Technology and manufacturing development
The primary driver of PRIMAX's sustained profitability and growth is its commitment to embracing innovation. Primax's technology development is centered on integrating three core elements—acoustics, visual technologies, and human machine interfaces—into cohesive product applications. In an era of rapid technological evolution, the Company continues to develop key new technologies and products that contribute to sustained profitability while extending its business presence into every aspect of daily life. To further strengthen the Group's R&D and technological competitiveness, in 2025 the Company invested NT$3,590,188 thousand in research and development expenditures, representing 5.97% of operating revenue. These resources were dedicated to the design and development of new products and technologies, as well as the enhancement and improvement of production processes. Details of recent R&D outcomes are presented on pages 69–70 of the 2025 Shareholders' Meeting Annual Report.
Overall, this year's R&D outcomes have established platform and modular capabilities across Information Products, humanmachine interfaces, imaging, security, automotive, acoustics, and AIoT, laying a solid foundation for the Group's future business expansion and long-term competitiveness.
Intellectual property rights management
Strategy & Goals
In response to the rapid evolution of advanced technologies and to protect hard-earned technological achievements, Primax continuously invests R&D resources and systematically monitors, collects, and analyzes market and technological developments relevant to its products. The Company has implemented intellectual property strategies aligned with operational objectives and R&D resources as outlined below, with the aim of continually accumulating intellectual property assets to strengthen its competitive advantage. Primax continuously enhances its patent capabilities and maintains competitiveness across observable market indicators. In addition to improving the quality of patent management, in 2023, the Company integrated and refined its existing internal intellectual property management policies and continued to strengthen their implementation, ensuring that protected intellectual property is closely linked to the Company's future core revenue generating products and critical technologies. Primax has established patent strategies for its key product lines, incentivizes R&D innovation, and closely monitors the patent activities of industry peers to strengthen patent positioning within customer markets. The Company aims to rank among the top thirty domestic legal entities in patent applications by 2030.
Our intellectual property tactics for 2025 are described below:
- Strengthen the Patent Portfolio for Global Manufacturing
- Update the strategic product classification items in response to the company's new technology development areas.
- Continuously promote the bonus measures for Strategy-based product patents.
- Refine the review process before externally disclosing R&D outcomes.
- Actively Prevent Intellectual Property Risks in Innovation and R&D.
In addition, our company obtained the Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS) Grade A 2016 version certification in 2024, and was recertified in 2025. We will continue to obtain certification to strengthen the intellectual property management concepts and capabilities throughout the company.
Management plan for intellectual property rights
Management of patent
For the purpose of protection of technical achievement and leading position, we not only constantly encourage our staff to file application for utility patent via the corporate grading innovation award, but also establish the patent management policy and risk control mechanism.
Management of Copyright
We promulgated the Management plan for intellectual property rights to formulate the process of acquirement, preservation and maintenance of copyright.
Protection of trade secret
Trade secret / confidential information are the technological and business operation core of the Company.
Operation
The report of the implementation of intellectual property events has been submitted to the Board of Directors on Nov.7, 2024.
1. Application of patent
Primax group has filed numerous patent applications in countries since 1990.
2. Process management
- 1990: Regulation of Patent Application
- 2002: Regulation of Risk Management and Patent Usage
- 2004: Enterprise Patent System
- 2021: Regulation of Copyright and Trade Secret
- 2022: Procedure of Copyright and Trade Secret
- 2023: Procedure of patent and IP confidential documents
- 2024: Amend Regulation of Patent Application
- 2025: Amend Regulation of Intellectual Communication
3. Activation of Property
To realize Patent Monetization, we sold almost 900 patents in 2006.
4. Risk Control
Patent search archive management has been carried out since 2012.
5. Management of trade secret
- Staff must maintain confidentiality
- No disclosure during or after employment
- No misuse of former employer’s trade secrets
Measures for dealing with the risk of intellectual property rights
We analyze IP controversies from legal, technical, and business perspectives to protect stakeholder interests.
Performance
As of the end of 2024, 942 patents have been approved and 492 patents are pending, and a total of 490 invention awards had been received.
Any question or comment, please email to ESG@primax.com.tw
