The Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators are selected for their superior R&D activities or intellectual asset management in the world, based on the analysis of the data retained by Clarivate Analysis according to five evaluation criteria (number of patents, influence of patent, success rate, global performance, and rarity). Since Clarivate launched this annual award in 2012, Nitto has been awarded for the fourth consecutive year and the 12th time overall.

The intellectual property activities of the Nitto Group are centered on building a robust intellectual property network and maximizing its revenue. Nitto’s patent application strategy involves three policies: analyze market needs and competitors’ trends and technologies; create barriers to competitors by securing intellectual property rights of its core business technologies; and maximize earnings and extend the revenue period. Also, Nitto regularly hold 'Intellectual Property Roundtables' with the participation of executives, development leaders, and business managers. These meetings have become a well-established practice for discussing the intellectual property network and activities Nitto aims to pursue for its business. Nitto’s inclusion among the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators is a recognition of these steady intellectual property activities at each phase leading up to commercialization and the integration of the intellectual property strategy with business activities.

Nitto will work to create value “essential” to the world and contribute to the achievement of a sustainable global environment and prosperous human society.

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[Nitto's Original Business Models]
https://www.nitto.com/jp/en/about_us/concepts/businessmodel/

[Nitto’s Core Technologies]
Developing products that meet customer needs by combining its eight core technologies
https://www.nitto.com/jp/en/rd/base/