Differentiation through R&D and Intellectual Property

「As of the end of the fiscal year, patent registrations totaled 606, comprising 428 in Japan and 178 overseas. During the fiscal year, the Company actively filed patent applications for core technologies underlying its services, mainly in smart agriculture and generative AI-related services. Some of these applications have already proceeded to registration, and the Company steadily continued building the intellectual property base underpinning its business competitiveness.」

「More than 606 patents accumulated」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the interim consolidated accounting period were ¥411.359 million. The Company will continue to execute its budget for the use of AI technology as a strategic investment activity.」

「Specifically, the core component of the pinpoint time-based spraying service launched in 2022 has been registered as Patent No. 7132680. The Company is also strengthening application patents in priority fields including agriculture, healthcare and construction. In construction, the operating UI that is a feature of OPTiM Geo Scan has been registered as Patent No. 7557919. Foreign patent applications, including international patent applications, totaled 565, and foreign patent registrations totaled 177 as of 28 March 2025.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the interim consolidated accounting period were ¥271.703 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥269.315 million. This resulted from treating contract revenue related to research and development as a deduction from selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the interim consolidated accounting period.」

「Total research and development expenses incurred by the Group during the consolidated fiscal year were ¥697.502 million. Examples include Patent No. 6290459, Contract Management System, Contract Management Method, and Contract Management Program, which formalized the research and development results of OPTiM Contract, and Patent No. 6928217, Measurement Processing Apparatus, Method and Program, which formalized the research and development results of OPTiM Geo Scan.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative third quarter were ¥518.625 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥495.668 million. This resulted from treating contract revenue related to research and development as a deduction from selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative second quarter were ¥337.845 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥327.938 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative second quarter.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative first quarter were ¥175.610 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥174.943 million. This resulted from treating contract revenue related to research and development as a deduction from selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative first quarter.」

「Total research and development expenses incurred by the Group during the consolidated fiscal year were ¥955.893 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥876.968 million.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative third quarter were ¥750.613 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥683.220 million. This resulted from treating contract revenue related to research and development as a deduction from selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative second quarter were ¥504.469 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥464.553 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative second quarter.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative first quarter were ¥245.200 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥233.158 million. This resulted from treating contract revenue related to research and development as a deduction from selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative first quarter.」

「Total research and development expenses incurred by the Group during the consolidated fiscal year were ¥1,238.951 million.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative third quarter were ¥934.684 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥862.642 million. This resulted from treating contract revenue related to research and development as a deduction from selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative second quarter were ¥595.486 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥543.757 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative second quarter.」

「The Group's total research and development expenses for the cumulative first quarter were ¥276.026 million. However, research and development expenses included in selling, general and administrative expenses were ¥251.857 million.」

「Total research and development expenses incurred by the Group during the consolidated fiscal year were ¥1,233.405 million. The Land-Use Classification System (Patent No. 6495561), a result of these initiatives, received the Invention Encouragement Award at the FY2020 Kyushu Regional Invention Awards.」

「The Group's research and development activity expenses for the cumulative third quarter were ¥1,020.044 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter.」

「The Group's research and development activity expenses for the cumulative second quarter were ¥777.444 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative second quarter.」

「The Group's research and development activity expenses for the cumulative first quarter were ¥445.415 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative first quarter.」

「The Group's research and development activities are focused mainly on developing new services and enhancing the functions of existing services. Total research and development expenses incurred by the Group during the consolidated fiscal year were ¥1,966.127 million.」

「Research and development continued to progress smoothly during the third quarter, resulting in the announcement of six AI services: OPTiM AI Camera Mobile, OPTiM AI Camera Lite, OPTiM AI Creator, OPTiM AI Research, OPTiM AI Signage and OPTiM AI Voice Recorder.」

「The Group's research and development activity expenses for the cumulative second quarter were ¥961.640 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the cumulative second quarter.」

「As of the end of March 2019, cumulative applications totaled 735, comprising 219 PCT applications, 298 domestic applications and 218 overseas applications, while cumulative registrations totaled 365, comprising 273 domestic registrations and 92 overseas registrations. During the fiscal year ended March 2019, intellectual property generated through research and development comprised 52 applications, including 26 PCT applications and 26 overseas applications, and 67 registrations, including 56 domestic registrations and 11 overseas registrations. In recognition of the intellectual property strategy's contribution to business development in the AI, IoT and robotics fields, the Company received the Intellectual Property Achievement Award from the Japan Patent Office of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the fiscal year ended March 2019.」

「Against this market backdrop, we are making further active business expansion and research and development investments in the AI, IoT and robotics fields in order to become, as in the previous fiscal year, a company that plays a central role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Research and development continued to progress smoothly as planned during the third quarter.」

「Against this market backdrop, we are making further active business expansion and research and development investments in the AI, IoT and robotics fields in order to become, as in the previous fiscal year, a company that plays a central role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Research and development continued to progress smoothly as planned during the second quarter.」

「Research and development continued to progress smoothly as planned during the first quarter. In the AI, IoT and robotics fields, we are concentrating development investment on expanding the functions of the platform service OPTiM Cloud IoT OS and various services, and equipping them with functions that meet the needs of each industry. Research and development activity expenses for the cumulative first quarter were ¥583.402 million.」

「As of the end of March 2018, cumulative applications totaled 683, comprising 193 PCT applications, 298 domestic applications and 192 overseas applications, while cumulative registrations totaled 298, comprising 217 domestic registrations and 81 overseas registrations. During the fiscal year ended March 2018, intellectual property generated through research and development comprised 85 applications, including 52 PCT applications, 2 domestic applications and 31 overseas applications, and 101 registrations, including 75 domestic registrations and 26 overseas registrations. The annual number of patent registrations reached a record high both domestically and overseas, making the year a foundation for establishing businesses in the AI, IoT and robotics fields.」

「The amount spent on research and development activities across the Company during the cumulative third quarter was ¥1,125.156 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Company's research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter.」

「Against this market backdrop, we regard the current fiscal year as an important year in becoming a company that plays a central role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and are pursuing more active business expansion and research and development investment than ever in the AI, IoT and robotics fields. Research and development activity expenses for the cumulative second quarter were ¥642.598 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Company's research and development activities during the cumulative second quarter.」

「Against this market backdrop, we regard the current fiscal year as an important year in becoming a company that plays a central role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and are pursuing more active business expansion and research and development investment than ever in the AI, IoT and robotics fields. Research and development activity expenses for the cumulative first quarter were ¥294.896 million.」

「The amount spent on research and development activities across the Company during the cumulative third quarter was ¥914.316 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Company's research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter.」

「Since its founding, we have regarded research and development activities and the acquisition of the intellectual property they generate as the foundation of our differentiation from other companies, and have focused on both. Going forward, we will continue to conduct active research and development in new fields, build our intellectual property portfolio, and strengthen our personnel and organizational structure for research and development, with the aim of creating new markets and driving innovation simultaneously. We will also place an even greater focus on obtaining patents overseas.」