Accton adheres to the principle of continuous innovation, leveraging its R&D capabilities for product development and improvement to provide high performance and reliable products. We also aim to increase product value, strengthen company competitiveness, and drive profitability by safeguarding R&D achievements through patent protection.

I. Patent Application and Management

Our patent application strategy is primarily aimed at protecting products, creating product value, and increasing company competitiveness. Based on this strategy, the company has established patent incentive and management regulations to encourage R&D colleagues to actively innovate and make improvement during product development, as well as to regulate the management of patent assets and the confidentiality of patent information.

To promote innovation and select practical technologies that can benefit company operations, we have established an idea proposal mechanism based on the patent incentive and management regulations, prior to the patent proposal process . Different from the patent proposal mechanism which requires evaluating the patentability of the idea, the idea proposal mechanism only requires a simple disclosure of the concept and involves a review process focusing on benefits to product or company operation . This simplified process, combined with proposal incentive mechanism, aims to cultivate a habit of seeking product improvement among R&D colleagues and foster a culture of innovation to stimulate R&D output.

After passing the review, an idea proposal may proceed to the patent proposal process. In addition to evaluating the patentability of the patent proposal, relevant patents owned by others are also analyzed after prior art search to assess the necessity of product design-around, thereby reducing potential risks in product sales.

In addition to the idea proposal process and the patent proposal process, we conduct regular investigations into the patented technologies maintained by the company to review the benefits of maintaining patents, and to discard outdated or low opportunity patents in a timely manner, thereby maintaining the company’s patent portfolio and ensuring patent quality in an economically efficient manner.

To facilitate the aforementioned proposal and management operations, we have developed an Intellectual Property Management System. The system is a management platform encompassing idea/patent proposals, patent applications, and a collaborative platforms for relevant departments, enabling management operations to be carried out correctly and efficiently in a systematic manner.

II. Protection of Trade Secrets

The innovations and work achievements generated by R&D colleagues in the course of their work constitute important intellectual property of the company. Therefore, the company requires R&D colleagues to regularly record important discoveries and results in their daily work, and to document key findings or inventions in detail in R&D record books or submit them as idea proposals through IPR Management System, in order to preserve important R&D achievements and trade secrets that are not suitable for patent protection.

Patent Acquisition Status:

As of the end of 2024, the company has filed a total of 1245 patent applications globally and has been granted a total of 962 patents worldwide.