To strengthen our industry leadership and safeguard the hard-earned results of our research and development efforts, the company plans to integrate its operational objectives with intellectual property management. By leveraging intellectual property rights to create corporate value, the company aims not only to protect its operational freedom but also to enhance its competitive advantage. This strategic approach is expected to contribute to the company's profitability while preserving and utilizing its valuable intellectual property assets.

• Internal Employee Management
  The company signs "Confidentiality Agreements" and "Employment Contracts" with its employees, clearly stipulating the obligation of employees to maintain confidentiality regarding personal and company business matters. Regular intellectual property education and awareness campaigns are conducted during the employment period. Information security management meetings are held periodically to report and review the results. Employees are informed of their confidentiality obligations before leaving the company and are required to sign a "Resignation Non-disclosure Agreement."
• Engineer Record Book Strengthened Management
  The company regularly conducts courses on key points for writing engineer record books to facilitate the discovery of technical value and outputs. A register is maintained for issued engineer record books, and content checks are conducted to enhance the quality of the written content. Proposals with value are encouraged to submit patent proposals, and periodic reviews are conducted to examine the preservation status of engineer record books. Engineer record books issued by the company are collected before the employee leaves.
• Patent and Trade Secret Management
  To protect the company's R&D achievements, technological leadership, and competitive advantages such as customer trust, regular intellectual property meetings are held to evaluate intellectual property for patent applications or trade secret protection. A reward system is in place to continuously motivate employees to submit intellectual property proposals. The company plans to establish a systematic patent intellectual property management system with a graded evaluation process, considering both the quantity and quality of employee patent applications. Regular education courses on intellectual property rights are conducted to enhance employee awareness of the importance of intellectual property and confidentiality.
  The company takes measures to minimize potential losses to shareholder equity due to intellectual property claims and lawsuits. These measures include strategically obtaining necessary licenses from specific semiconductor or other technology companies, obtaining defensive and/or offensive intellectual property protection for the company's technology and business, actively defending against malicious patent litigation, and preventing the infringement of critical trade secrets essential to the company's livelihood.
  

Implementation Status
The company has reported relevant intellectual property matters to the 27th Board Meeting of the 9th term (November 6, 2023) and presented a report. Improvements have been proposed in response to the recommendations of the directors.
Since 2018, the company has actively implemented an Intellectual Property Management Plan, with major milestones in recent years as follows:

• In 2018, the company enhanced its Intellectual Property Management Plan.
• In 2019, a training course was initiated to enhance employees' understanding of key points in recording research and development activities.
• In 2020, a comprehensive review of intellectual property protection was conducted to strengthen measures.
• In 2021, a company-wide inventory of intellectual property was conducted, and a cycle of intellectual property management was introduced.
• In 2022, the Intellectual Property Management Plan continued with regular audits of engineer records and frequent dissemination of intellectual property awareness to enhance colleagues' awareness of intellectual property rights maintenance.
• In 2023, comprehensive and effective control of the protection of critical technologies was implemented. Business secrets were utilized as a comprehensive means of technical protection to create a competitive advantage for the company.

Current Intellectual Property (IP) List and Achievements are as follows:

1. Patents: As of the end of 2023, the cumulative number of global patents reached 37, showing an increase of 2 patents compared to the previous year.
2. Trade Secrets: By the end of 2023, the company's cumulative trade secrets amounted to 162, indicating an increase of 38 compared to the previous year.