Next-Gen XQDEF Materials Foretell LCD Backlights in New Form Factors: Nanosys
Nanosys is “not quite ready to discuss in detail” its next generation of quantum dot enhancement film products called XQDEF, emailed Director-Marketing Jeff Yurek. ZhongSheng Luo, Nanosys general manager-Greater China, mentioned XQDEF in a talk at the virtual China International…
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Display Conference last month, describing it as enabling lower-cost QD backlights without sacrificing QDEF’s efficiency or color performance, said Yurek. XQDEF products will be “similar to current-gen QDEF in that they are also deployed in LCD backlights but will have some advanced features and different form factors,” said Yurek. XQDEF is still under development, and “we haven’t shared any more specificity than that as products are not quite in the market yet,” said Yurek. Nanosys applied June 9 to trademark XQDEF (see 2006150039) for a class of goods fashioned from “chemicals, films, and plastics,” Patent and Trademark Office records show. A PTO examining attorney refused the application Sept. 19, citing the “likelihood of confusion” with a July 2011 trademark for XD, owned by the Dutch manufacturer TenCate for synthetic fibers used in the production of artificial turf. The examiner rejected XQDEF because of its “similarity” with the XD trademark and XD’s goods and trade channels. Nanosys has until mid-March to respond.