Smartkem, which is seeking to change the world of electronics with a new class of transistor technology, today announced that it has received a UK patent for a new method for MicroLED display manufacturing, adding to its extensive IP portfolio. The new patent covers the patterning of an organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) backplane on top of, and selective removal of MicroLEDs from, a source wafer.

Smartkem Chairman and CEO, Ian Jenks, comments, “Smartkem has a robust IP portfolio with 140 granted patents across 17 patent families, as well as 40 codified t…