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Universal Display Acquires BASF’s OLED Intellectual Property Assets

Assets include more than 500 issued and pending patents around the world, in 86 patent families.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Universal Display announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary UDC Ireland Limited, it has acquired the OLED Intellectual Property (IP) assets of BASF SE. Representing 15 years of research and development, the assets include more than 500 issued and pending patents around the world, in 86 patent families. Largely consisting of phosphorescent materials and technologies, BASF’s OLED portfolio has an average lifetime of 10 years. The purchase price for the acquisition is approximately €87 mil...

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