RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $18.15M
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Research Frontiers
Patent Owners & Lessors, SIC 6794
Research Frontiers Incorporated develops and licenses patented suspended particle device light-control technology, known as SPD-Smart. The company operates in a single business segment focused on developing and commercializing technologies that regulate the flow of light. It licenses its intellectual property rather than manufacturing finished goods directly. Its technology utilizes voltage-responsive nanoparticles within films to adjust light, glare, and heat transmission. Customers are industrial licensees that fabricate chemical emulsions, films, panels, and end products for aerospace, automotive, architectural, marine, rail, and display applications.
Headquartered in Woodbury, New York, the company operates with five full-time employees. Research Frontiers maintains global reach through licensees serving markets worldwide, including film production facilities in Germany and Israel. Its dimmable window technology is utilized internationally across more than forty aircraft models, as well as in passenger vehicles, marine vessels, and architectural structures.
Summary of the business section of Research Frontiers's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC
- Founded
- 1965
- Headquarters
- Woodbury, NY
- Address
- 240 Crossways Park Dr 11797-2033
- Phone
- (516) 364-1902
- Website
- smartglass.com
- Employees
- 5, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Patent Owners & Lessors
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- CohnReznick LLP, Melville, New York
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- REFR
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Shares outstanding
- 35M, Aug 6, 2026
- Public float
- $47.01M, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Non-accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company
- Stock splits
- 5-for-4, Feb 16, 1994; 3-for-2, Jul 16, 1993
- SEC CIK
- 793524
- CUSIP
- 760911107
- ISIN
- US7609111072
- EIN
- 11-2103466
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph M. Harary | President and CEO, Director | 576,524 |
| Michael R. Lapointe | VP-Marketing | 39,785 |
| Darryl Daigle | Director | 455,945 |
| Alexander Kaganowicz | Director | 184,128 |
| Eyal Peso | Director | 1,838,824 |
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“March 4, 2026, the Company had five full-time employees, two of whom are technical personnel, and the rest of whom perform legal, finance, marketing, investor relations, and administrative functions.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Sep 15, 2005 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Aug 12, 2005 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Jul 11, 2005 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Apr 25, 2005 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |