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LG, Samsung Display Apply for QNED Trademark

LG Electronics and Samsung Display applied to trademark QNED for quantum nano emitting diode display technology, Patent and Trademark Office records show. LG’s application was Sept. 8, Samsung’s Sept. 25, both listing a wide diversity of possible uses for TVs,…

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smartphones, tablets and digital signage. A QNED display uses gallium nitride-based blue-light-emitting nanorod LEDs in place of OLED as the blue light source, emailed Display Supply Chain Consultants President Bob O’Brien Thursday. QNED is "a really cool idea and could bring some real benefits but I think it will be a while before we see QNED in products," emailed Nanosys Director-Marketing Jeff Yurek. "You would still use QDs as a color conversion layer in a QNED stack," he said of quantum dots.