According to the market research company OLEDNet on 21th, the number of OLED international patents registered, including Korea, the U.S, and Japan, by Korean companies and researchers, such as Samsung SDI and LG Electronics, is 1364 cases out of 2613 cases total, which is 52.2% of entire patents last year.
During the same period, Japan came in the 2nd place with 912 patents, which is 34.9%, followed by the U.S. with 185 cases.
Sorted by companies, Samsung SDI was No. 1 with 748 cases registered, followed by LG Electronics (270 cases), Japan`s Seiko-Epson (175 cases), Japan`s Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL, 109 cases), LG.Philips LCD (96 cases) in order.
Posted: May 22,2007 by Ron Mertens
