OLED materials patents grew 200% in 2 years

August 25, 2011 — Cintelliq’s "OLED lighting: A review of the patent landscape" report shows the fastest growth in organic light emitting diode (OLED) patents 2008-2010 came from the materials sector. During the 2-year period, the total number of OLED patents published grew by 56% from 1,767 to 2,760, with no signs of slowing. The largest group of OLED patents (>260) went to traditional lighting companies.

Patent filings by academic and research institutes grew by nearly 200%. During the same period, device patents growth was the highest in terms of absolute numbers, but the highest growth rate was in terms of patents for ‘ancillary’ aspects of OLED panels: drimmer units, power units, mountings and fixtures. Applications patents, materials, fabrication and outcoupling all grew by more than 50%.

Figure. OLED patents by type, through 2010

Increasingly, patents refer to LED and OLED as the solid-state light source, suggesting that — from an applications persepctive — the two technologies are interchagable.

Table. Numbers of Industry Sector	Patents	Assignees
Lighting	640	33
Imaging/optics	498	9
Technology providers	414	14
Display	331	38
Materials	289	40
Academia	159	51
Automotive	129	19
Other	300	92
Total	2,760	296

"OLED lighting: A review of the patent landscape" identifies more than 2,760 patents focused on white OLED technology for lighting applications, notes Craig Cruickshank, lead analyst, cintelliq Limited. Cruickshank expects OLED patent filings to continue to increase as "companies seek to secure exclusive technology domains." The research for this report is based on more than 2,700 patents – 310 granted patents (EP and US) and 2,450 published (EP, JP, US and WO), that have been made public up to December 2010.

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Companies mentioned in the report:
3M, Acuity Brands, Airbus Operations, Applied Films, BASF, Beijing Visionox, Boeing, Cambridge Display Technology, CEAG Notlichtsysteme, Changchun Institute, CEA, Corning, CSIR, Dai Nippon Printing, Dongbu Hitek, Dongwoo Fine Chemicals, Doosan, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, FED, Foshan Nationstar Optoelectornics, Fraunhofer, Fuji Photo Film, Fujitec Intl., Furukawa Electric, General Electric, Global Energy Group, Global OLED Technology, Group IV Semiconductor, Harison Toshiba Lighting, Hitachi Chemical, Hitachi Lighting, Hitachi, Idemitsu Kosan, ITRI, Jiaotong University, Johnson Controls Interiors, Kaneka, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Koizumi Lighting Technology, Konica Minolta, KETRI, LG Chemical, LG Display, LG Electronics, LG Philips LCD, Lighting Science Group, Lightronik Technology, Matsushita Electric Works, Merck, Mitsubishi Chemical, National Tsing Hua University Taiwan, NEC Lighting, Nitto Denko, Nokia, Novaled, Nth Degree Technologies, Osram, Panasonic Electric Works, Philips Electronics, Pioneer, Plextronics, Princeton University, Qinghua University, RIKEN, Rohm, Saint Gobain Glass France, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Mobile Display, Samsung SDI, Sanyo Electric, Schott, Seiko Epson, Semiconductor Energy Lab, SFC, Sharp, Solvay, Sony, Stanley Electric, Sumitomo Chemical, TDK, Technische Universitaet Dresden, University of California, University of Michigan, University of St Andrews , Tohoku Pioneer, Toppan Printing, Toshiba, Toshiba Lighting, Toshiba Materials, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, Toyo Ink Manufacturing, Toyota Industries, Tridonic Atco, Universal Display, Vitex Systems, Yamagata Univeristy, Zeolux Corp, Zeon Corp.

Companies mentioned in the report:

3M, Acuity Brands, Airbus Operations, Applied Films, BASF, Beijing Visionox, Boeing, Cambridge Display Technology, CEAG Notlichtsysteme, Changchun Institute, CEA, Corning, CSIR, Dai Nippon Printing, Dongbu Hitek, Dongwoo Fine Chemicals, Doosan, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, FED, Foshan Nationstar Optoelectornics, Fraunhofer, Fuji Photo Film, Fujitec Intl., Furukawa Electric, General Electric, Global Energy Group, Global OLED Technology, Group IV Semiconductor, Harison Toshiba Lighting, Hitachi Chemical, Hitachi Lighting, Hitachi, Idemitsu Kosan, ITRI, Jiaotong University, Johnson Controls Interiors, Kaneka, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Koizumi Lighting Technology, Konica Minolta, KETRI, LG Chemical, LG Display, LG Electronics, LG Philips LCD, Lighting Science Group, Lightronik Technology, Matsushita Electric Works, Merck, Mitsubishi Chemical, National Tsing Hua University Taiwan, NEC Lighting, Nitto Denko, Nokia, Novaled, Nth Degree Technologies, Osram, Panasonic Electric Works, Philips Electronics, Pioneer, Plextronics, Princeton University, Qinghua University, RIKEN, Rohm, Saint Gobain Glass France, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Mobile Display, Samsung SDI, Sanyo Electric, Schott, Seiko Epson, Semiconductor Energy Lab, SFC, Sharp, Solvay, Sony, Stanley Electric, Sumitomo Chemical, TDK, Technische Universitaet Dresden, University of California, University of Michigan, University of St Andrews , Tohoku Pioneer, Toppan Printing, Toshiba, Toshiba Lighting, Toshiba Materials, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology, Toyo Ink Manufacturing, Toyota Industries, Tridonic Atco, Universal Display, Vitex Systems, Yamagata Univeristy, Zeolux Corp, Zeon Corp.

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