“Deep Rooting Health and Green Related Industries” is one of TSC’s development strategies. We aim to continue the development of healthy food, including the development of health food, epidemic prevention supplies, research and development of immunity-strengthening nutrition food, high-quality livestock products, and diverse, non-toxic and safe agricultural products.

          In order to pursue sustainable innovation with higher quality and service, TSC has set up a research and development business management and control organization of the Research and Development Committee whose chairman is the president with 1-2 deputy chairmen, 19 to 35 committee members, 1 executive secretary and 2-3 secretaries. Its main tasks include the development of R&D policies, R&D budget management and implementation, research program management, the application and follow-up of R&D results. Through regular R&D business integration meetings, various units involved in R&D can quickly resolve issues and problems they have faced, coordinate R&D resources across units and improve research energy.

          Taiwan Sugar Research Institute is divided into the Testing Center, Biological, Chemical and Engineering Groups responsible for technology development, and the Industry Information Group for scientific and technological management planning according to the task attributes. The four technical groups are set up in accordance with technical expertise and perform cross-disciplinary and product development tasks through close cooperation among the groups. The Industrial Information Group provides research-related services such as industrial information, intellectual property management, market research and technology transfer. It also acts as the Research Institute’s window of contact with internal and external units of TSC.

          TSC’s IPR Management Plan is as follows. 

1. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Management Plan

          TSC respects the intellectual property rights (IPR) of others and also strives to protect the IPR owned by the company. Under this principle, the internal control system of Guidelines for Intellectual Property Rights Management, and businesses related to patent, trademark, copyright, variety rights and trade secrets have to be compliant with this system to exert their effects and ensure the rights and interests of the company. Moreover, every year, the representatives of TRSI participate in the verification of Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS) on behalf of the company to confirm the implementation status and appropriateness of the company’s relevant systems. In addition, to enhance our associates’ IRP knowledge and strengthen the concept of trade secrets, we will continue to carry out relevant education and training courses in 2023.

2. Implementation Situation

          TSC has introduced the TIPS system for 15 years. Through continuous verification to review the effectiveness of implementation, the TIPS System and the management framework are implemented in accordance with the spirit of PDCA( Plan-Do-Check-Action) of TIPS, and improvement is constantly reviewed. Through the establishment of the TIPS System, various units of TSC have aquired the IPR protection concept.

          There were no cases of infringement of other patents or intellectual property rights at TSC in 2022. Intellectual property output included the submission of 1 patent application, receiving 1 invention patent certificate, and 9 SOPs of the process（trade secret）.In addition, there were 2 technology transfers internally in the business division and 3 technology exports externally.