Failure to Register Pending Patents and Constraints Resulting from Third-Party Intellectual Property
First written in FY2024. 3 of 4 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2025. Latest entry: 2026-05-18.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 4 of 43 companies on the "Worse" side.
14 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「As a result, as of the end of the fiscal year, we had filed or registered 13 patents (10 registered and 3 pending). Going forward, we intend to increase new filings and the registration of filed patents in order to secure intellectual property rights more extensively.」
The total number of patents remained unchanged at 13, but registered patents increased from 8 to 10, while pending applications decreased from 5 to 3. - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「As a result, as of the end of the fiscal year, we had filed or registered 13 patents (8 registered and 5 pending). Going forward, we intend to increase new filings and the registration of filed patents in order to secure intellectual property rights more extensively.」
The company identifies as risks the possibility that patents may not be registered and business constraints arising from third parties' superior intellectual property rights.