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Merck KGaA buys 700 OLED patents from Konica Minolta

by Alex Scott
May 2, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 17

 

A photo of vials of organic light–emitting diodes.
Credit: Merck KGaA
Merck says the OLED patents it acquired are for display applications.

Merck KGaA has acquired Konica Minolta’s organic light–emitting diode (OLED) technology portfolio for an undisclosed sum. The purchase includes more than 700 families of patents, Merck says. The firm has been developing and supplying OLED materials for more than 15 years. “Adding Konica Minolta’s patents to our already strong portfolio will further boost our OLED development pipeline,” says Kai Beckmann, a board member at Merck.

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