OLED world patent analysis (three) - competitor analysis

An article on "OLED world patent analysis -- national competition analysis" analysis of the OLED technology in the country (region) competition situation, focuses on the countries (regions) in the field of power distribution, market layout and key development. In this paper, we will focus on the competitors from the medium level, and explore the main competitors of OLED industry, the scale of patent application, the research and development of key competitors and the input and output.

1, competitor and patent application scale analysis

Figure 8, the size of the patent application of competitors

Figure 8 is the statistical result of the patent application for the patent holder. From the figure, Seiko EPSON patent applications to occupy the first place, 577; followed by Samsung Corp (including Samsung SDI and Samsung DENKAN Co.), 439; Eastman Kodak is the founder of small molecule OLED ranked third, 362; Sony Corp ranked fourth, 315; fifth SANYO motor, 245. The ranking, TDK, Fuji and Idemitsu photos, Konica, AU Optronics, Mitsui Chemicals, SHARP and other companies.

2 key competitors focus on R & D input and output

ranking

Patent holder

Patent number

Number of inventions

Invention time

Average number of patents per person

Average number of inputs per patent

One

Seiko EPSON

Five hundred and seventy-seven

Two hundred and twenty-four

Six hundred and thirteen

Two point six

One point one

Two

Samsung SDI and DENKAN

Four hundred and thirty-nine

Four hundred and fifty-eight

One thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven

One

Four point three

Three

Eastman Kodak

Three hundred and sixty-two

Two hundred and twenty-eight

One thousand and twenty-three

One point six

Two point eight

Four

SONY

Three hundred and fifteen

One hundred and thirty-four

Four hundred and twelve

Two point four

One point three

Five

SANYO electric

Two hundred and forty-five

One hundred and twenty-three

Three hundred and ninety

Two

One point six

Six

Idemitsu Kosan

Two hundred and thirty-nine

Sixty-six

Four hundred and fifty-six

Three point six

One point nine

Seven

TDK

Two hundred and twelve

Sixty-six

Two hundred and sixty-two

Three point two

One point two

Eight

Fuji photo

One hundred and ninety-seven

Ninety-four

Two hundred and sixty-five

Two point one

One point three

Nine

Konica

One hundred and sixty-four

Fifty-one

One hundred and ninety-eight

Three point two

One point two

Ten

AUO

One hundred and fifty-nine

Eighty-nine

Two hundred and eighty-two

One point eight

One point eight

Table 4, the main R & D investment statistics

Table 4 shows the number of patent applications in the top 10 companies, "the average number of patents in the table for the number of invention patent number divided by the value of efficiency, on behalf of the inventor OLED technology research and development"; each patent number average investment "as the inventor of the number divided by the number of patents, the amount of technical manpower cost on behalf of the enterprise.

Seiko EPSON led the Japanese company, low technology input labor costs, reflecting the input-output efficiency is higher; Samsung has a huge R & D team, but the output rate low, higher labor costs and the average R & D investment each patent, shows that the input and output is relatively low.

3 key competitor focus areas

Figure 9, major competitors focus on R & D areas

Figure 9 is the number of patent applications in the top five companies in the main technical areas of statistics, the selection of the 10 technical areas (IPC group) for the OLED industry in the top ten areas of technology. Can be seen in the figure, the 5 companies have strong technical strength, technical comprehensive, multidisciplinary OLED industry, reflects the vertical integration ability of these companies is strong, the Seiko EPSON and Samsung Corp is particularly prominent.

Focus on R & D in the field of each company is different, the Seiko EPSON in H05B-033/00, G09F-009/00 areas more prominent in H01L-029/00, H01L-027/00; Samsung and H01L-021/00 areas more prominent, in C09K-011/00, the G01G-003/00 field is more superiority; Eastman Kodak is more prominent in the field of H01L-051/00, in H01J-001/00 a slight advantage.

Source: Shanghai information service platform