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units which contain alkylalkoxy groups, and blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in opto-electronic devices and to these devices themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Egon Meyer, Niels Schulte, Anna Hayer, Aurélie Ludemann, Rémi Manouk Anémian
  • Patent number: 8153746
    Abstract: Methods of making unsaturated modified vegetable oil-based polyols are described. Also described are methods of making oligomeric modified vegetable oil-based polyols. An oligomeric composition having a modified fatty acid triglyceride structure is also described. Also, methods of making a polyol including hydroformylation and hydrogenation of oils in the presence of a catalyst and support are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Zoran S. Petrovic, Ivan X. Javni, Alisa Zlatanic, Andrew Xiuguang Guo
  • Patent number: 8101786
    Abstract: The reaction of halo-boron compounds (B—X compounds, compounds having one or more boron-halogen bonds) with silanes provides boranes (B—H compounds, compounds having one or more B—H bonds) and halosilanes. Inorganic hydrides, such as surface-bound silane hydrides (Si—H) react with B—X compounds to form B—H compounds and surface-bound halosilanes. The surface bound halosilanes are converted back to surface-bound silanes electrochemically. Halo-boron compounds react with stannanes (tin compounds having a Sn—H bond) to form boranes and halostannanes (tin compounds having a Sn—X bond). The halostannanes are converted back to stannanes electrochemically or by the thermolysis of Sn-formate compounds. When the halo-boron compound is BCl3, the B—H compound is B2H6, and where the reducing potential is provided electrochemically or by the thermolysis of formate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: David L Thorn, William Tumas, Daniel E Schwarz, Anthony K Burrell