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Investor InformationToyota Global Vision Special FeaturePresident
ʼ
s Message Financial Section
Business and
Performance Review
Medium- to Long-Term
Growth Initiatives
Changes for Making
Ever-Better Cars Management and
Corporate Information
TOYOTA ANNUAL REPORT 2012
R&D and Intellectual Property
Facility Name Activities Location
USA
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
North America, Inc.
Product Planning, Vehicle Engineering and
Evaluation, Basic Research
Ann Arbor, Michigan Torrance, California
Wittman, Arizona
Calty Design Research, Inc. Design Newport Beach, California
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
North America, Inc.
Calty Design Research, Inc.
Asia Pacic
Toyota Motor Asia Pacic Engineering and
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Vehicle Engineering and Evaluation Samutprakarn Province, Thailand
Toyota Technical Center
Asia Pacic Australia Pty., Ltd. Vehicle Engineering and Evaluation Melbourne, Australia
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing
(China) Co., Ltd.
Basic Research, Technical Research and
Vehicle Evaluation China
Toyota Motor Asia Pacic Engineering and
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Toyota Technical Center
Asia Pacic Australia Pty., Ltd.
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing
(China) Co., Ltd.
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Intellectual Property Activities
Toyota
ʼ
s competitiveness springs from the
forward-looking R&D stance that is instrumental
to core strengths associated with products and
technologies. Underlying each new product that
emerges from R&D, there are always intellectual
properties such as inventions and expertise that
we value as important management resources.
R&D and intellectual property activities are
organizationally linked to enable us to focus on
selected development themes and build a strong
patent portfolio. We have established an Intellectual
Property Committee made up of individuals
involved with management, R&D, and intellectual
property. This committee acquires and utilizes
important intellectual property that contributes to
business operations and helps determine policies
for management risks associated with intellectual
property.
Intellectual Property Systems
Toyota carefully analyzes patents and the need
for patents in each area of research to formulate
more effective R&D strategies. We identify R&D
projects in which Toyota should acquire patents,
and file relevant applications as necessary to help
build a strong global patent portfolio. In addition,
we want to contribute to sustainable mobility
by promoting the spread of technologies with
environmental and safety benefits. This is why
we take an open stance to patent licensing, and
grant licenses when appropriate terms are met.
A good example of this policy is the licensing to
other companies of patents in the area of hybrid
technology, which is one of our core technologies
involving environmental energy.
Intellectual Property Strategies
Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG)
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Toyota Europe Design Development
Europe
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA Vehicle Engineering and Evaluation Brussels, Belgium Derby, U.K
Toyota Europe Design Development Design Nice, France
Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG)Development for Motorsport Vehicles,
Advanced Engineering Germany
Intellectual Property Guiding Principle
● Securing greater corporate exibility
and maximizing corporate value
through the appropriate acquisition
and utilization of intellectual
property.
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