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USOO8247086B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8.247,086 B2 Inoue et al. (45) Date of Patent: Aug. 21, 2012 (54) ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEX AND 2009 OO15143 A1 1/2009 Inoue et al. LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, 2009, O174324 A1 7, 2009 Nii et al. LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND 2009, O184634 A1 7/2009 Kamatani et al. ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CN 1478.372 A 2, 2004 (75) Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Kanagawa (JP); Satoshi CN 1678617 A 10/2005 Seo, Kanagawa (JP); Nobuharu EP 1 191 612 3, 2002 EP 1 191 614 A2 3, 2002 Ohsawa, Kanagawa (JP) EP 1348711 A1 10, 2003 EP 1349 435 A1 10, 2003 (73) Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory EP 1722 602 A1 11, 2006 Co., Ltd. (JP) EP 1722 605 A1 11, 2006 EP 1881 050 A2 1, 2008 EP 1889 891 A2 2, 2008 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this JP 48-8788 A 2, 1973 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 JP 2002-105055 A 4/2002 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1183 days. JP 2002-175884. 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