On January 13, 2026, the latest annual statistical report from the globally authoritative patent service agency IFI Claims revealed that BOE (京东方) ranked 13th globally in the U.S. patent grants ranking. This marks the eighth consecutive year the company has remained firmly within the global TOP 20, making it the only Chinese display enterprise in this elite group. As a leading enterprise in the global display and IoT innovation sector, BOE's sustained leadership in technological innovation not only confirms the robustness and depth of its intellectual property system but also highlights the company's global leadership in driving the high-quality development of the display and IoT industries, powered by breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies. As Chinese companies become mainstays of global technological innovation, the role of intellectual property in protecting and propelling innovation is increasingly critical. Li Xinguo, Vice President of BOE and Head of the Technology and Intellectual Property Management Center, stated, "BOE has always regarded intellectual property as a core asset for the company's sustainable development. We have established a comprehensive intellectual property management system. Through forward-looking layout and high-quality creation, we continuously accumulate high-value patent portfolios. This is not only to protect our technological innovation achievements but also to build long-term, stable core competitiveness in the global market competition. We are committed to collaborating with global ecosystem partners on innovation, jointly promoting technological progress and standard evolution in the display and IoT fields, and leading value enhancement across the entire industry chain."
A deep foundation of innovation is the cornerstone of BOE's consistently top-tier global patent portfolio. Since its founding, BOE has consistently upheld a respect for technology and a commitment to innovation, continuously investing a high proportion of its revenue into R&D and focusing on breakthroughs in both fundamental and frontier technologies. By the end of 2025, BOE's cumulative number of independent patent applications had exceeded 100,000. Among the annual new patent applications, the proportion of invention patents has consistently remained over 90%, with overseas patents accounting for more than 33%. The patent layout extensively covers multiple countries and regions including the United States, Europe, Japan, and South Korea, and the company has built substantial expertise in frontier areas such as flexible OLED, sensing, artificial intelligence, and big data. Concurrently, BOE has presided over and participated in the formulation and revision of 469 domestic and international technical standards, signaling its accelerated transition from a leader in technological innovation to a shaper of industry standards. In 2025, the company officially launched its "ONE" sustainable development brand, centered on the core principles of "Open, Next, Earth," aiming to deeply integrate forward-looking technological breakthroughs with sustainable development. A series of achievements centered on high-level patents and standard development are a vivid manifestation of BOE's "Next" philosophy.
Building on its robust innovation system, BOE also adheres to a development path of "marketization, internationalization, and specialization," comprehensively translating its strong patent capabilities into advanced productive forces that lead industry development. From launching the first technology brands in China's display sector—ADS Pro, f-OLED, and α-MLED—pioneering a new paradigm of dual-wheel drive with "Technology + Brand," to fostering an open and integrated industrial innovation ecosystem, BOE's innovation journey has always been closely intertwined with industrial upgrading. In the field of flexible displays, BOE is currently the world's only company to have achieved mass production of Tandem stacked OLED technology for high-end flagship smartphones. It also took the lead in large-scale application of LTPO technology in multiple high-end flagship models, spearheading the rapid growth of China's high-end OLED display market. Leveraging this advantage, the industry-leading integrated "LTPO+Tandem" solution delivers superior brightness, battery life, and longevity, continuously solidifying its position in the high-end market. Furthermore, BOE was the first in the industry to introduce the innovative "TADF+Tandem" solution, which adds an ultra-wide color gamut characteristic to the original high performance, ensuring the screen maintains clear, transparent, and vibrant image quality even under strong ambient light, persistently leading the revolution in flexible display technology. Notably, the highly anticipated domestic first and world's first batch of 8.6-generation AMOLED production lines successfully achieved pilot production in 2025, five months ahead of schedule, and is steadily advancing towards mass production. This once again sets a new industry benchmark with "BOE Speed" and will powerfully propel the global OLED display industry's accelerated move into mid-sized applications.
Simultaneously, guided by the "Screen-as-a-Service IoT" strategy and the "AI+" strategy, BOE's AI technological achievements have achieved a series of breakthroughs over the past year. For manufacturing, BOE launched the industry's first "AI Factory," achieving comprehensive operational efficiency improvements in areas such as production planning, material supply, manufacturing, quality management, energy optimization, and environmental safety. Currently, the first batch of 13 industry-leading innovative application systems related to the AI Factory have been deployed in over 10 factories, setting new benchmarks for smart manufacturing. For product innovation, BOE has utilized AI to revitalize four fundamental platforms—materials research, simulation design, processes, and algorithms—enhancing R&D efficiency and facilitating the successful launch of 26 world-first or industry-first innovative application achievements, continuously driving product innovation and market breakthroughs. For enterprise operations management, AI continuously empowers key functions such as marketing, supply chain, finance, and human resources. Seven efficiency tools have been deployed across BOE, significantly improving operational efficiency and safeguarding the company's steady development. Additionally, based on over 30 years of industrial knowledge accumulation, BOE released the "BOE Blue Whale Display Large Model" series, which possesses the industry's first strong cross-modal reasoning capabilities for language and vision, enhancing quality and efficiency for BOE's 18 major application scenarios. Related practices have been honored with awards such as the "2025 Top Ten National Enterprise Digital Enablement Cases" and have become benchmark examples for AI development in the display industry.
Looking ahead, BOE will continue to steadfastly implement its "Screen-as-a-Service IoT" development strategy, actively explore the "Nth Curve" for sustained corporate growth, and deeply integrate sustainable development into its corporate DNA and operations, continuously transforming its patent advantages into momentum for industrial development. BOE will join hands with global partners to provide more valuable smart port products and solutions for countless industries, working together to create a smarter and greener future.
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