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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.
16,877 US filings from 1,895 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,389 · 2024: 5,407 · 2025: 4,979 · 2026 YTD: 2,102
Hardware Platform (Cooling, Power, Packaging)Signs & Displays (Static)Telephone EquipmentOrganic Electronics (OLED)
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 3,096 | 813 | 927 | 922 | 434 | -0.5% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1,700 | 476 | 405 | 566 | 253 | +39.8% |
| 3 | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. | 1,177 | 277 | 432 | 301 | 167 | -30.3% |
| 4 | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 830 | 206 | 252 | 243 | 129 | -3.6% |
| 5 | CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 671 | 138 | 255 | 182 | 96 | -28.6% |
| 6 | Apple Inc. | 663 | 165 | 240 | 189 | 69 | -21.2% |
| 7 | WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 498 | 95 | 267 | 103 | 33 | -61.4% |
| 8 | InnoLux Corporation | 364 | 86 | 116 | 120 | 42 | +3.4% |
| 9 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 362 | 82 | 108 | 125 | 47 | +15.7% |
| 10 | HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD. | 317 | 17 | 115 | 119 | 66 | +3.5% |
| 11 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 300 | 94 | 84 | 86 | 36 | +2.4% |
| 12 | LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. | 188 | 39 | 67 | 63 | 19 | -6.0% |
| 13 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 186 | 45 | 73 | 51 | 17 | -30.1% |
| 14 | MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC | 173 | 28 | 64 | 60 | 21 | -6.2% |
| 15 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 153 | 63 | 46 | 31 | 13 | -32.6% |
| 16 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 148 | 47 | 32 | 50 | 19 | +56.2% |
| 17 | VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. | 146 | 29 | 59 | 37 | 21 | -37.3% |
| 18 | Japan Display Inc. | 124 | 39 | 52 | 32 | 1 | -38.5% |
| 19 | HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 114 | 55 | 31 | 16 | 12 | -48.4% |
| 20 | Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. | 101 | 2 | 31 | 60 | 8 | +93.5% |
| 21 | INTEL CORPORATION | 96 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 11 | -4.0% |
| 22 | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | 92 | 43 | 29 | 18 | 2 | -37.9% |
| 23 | Lenovo (Beijing) Limited | 92 | 17 | 23 | 33 | 19 | +43.5% |
| 24 | GOOGLE LLC | 84 | 13 | 25 | 34 | 12 | +36.0% |
| 25 | SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 82 | 11 | 40 | 24 | 7 | -40.0% |