Latest hardware patents, Page 194
Chips, displays, cameras, phones, batteries and robots. These filings show what devices Big Tech is building, often long before they ship. The hardware patent applications we have broken down from the companies we track, from semiconductors to foldable screens, newest first.
- in the Nov 12 release
- 48
- in November so far
- 102
- filings tracked
- 2,316
- sub-topics
- 13
Recent filings
Newest first · 2,316 total-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Protruding-Tip Electrode Structure for OLED Displays
Getting electricity to flow reliably through ultra-thin OLED layers is one of the trickiest parts of display manufacturing. Samsung's latest patent tackles that problem with a cleverly shaped metal tip built right into the pixel wall.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Dual Organic Layer OLED Encapsulation Stack
The biggest enemy of an OLED screen isn't scratches — it's moisture and oxygen sneaking through the display stack. Samsung's latest patent tweaks the internal sandwich of protective layers in a way that could make future OLEDs more resilient without adding bulk.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Layered Etching Process for Next-Gen Memory Chips
Samsung is patenting a precise manufacturing method for memory chips that uses alternating crystal layers as temporary scaffolding — then selectively dissolves parts of them to sculpt the final structure. It's the semiconductor equivalent of lost-wax casting, applied to nanoscale memory cells.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Stacked-Layer Transistor Design for Advanced Semiconductors
Samsung is patenting a transistor architecture where stacked semiconductor layers deliberately vary in thickness — a structural tweak that could influence how current flows through next-generation chips built at extreme scales.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Display Patents a Stacked Electrode Method for Aligning Micro LEDs
Getting microscopic light-emitting elements to land exactly where you want them on a display panel is one of the hardest unsolved problems in next-gen screen manufacturing. Samsung Display's latest patent describes a clever two-layer electrode geometry designed to make that placement far more reliable.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Digital Twin System for Semiconductor Process Optimization
Building a chip is extraordinarily sensitive — tiny variations in temperature, pressure, or chemistry during fabrication can silently degrade a product that looks perfect on the surface. Samsung's new patent describes a digital twin approach that virtually mirrors real chip structures and stress-tests them in simulation before problems show up on the actual fab floor.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Pre-Read Trick That Beats Cache Lookup Latency
What if your memory system stopped waiting to find out if data is cached, and just started fetching it anyway — in parallel? That's the core idea behind Samsung's latest memory patent.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Stacked 2D-Material Transistor with Vertical Channel Bridges
Samsung is patenting a transistor design that stacks multiple 2D semiconductor channels — like sheets of atomically thin material — both horizontally and vertically inside a single device. It's an architectural bet on what comes after silicon starts running out of room.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Display Patents a Diagonal Wire Routing Trick for Denser Pixel Layouts
Fitting more pixels into a smaller space without crossing wires is one of the unglamorous but very real engineering puzzles in display design. Samsung Display's latest patent tackles it with a carefully angled connecting wire that threads between existing pixel structures.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Washing Machine That Learns Your Water Usage Habits
Samsung is filing patents on washing machines that don't just clean your clothes — they track how you use water over time and quietly adjust their behavior to use less of it.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Structural Defense Against Crack Spread in Semiconductor Chips
Cracks in semiconductor chips aren't just cosmetic — they can silently kill a device long after it leaves the factory. Samsung's latest patent describes a built-in physical barrier system designed to stop those cracks before they spread.
-
Samsung · Published May 14
Samsung Patents a Gate-Bridging Architecture for Next-Gen Nanosheet Transistors
Samsung is patenting a clever structural trick that electrically ties together gate electrodes sitting on opposite sides of an isolation wall — a move that could help shrink transistor designs without sacrificing control over individual channels.
