Universal Display Announces Issuance of Its 2,000th OLED Patent

Universal Display announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Universal Display its 2,000th patent, U.S. Patent No. 9,231,218 (the ‘218 Patent) for a new family of “Phosphorescent Emitters.” Additionally, UDC’s 2,001st patent was issued on the same day, U.S. Patent No. 9,231,227 (the ‘227 Patent) for a novel “OLED Display Architecture.”
 
“The issuance of the ‘218 and ‘227 Patents adds to our vast and growing global OLED IP portfolio,” said Steven V. Abramson, president and CEO of Universal Display. “As a company, we are constantly driving invention at both the architectural and molecular levels. We believe these efforts are expanding and extending the lifetime of our core competencies well into the foreseeable future, while further strengthening our position as a key partner in the OLED ecosystem.”
 
Universal Display’s OLED IP portfolio consists of an extensive and robust suite of enabling state-of-the-art OLED technologies and currently includes more than 3,600 patents (2,000+ issued and 1,600+ pending) worldwide, including the U.S., Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, Australia, Brazil and Israel.