Flexible/Foldable Device Structures

Engineering solutions for creating electronic devices with bendable, foldable, or stretchable form factors, often involving hinges, flexible displays, and sliding mechanisms to enable dynamic physical configurations.

17,699 US filings from 1,949 companies since 2023 · 2023: 5,211 · 2024: 5,407 · 2025: 4,979 · 2026 YTD: 2,102

Hardware Platform (Cooling, Power, Packaging)Signs & Displays (Static)Telephone EquipmentOrganic Electronics (OLED)

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Samsung Display Co., Ltd.	3,255	972	927	922	434	-0.5%
2	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	1,779	555	405	566	253	+39.8%
3	BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.	1,227	327	432	301	167	-30.3%
4	LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.	852	228	252	243	129	-3.6%
5	Apple Inc.	703	205	240	189	69	-21.2%
6	CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.	695	162	255	182	96	-28.6%
7	WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.	517	114	267	103	33	-61.4%
8	InnoLux Corporation	376	98	116	120	42	+3.4%
9	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	368	88	108	125	47	+15.7%
10	HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.	317	17	115	119	66	+3.5%
11	LG ELECTRONICS INC.	317	111	84	86	36	+2.4%
12	LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.	206	57	67	63	19	-6.0%
13	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.	195	54	73	51	17	-30.1%
14	MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC	175	30	64	60	21	-6.2%
15	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	160	70	46	31	13	-32.6%
16	VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.	153	36	59	37	21	-37.3%
17	DELL PRODUCTS L.P.	151	51	32	49	19	+53.1%
18	Japan Display Inc.	133	48	52	32	1	-38.5%
19	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	126	67	31	16	12	-48.4%
20	BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.	106	57	29	18	2	-37.9%
21	Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.	102	3	31	60	8	+93.5%
22	INTEL CORPORATION	102	42	25	24	11	-4.0%
23	Lenovo (Beijing) Limited	98	23	23	33	19	+43.5%
24	GOOGLE LLC	93	22	25	34	12	+36.0%
25	Acer Incorporated	87	40	20	20	7	0.0%