Intellectual property

Basic Concept of Intellectual Property

Yaskawa Electric respects third-party intellectual property while using its own intellectual property to actively protect its products, giving them an edge on the market.

Positioning of Intellectual Property Activities in the Management

Our intellectual property activities are part of our business strategies as well as R&D strategies, and we are working globally on creation, protection and application of intellectual property.

Intellectual Property Activities

We placed the Intellectual Property Department within the Yaskawa Technology Center, which brings together the functions of technology development in one place.
Our Intellectual Property activities are promoted in close cooperation between the Technology Development Department and the Intellectual Property Department,which controls the Intellectual Property activities of the entire company.

Status of Intellectual Property Rights

Each country promotes to secure intellectual properties as the graph below shows.

▽ Application ratio by country