20242025Business Operations• Six business operations• Marketing DepartmentLiaisonIntellectual property strategy in line with business policies7611.7%12.7%13.2% Working to Expand Our Intellectual PropertyLINTEC aims to increase corporate value by developing original products that fully satisfy customer needs. We therefore position intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and design rights acquired through these development activities, as important management resources. The Intellectual Property Department promotes efforts to expand intellectual property rights. We file applications out of awareness of the need to protect proprietary technologies and products and work to create a range of rights that can be utilized in multiple technological fields. The number of patents we hold has risen in recent years, in tandem with the increase in our ratio of overseas sales. We are building a global patent network with a particular focus on Asia for semiconductor- related products, taking into consideration the future market potential in each country and our manufacturing bases around the world. In addition, our proportion of patents held related to new businesses, such as those for the Welsurt product line, has been increasing since fiscal 2022, reflecting our commitment to investing in intellectual property for emerging fields. We are also filing a growing number of environmentally focused patents each year, including those related to solventless Stepping Up Collaboration Between R&D Departments and Business OperationsThe Intellectual Property Department, which develops global intellectual property strategies, collaborates with R&D departments and business operations to share intellectual property information and review ideas, including filing, rights acquisition, and portfolio formation linked to both activities. About half of the people in our Intellectual Property Department work as patent liaisons at the Research Center, where they are responsible for everything from invention discovery to patent prosecution. The Intellectual Property Department also focuses on intellectual property activities linked to R&D schemes, such as design review (DR) and the stage-gate (SG) system, as well as educating researchers about intellectual property. Members of the Intellectual Property Department are also stationed at the Bunkyo Kasuga Office, a base of business operations, where they work to collect information from business operations and strengthen cooperation. leveraged the collective examination system* to efficiently and promptly examine and patent key technologies related to our Introducing an Analysis System and Using It to Develop Our Intellectual Property StrategyIn recent years, we have been promoting continuous initiatives based on the intellectual property landscape approach, which involves analyzing intellectual property information and applying the insights to management. As part of this effort, we have set the number of intellectual property landscape projects as a KPI to support decision-making in technology and business strategies. This enables us to analyze and visualize external intellectual property data, including patent information, and provide timely intelligence technologies, the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle), biomass, biodegradability, energy conservation, halogen-free materials, and CO₂ emissions reduction.focus product, CNT pellicles for EUV lithography equipment, thereby advancing the construction of our intellectual property portfolio. Going forward, we will continue to promote an inte-grated approach to business and intellectual property strategy to achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value.* A system that enables efficient and comprehensive patenting aligned with commer-to relevant internal departments. By monitoring technology trends and competitor activity, we contribute to the selection of R&D themes and the optimization of our business portfolio. We have also introduced a new patent value evaluation system as an analysis tool. By leveraging this system’s evaluation function, we are enhancing the objectivity of decisions regarding patent maintenance while stimulating filing motivation and raising awareness of intellectual property’s importance by sharing highly rated patents internally.8,0006,0004,0002,000R&D Departments• Research Center• Ina Technology Center• Nano-Science & Technology Center Proposals and support leveraging intellectual property informationNote: Data for patents related to new businesses from fiscal years prior to the year ended March 31, 2022, have been omitted due to differences in aggregation methods.cialization activities Japan Patents related to new businesses02021 Asia 20222023etc.LiaisonThree-Way CollaborationIntellectual property strategyTechnology strategyBusiness strategyDR/SG systemBrainstorming meetingIntellectual Property Department Europe, United States, and others (Fiscal years ended March 31)32R&D and Intellectual Property StrategyIn the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, we strategically Intellectual Property StrategyNumber of Patents Held by Region / Percentage of Patents Held Related to New Businesses
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