Universal Display Corporation announced that it will acquire an OLED patent portfolio from Merck, for $50 million. The OLED portfolio has an average remaining lifetime of approximately 10 years, and it includes more than 300 issued and pending patents worldwide, covering more than 110 unique patent families in the field of advanced OLED emissive device structures and related material components.
Merck says that this sale aligns with its strategy to focus on charge transport and triplet host materials, rather than emissive OLED materials. The closing of the transaction is expected in January 2026.
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Posted: Nov 07,2025 by Ron Mertens
