BOE

BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (often "BOE"; Chinese: 京东方科技集团股份有限公司) is a Beijing-headquartered display and IoT technology company founded in April 1993. It is publicly listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (000725, with B-shares under 200725) — not a subsidiary. Employee counts reported across sources range from roughly 88,000 to 110,000, and FY2024 revenue was about RMB 198 billion (approximately US$27–28 billion) per company annual-report data compiled by Mergr and PitchBook. Figures vary by source and fiscal year.

Its core business is semiconductor display. BOE manufactures TFT-LCD and AMOLED panels for smartphones, tablets, notebooks, monitors, televisions and automotive displays. Beyond displays, it organizes operations around IoT innovation (smart terminal products and system solutions), sensors (X-ray flat-panel detector backplanes, smart windows, MEMS, glass-based packaging substrates), MLED (Mini/MicroLED backlights and displays), and smart healthcare. It operates manufacturing bases across multiple Chinese cities with overseas subsidiaries in the US, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, Brazil and the UAE.

BOE is an operating company, not a patent assertion entity. The database's single tracked case — BOE et al. v. Samsung Display Co., Ltd., filed 2023-07-27 at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board — reflects BOE as petitioner in an inter partes review challenging Samsung Display OLED patents, not a patent-infringement plaintiff. External reporting describes a broader two-way dispute: Samsung Display filed Section 337 complaints at the ITC and suits in the Eastern District of Texas against BOE, and BOE countersued in China and filed multiple IPRs (e.g., IPR2023-00941, -00987, -00988, -01075) against Samsung's OLED pixel-arrangement and pixel-circuit patents. The database undercounts BOE's defensive appearances, as it captures only the PTAB petition.

The disputed technology centers on OLED pixel-arrangement structures and pixel circuits, alongside trade-secret allegations. Reporting indicates the parties reached a comprehensive global settlement in November 2025 covering the US and Chinese proceedings, with cross-licensing terms widely presumed but not fully disclosed. Database entries should be treated as partial.