1. Commercialization of LG's Flexible AMOLED Products 4
1.1 POLED Resolution Crossing High-end Smartphone Entry Barriers 4
1.2 World's First Circular POLED Display Ready for Mass Production 5
2. LG's Flexible AMOLED Patents 6
2.1 Sharp Rise in Patent Applications for Flexible Displays Since 2012 6
2.2 Surge in Number of Flexible Display Patent Applications Filed by LG's Top Ten Inventors between 2013 and 2014 7
2.3 Increased R&D Workforce for Flexible Displays 8
2.4 Patent Applications Concentrated in Two Classes 8
3. LG's Flexible AMOLED Technologies in Top Two Patent Classes 10
3.1 Class 257/040: Organic Semiconductor Material 10
3.2 Class 345/173: Touch Panel 11
Conclusion 13
Appendix 14
Patent Search Criteria 14
Glossary of Terms 15
List of Companies 16

Overview of LG's development of flexible AMOLED panels, including smartphones G Flex and G Flex 2 as well as wearable device LG Watch Urbane

Profile of LG's patent applications related to flexible AMOLED, touching on total number of applications, major inventors, and classes

Analysis of LG's important flexible AMOLED patents, including US20140002401A1
 

Figure 1: LG's Smartphones with Flexible Displays 4
Figure 2: Moto 360 vs. LG Watch Urbane 5
Figure 3: Number of LG's Patent Applications for Flexible Displays 6
Figure 4: Number of Flexible Display Patent Applications Filed by LG's Top Ten Inventors 7
Figure 5: Flexible Display Patent Applications Filed by LG's Top 20 Inventors by Year of Application 8
Figure 6: Patent Classes for LG's Top 20 Flexible Display Technologies by Year of Application 9
Figure 7: Top 2 Patent Classes of LG's Applications Filed between 2013 and 2014 9
Figure 8: Function Description in Class 345/173 (Application No. US20140002401A1) 12
Figure 9: LG's Rollable Display 12

Table 1: Claimed Functions of Patent Applications in Class 257/040 10