In order to protect R&D resources, maintain innovation momentum, strengthen competitive strength, increase corporate profits, achieve operational goals and ensure sustainable operations, the Company continues to promote the intellectual property management. The Company values the operation of intellectual property greatly and appoints the personnel dedicated to intellectual property management. Whenever the R&D team proposes a new technical idea or inspiration, upon preliminary experiments and trial production to confirm the feasibility of such idea or inspiration, the personnel responsible for intellectual property will investigate the technology overview through patent search and confirm the two major indicators, namely Freedom to Operate (the technology does not involve any mine patent, and there is no risk over working the same) and Patentability (no previous discovery is available to the technology, and the probability that the patent application is approved is high).

The “R&D Cycle – Acquisition, Maintenance and Application of Intellectual Property” established by the Company expressly formulates the related procedures to ensure that the Company has sought sufficient information and preparation for intellectual property management as following：

• Patent application procedure

  • Patent search procedure
  • Patent technology review procedure
  • Patent specification preparation and application stage
  • Official review stage

• Patent-related rights and patent right maintenance procedure

  • Ownership of patent-related rights
  • Maintenance of granted patents
  • Business secrets
  • Patent monitoring
  • Freedom to Operate
  • Maintenance of intellectual property summary table and patent specification database
  • Patent inventory
  • Authority of access to intellectual property data online

In addition to said procedures, the Company will also invite the management and R&D personnel to attend the patent review meetings to discuss and make decision on the patent applications filed by the Company to ensure the timeliness and necessity of the Company’s patent applications.

The Company has convened a total of 5 patent review meetings and a total of 7 patent applications were approved in 2024.

The Company has proposed the patent family portfolio, quantity of patent portfolio and quantity of granted patents to the Board of Directors on December 20, 2024.

The patent results generated currently are stated as following：

• Patent portfolio：189 cases
• Patent family：51 cases
• Valid patent：87 cases

The Company has formulated the "2025 Intellectual Property Management Plan" and reported it to the Board of Directors on April 30, 2025. The details are as follows:

• Ensuring the Protection of the Company’s Intellectual Property:
  Regular patent inventory reviews, updates to the patent application tracking sheet, and maintenance of trademark rights and trade secrets lists. Enhanced protection measures for confidential information through personnel management, access control, and secure storage of sensitive data.
• Emphasizing the Development of Intellectual Property:
  Implementation of internal training and awareness programs by respective departments.
• Strengthening IP Analysis and Strategic Planning:
  Monitoring of trademark strategies of related industry players and submission of five patent applications.