Kodak, which masters the original OLED original technology, recently authorized the passive OLED panel patent to Taiwan Lianzong Optoelectronics, and also broke the rumors that Kodak was reluctant to authorize. However, Kodak said that passive OLED patents should be discontinued this year and will be converted to active OLED patent licenses starting next year.
Kodak took the lead in making breakthroughs in OLED technology and obtained related patents. Therefore, in today's global OLED industry, most of the manufacturers are licensed to Kodak to mass production, in order to avoid being accused of infringement by Kodak. Taiwanese manufacturers such as Sui Bao, TECO Laser, Guanglei and Lianzong Optoelectronics have successively obtained Kodak's patent license.
Kodak's patent-licensed PeterCody pointed out that Kodak's license on passive OLED panels is still in progress, and recently talked with Taiwan's Youjing Technology. He said that Youjing may be the next authorized manufacturer.
As for when the passive patent license will be terminated, Cody believes that it will end before the end of this year, and turn to the patent license of the active panel, because the manufacturers have completed the passive panel technology, and they are also in the process of shipping, and the active panel will also be It will be launched in the next year and the next year, so we will start negotiating the authorization at the end of this year and early next year.
In addition to the existing OLED manufacturers, some TFT-LCD manufacturers in Taiwan are also interested in this, because active OLED panels need to be matched with TFT-LCD or LTPS substrates, and can meet the needs of medium and large-sized panels, and AUO, Panel manufacturers such as Chi Mei and Tongbao are already engaged in related technology research and development.
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