Company patents
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION's patent strategy, while heavily focused on its core "Organic Electronics (OLED)" (84.2% of portfolio), shows a surprising and significant investment in "Acyclic / Cyclic Compounds (Other Elements)" (67.3% of portfolio), suggesting a broader materials science play beyond just display applications. The company has almost entirely exited "Specialty Semiconductor Devices (Legacy)" and "Integrated Circuit Layout & Arrangement," with a -100.0% YoY decline in 2025 for both, indicating a clear shift away from legacy semiconductor technologies. While patenting activity in most categories shows a decline so far in 2026, "General Organic Chemistry Methods" saw consistent growth in 2024 (+23.3% YoY) and 2025 (+29.7% YoY) before the partial 2026 data.
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Yearly patent publications since 2023
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1,155 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 11 themes
Development and optimization of organic chemical compounds and their structures, including guest-host systems and metal complexes, used within the emission layer to achieve specific light emission characteristics such as color, efficiency, and operational lifetime.
Synthesis and application of organic compounds designed to impart specific functionalities in material science, such as photosensitivity or charge transport, for electronic or optical devices.
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.
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.
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.
Mixtures of liquid crystal compounds and other additives, such as monomers or carbon black, designed to achieve specific optical, electrical, or physical properties for use in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) or other electro-optical devices.
Innovations in the design and arrangement of piezoelectric or thermal actuators, drive electronics, and fluidic structures within the printhead to achieve precise and efficient liquid ejection.
Materials and processes for hermetic encapsulation, conformal coating, optical chip sealing, and stretchable conductors for electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Methods for depositing thin films with controlled conformality, thickness, and material properties, including selective deposition on specific areas, often using atomic layer deposition (ALD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or epitaxial growth.
Chemical compounds developed for applications in energy storage devices, such as rechargeable lithium batteries, often functioning as electrolyte additives to improve performance, safety, or lifespan.
Fabrication methods and material engineering for halide perovskite-based photoelectronic devices, particularly solar cells, addressing challenges such as material synthesis, nanowire formation, and lead leakage mitigation.
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Functional Organic Materials