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New Samsung Patents

Samsung Electronics is one of the world's largest patent filers, covering semiconductors, displays, smartphones, foldables, wearables, and on-device AI.

Through the USPTO’s October 1, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 1,399 notable Samsung patent applications, including 247 published in the last 30 days.

1,399
total filings tracked
247
published last 30 days
710
published last 90 days

This week's published patents

Week of October 1, 2026 · 25 filings covered · refreshes every week

Samsung's 25 newest filings sort into three clusters:

  • Camera and display color. Filings target color fixes that read the time of day or use the selfie camera as a reference, a nanostructure lens that splits light without color filters, and an AI that grades its own photo edits to improve over time.
  • Chips, sensors, and hardware. Several filings cover a camera chip that captures light in two passes, a chip that moves data with light instead of electrical signals, and a touch sensor design that keeps screen signals in balance.
  • AI, robots, and connected devices. Other filings cover AI that gives chatbots longer memory, a robot that tracks whose turn it is to be looked at, and a TV that streams moving objects to a nearby second screen.

What Samsung is working on

Based on Samsung's activity across the watchlists we track · tracked programs only, not all of Samsung's output

Long-running programs

what qualifies: 8 or more filings, active in the last 6 weeks

Samsung's camera sensor push145 filings · latest Oct 2
Samsung's display technology112 filings · latest Oct 2
Samsung's 5G and network push84 filings · latest Oct 2
Samsung's foldable phones82 filings · latest Oct 2
Samsung's home robots49 filings · latest Oct 2
Samsung's next-generation SSDs37 filings · latest Sep 18

Gone quiet

what qualifies: no new Samsung filing in 6 or more weeks while the race stays active

Teaching robots to grasp and move17 filings · quiet since Aug 14

Contested races

what qualifies: 3 or more companies in the same watchlist, Samsung among them

The AI chip wars59 of 336
The AR glasses race57 of 330
The self-driving sensing race5 of 277
The AI photo editing race25 of 204
The AI guardrails race10 of 173
AI agents that act for you12 of 162

Samsung patent questions, answered

Numbers pull live from the database, so answers never go stale
What is Samsung working on right now?

Samsung's current patent filings concentrate on Samsung's camera sensor push, Samsung's display technology, Samsung's 5G and network push, Samsung's foldable phones and Samsung's home robots. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.

How many patents did Samsung publish this month?

35 Samsung patent applications have published in October 2026 so far, after 212 in September. Patentlyze has covered 1399 Samsung filings since tracking began in May 2026.

Does a Samsung patent mean the feature will launch?

No. A published application is not a product announcement. Companies file to protect options, and most patented ideas never ship in the form described. What filings do show is where Samsung is spending research effort right now.

Where can I find Samsung’s newest patents?

This page updates every week, when the USPTO publishes its new batch of applications. The newest Samsung filings appear in the list below.

Top tech areas

  1. Hardware 853
  2. Display 380
  3. AI/ML 224
  4. Chip 175

Top inventors

  1. Kwangpyo CHOI 17
  2. Sangheon KIM 14
  3. Dongil SON 14
  4. Jaeyung Yeo 13
  5. Hyunsoo Kim 13

Recent highlights

All Samsung filings