ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,718, issued on June 24, was assigned to MERCK KGAA (Darmstadt, Germany).

"Materials for electronic devices" was invented by Amir Hossain Parham (Darmstadt, Germany), Christian Ehrenreich (Darmstadt, Germany) and Jens Engelhart (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to heterocyclic compounds of formulae (IV) to (VII), to the use of said compounds in an electronic device, and to methods for producing said compounds."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/912,872.

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