Research Frontiers Inc. REFR

What this company does

Research Frontiers Incorporated develops and licenses its patented Suspended Particle Device (“SPD”) light-control technology. The Company’s licensees manufacture and sell electronically dimmable glazing products incorporating SPD-Smart technology for automotive, aerospace, architectural, marine, rail, recreational vehicle and specialty vehicle applications. The Company generates revenue primarily through license fees and royalties paid by licensees. Research Frontiers currently has numerous companies that, in the aggregate, are licensed to primarily serve five major SPD-Smart application areas (aerospace, architectural, automotive, marine and display products) in every country of the world. Research Frontiers was incorporated in New York in 1965 to continue early work that Dr. Edwin Land, founder of Polaroid Corporation, and others had done in the area of light-control beginning in the 1930s. Research Frontiers was reincorporated in Delaware in 1989.

Written from the business description in Research Frontiers Incorporated's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 5 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.