UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
                             375 PHILLIPS BOULEVARD
                                 EWING, NJ 08618


August 17, 2005

Via EDGAR and Facsimile
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention:  Sara Kalin, Esquire


Re:      Universal Display Corporation (the "Company")
         Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Filing No. 333-120737)
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Dear Ms. Kalin:

As per your voicemail to our counsel, Justin W. Chairman of Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP, on August 16, 2005, in accordance with Rule 461 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company hereby requests the acceleration
of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement so that it
will become effective Friday, August 19, 2005, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time or as
soon thereafter as practicable.

Pursuant to your letter to Steven V. Abramson of the Company dated May 19, 2005,
in connection with this request for effectiveness, the Company acknowledges the
following:

         The disclosure in the filing is the responsibility of the Company. The
         Company represents to the Commission that should the Commission or the
         staff acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing
         effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
         with respect to the filing and the Company represents that it will not
         assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
         Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
         United States.

         The Company further acknowledges, that the action of the Commission or
         the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the
         filing effective does not relieve the Company from its full
         responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the
         filing.

                                             Sincerely yours,

                                             Universal Display Corporation


                                             By:   /s/ Sidney D. Rosenblatt
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                                                    Sidney D. Rosenblatt
                                                    Executive Vice President
                                                     and Chief Financial Officer

cc:  Justin W. Chairman, Esquire