Antireflection Display Film Patents: Top Companies & Trends 2026
Antireflection and Antiglare Display Film Patents: Who Leads and Where the Claim Space Is Still Open
81.1% concentration. The top 5 of 100 ranked assignees hold 1,047 of the 1,291 records in scope — a field dominated at the top, not a fragmented one. Filings peaked at 32 in 2017 and had fallen to 7 by 2024, a -65% move from 2021's 20. The 2025 and 2026 figures (down to 3) are not a further decline signal — publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so the most recent two years are still being backfilled.
- 1FUJIFILM CORP852
- 2APPLE INC76
- 3SUMITOMO CHEM CO LTD42
- 4TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC41
- 5DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD36
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions about this landscape
Who holds the most patents in antireflection and antiglare display films?
One assignee holds 852 of the 1,291 records in scope, far ahead of the fifth-ranked holder at 36 and the tenth at 15. The top 5 of the 100 ranked assignees together account for 81.1% of all records, and the top 10 reach 88.8%. This means the field is dominated by a small number of very large portfolios rather than spread evenly across many filers, so any competitive or freedom-to-operate analysis should weight the leader’s portfolio heavily.
Is patent filing in this space growing or slowing down?
Filings peaked at 32 in 2017 and declined to 7 by 2024, a -65% drop from 2021’s 20 filings — a real slowdown across the completed-year data. However, publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so the lower figures shown for 2025 and 2026 (down to 3) reflect incomplete data rather than a confirmed continued decline. The trend should be reassessed once those years finish publishing.
What technology areas do these patents actually cover?
The largest IPC subclass is G03F, photolithography and photomechanics, covering 48.4% of the 1,291 records, which reflects how much of the antiglare surface-structuring work relies on pattern-forming and resist chemistry rather than coating formulation alone. G02B optical elements (29.7%) and G02F optical control (19.5%) follow, with layered products, semiconductors, addition polymers, coatings and carbocyclic compounds also represented. Because a single record can carry several IPC codes, these percentages overlap rather than sum to 100%.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Antireflection and Antiglare Display Films covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.