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HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION

HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION's patent strategy shows a surprising shift, with a significant decline in its core 'Liquid Crystal & Optical Modulators' category, which still represents 67.0% of its portfolio, experiencing a -67.7% YoY drop so far in 2026 after a +416.7% surge in 2025. Concurrently, the company is demonstrating an emerging focus on 'Optical Elements & Systems', which saw a +300.0% YoY growth in 2025 and an additional +25.0% so far in 2026, indicating a potential diversification beyond traditional display technologies.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

97 US filings (since 2023) · 11 categories · 16 themes

Display Panel Manufacturing & Encapsulation

Techniques and structural designs for fabricating the physical layers of an OLED display, including material deposition, patterning, and methods to protect the active organic layers from environmental degradation like moisture and oxygen.

Organic Electronics (OLED)
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66since 2023
+200.0%YoY
Advanced Display Backlight & Optics

Innovations in backlight units, optical films, and light management structures to enhance display performance, uniformity, viewing experience, or specific functionalities like touch.

Liquid Crystal & Optical Modulators
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42since 2023
+950.0%YoY
Display Pixel Array Structuresfiltered

Physical layout and material composition of individual pixels within a display panel, including active layers, electrodes, light-emitting elements (LEDs, OLEDs), and associated thin-film transistors (TFTs).

Liquid Crystal & Optical ModulatorsIntegrated Circuit Layout & Arrangement
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34since 2023
+1900.0%YoY
Electrophoretic Display Control

Techniques for driving electrophoretic displays, including managing remnant voltage, optimizing particle movement, and specific addressing pulse schemes to improve optical quality and update speed.

Liquid Crystal & Optical Modulators
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24since 2023
+450.0%YoY
Display Pixel & Optical Materials

Optical and pixel-defining materials for display panels, including black matrix compositions, color filter pigments, optical alignment films, and pixel-define layers.

Liquid Crystal & Optical Modulators
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17since 2023
+1300.0%YoY
Integrated Touch Sensors

Methods and structures for incorporating touch sensing capabilities directly into OLED display panels, typically involving conductive layers and insulating layers within or on top of the display stack.

Organic Electronics (OLED)
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17since 2023
-66.7%YoY
On-Chip Sensing & Display Integration

Integration of various sensor types (e.g., thermal, strain) or display components directly onto semiconductor substrates or within device architectures for compact and high-performance systems.

Semiconductor Diodes & Transistors
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16since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Integrated Display & Illumination

Systems that combine light sources, waveguides, and display elements into unified products for backlighting, automotive applications, general lighting, or color-corrected displays.

Optical Elements & Systems
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7since 2023
+200.0%YoY
Advanced Image Processing for Displays

Algorithms and hardware implementations within display drivers or associated components to enhance visual quality, resolution, or color reproduction, including upscaling, dithering, and compensation for display artifacts like crosstalk.

Display Drivers
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5since 2023
new
Pixel and Gate Driver Architectures

Design and implementation of circuits and layouts for driving individual pixels or rows/columns of pixels, including gate drivers, data drivers, pixel driving circuits, and their integration onto the display substrate, often in non-display regions.

Display Drivers
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5since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Display Power Management

Techniques and circuits for optimizing power consumption, voltage stability, and energy efficiency in display panels, often involving dynamic voltage scaling, duty cycle control, or remnant voltage management.

Display Drivers
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Flexible/Foldable Device Structures

Engineering solutions for creating electronic devices with bendable, foldable, or stretchable form factors, often involving hinges, flexible displays, and sliding mechanisms to enable dynamic physical configurations.

Organic Electronics (OLED)
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4since 2023
n/a
Display Optical Enhancements

Components and techniques aimed at improving the visual quality of OLED displays, such as color accuracy, contrast, brightness uniformity, and reducing reflections or glare through optical layers and coatings.

Organic Electronics (OLED)
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3since 2023
new
Micro-LED Array Fabrication

Methods and structures for mass-producing and assembling arrays of micro-LEDs onto a substrate, including transfer processes, bonding techniques, and defect management.

LED & Optoelectronics (Legacy CPC)
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3since 2023
0.0%YoY
Display Timing and Signal Synchronization

Methods and circuits for coordinating the timing of display signals, data transmission, and control signals across various display components, ensuring proper image rendering and efficient operation.

Display Drivers
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2since 2023
new
Advanced Metallization & Contacts

Novel materials and processes for forming low-resistance electrical contacts and interconnects within semiconductor devices, including selective deposition, silicidation, and barrier layers for improved performance and scaling.

Semiconductor Diodes & Transistors
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1since 2023
new

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