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.
This week's published patents
Samsung's 35 newest filings sort into four clusters:
- Cameras and color. Filings target image quality from multiple angles, including a selfie camera that corrects rear photo colors, a nanostructure lens that splits light without color filters, and an AI that grades its own photo edits to improve over time.
- AI at the device level. Several filings push AI closer to hardware, covering a system that decides where to run AI tasks, a way to compress AI image generators without degrading output, and a longer memory for AI chatbots.
- Displays, foldables, and sensors. Filings address screen hardware challenges: a foldable display that shrinks the border and seals the edges, speakers that retune as you fold the phone, and a two-chip system that fixes screen colors while the phone sleeps.
- Connectivity and location. Wireless and positioning filings include a fix for two 5G devices sharing location signals simultaneously, a way to pinpoint low-power devices using fewer radio signals, and a chip that moves data with light instead of electrical signals.
What Samsung is working on
Long-running programs
what qualifies: 8 or more filings, active in the last 6 weeks
| Samsung's camera sensor push | 145 filings · latest Oct 2 |
| Samsung's display technology | 112 filings · latest Oct 2 |
| Samsung's 5G and network push | 84 filings · latest Oct 2 |
| Samsung's foldable phones | 82 filings · latest Oct 2 |
| Samsung's home robots | 49 filings · latest Oct 2 |
| Samsung's next-generation SSDs | 37 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 move | 17 filings · quiet since Aug 14 while 6 rivals kept filing |
Contested races
what qualifies: 3 or more companies in the same watchlist, Samsung among them
| The AI chip wars | 59 of 336 · 13 companies |
| The AR glasses race | 57 of 330 · 10 companies |
| The self-driving sensing race | 5 of 277 · 10 companies |
| The AI photo editing race | 25 of 204 · 14 companies |
| The AI guardrails race | 10 of 173 · 14 companies |
| AI agents that act for you | 12 of 162 · 16 companies |
Samsung patent questions, answered
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
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Hardware 853
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Display 380
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Cell phone 262
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AI/ML 224
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Chip 175
Top inventors
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Kwangpyo CHOI 17
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Sangheon KIM 14
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Dongil SON 14
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Jaeyung Yeo 13
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Hyunsoo Kim 13
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