Nanosys Seeks ‘QDOG’ Trademark, Possibly for Quantum Dot Glass Light Guides

Quantum dot materials and technology supplier Nanosys applied Oct. 20 to register “QDOG” as a U.S. trademark for “semiconductor nanocrystals for use in consumer electronics,” Patent and Trademark records show. Nanosys “files trademarks for new technologies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans ahead of commercial release,” Jeff Yurek, director-marketing and investor relations, told us Wednesday. Display Supply Chain Consultants CEO Ross Young speculates QDOG is an acronym for “quantum dot on glass,” he told us Wednesday. “We believe you will see QDs on glass light guides in 2018.” The innovation “lowers the cost of introducing QDs, as the glass light guide replaces one of the barrier films previously used in QD enhancement film,” he said. “It marries the thin form factor of glass light guides with the color and brightness performance from QDs.”