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2022 Intellectual Property (IP) Management Performance

Innovation patent and invention application platform

We have established an application platform on the employee portal. After registration, R&D personnel can record in detail their innovation ideas and experiment outcomes from work and store them in the encrypted folder. After data is complete and the review and approval of related supervisors, employees may apply for patents according to the procedures.

Patent

# Title Project No. Country Remarks
1 HYDROGENATED BLOCK COPLYMER AND COMPOSITION THEREOF US 10,450,455 B2(application no.15/914,878) USA Awarded the patent (expired on 2038/03/07) on 2019/10/22.
2 Hydrogenated block copolymer and composition thereof I660975 Taiwan Awarded the patent (expired on 2038/03/05) on 2019/06/01.
3 MULTILAYER SHEET STRUCTURE FOR DENTAL APPLIANCE(orthodontic materials) US-2020-0237478-A19383-A26025-US (Top Team number) USA US20200237478A1 (disclosed and response in progress)
4 Fire retardant composite structure (utility model patent) M597795 Taiwan Awarded the patent (expired on 2030/03/12) on 2020/07/01.

Trade secret management

The R&D Division stores the reports, documents, and related IPs from each R&D project individually in USI’s internal encrypted web folders with access control. The system also automatically audits abnormal access and alerts the responsible supervisor to check the access to ensure the proper management of trade secrets.