Ajinomoto Co., Inc. · TSE:2802
Ajinomoto — Investor Day (September 2023)
31 slides from Ajinomoto's investor day presentation, Sep 4, 2023
Slide 1: Enhancing Corporate Value through the Ajinomoto Group's Intellectual Property Strategy
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. IR Day Enhancing Corporate Value through the Ajinomoto Group's Intellectual Property Strategy Hiroshi Izui General Manager, Intellectual Property Department September 4, 2023
Slide 2: Today's Message
Today’s Message ◼ Strengthening the intellectual property that arises through organic connections among intangible assets is crucial to realizing ASV. ◼ Since its founding, the Ajinomoto Group has built up the strengths of its intellectual property strategy and has created competitive advantages and
Slide 3: Contents
Contents I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual property s
Slide 4: Contents
Contents I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategies III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategies to achieve our 2030 Roadmap IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual proper
Slide 5: The intangible assets at the source of the ASV value creation process
I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property The intangible assets at the source of the ASV value creation process Economic Social value value Innovation creation Business activities Organization Technology Intangible Customers assets Human resources Vision Diverse Change
Slide 6: The intellectual property born from intangible assets
I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property The intellectual property born from intangible assets Intellectual property is created through the organic connection of intangible assets. The Ajinomoto Group’s intellectual property strategy has strengths centered on patent r
Slide 7: Contents
Contents I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategies to achieve our 2030 Roadmap IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual property
Slide 8: Intellectual property as the DNA of the Ajinomoto Group
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Intellectual property as the DNA of the Ajinomoto Group (Patent rights and trademark rights) "Creating a good, inexpensive seasoning enables a highly nutritious, simple diet.” A wish to improve nutrition for people in Japan th
Slide 9: An intellectual property strategy that supports business creation and global expansion
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy An intellectual property strategy that supports business creation and global expansion Patent rights, trademark rights, and other forms of intellectual property have supported the Ajinomoto Group's unique scientific approach a
Slide 10: Patent rights: Turning wide-ranging inventions and technologies into rights
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Patent rights: Turning wide-ranging inventions and technologies into rights through patenting By patenting the varied inventions and differentiating technologies born from “AminoScience” in wide-ranging fields, we create right
Slide 11: Patent rights: Evolution of our portfolio
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Patent rights: Evolution of our portfolio In line with the evolution of our business strategy and portfolio, we have expanded our patent holdings in the Healthcare and Others segment, achieving high business growth in recent y
Slide 12: Patent rights: External evaluation
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Patent rights: External evaluation In evaluations of the restraining power of Japanese patents held by food companies, we constantly rank highly. Higher rank indicates "Food Industry: Ranking of Restraining Power higher restra
Slide 13: Patent rights: Strategy Case 1: Amino acid production technology
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Patent rights: Strategy Case 1: Amino acid production technology In the amino acid production technologies that support the global expansion of our Sauces and Seasonings and amino acids businesses, we have patented key technol
Slide 14: Patent rights: Strategy Case 2: The Functional Materials business: ABF
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Patent rights: Strategy Case 2: The Functional Materials business: ABF In developing ABF,* the R&D Dept. and the Intellectual Property Dept together achieved a high-speed development system through constant synchronization of
Slide 15: Patent rights: Strategy Case 3: The Bio-Pharma Services business: AJICAP
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Patent rights: Strategy Case 3: The Bio-Pharma Services business: AJICAP® We own the patents to our proprietary platform technologies for the creation of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) optimized for specific pharmaceutical ma
Slide 16: Patent rights: Correlation between patent value and business profit margin
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group‘s intellectual property strategy Patent rights: Correlation between patent value and business profit margin In the business areas where the patent portfolio has been strengthened, there is a correlation between patent value and business profit margin. Functio
Slide 17: Trademark rights: Protection of brand value by establishing trademark rights
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Trademark rights: Protection of brand value by establishing trademark rights We have also steadily acquired more trademarks around the world, and continued to strengthen the value of our brand. Trademark rights held, by region
Slide 18: Trademark rights: Initiatives to eliminate knockoff products and unauthorized use of brands
II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategy Trademark rights: Initiatives to eliminate knockoff products and unauthorized use of brands We protect brand value by taking decisive action against unauthorized use of our brands, primarily knockoff products, in accordance wi
Slide 19: Contents
Contents I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategies III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual property
Slide 20: Shift to growth through BMX
III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap Shift to growth through BMX We aim to achieve a highly profitable, unique, and robust structure by shifting to growth in the four outcome-driven growth areas through the evolution of core businesses and growth-driving b
Slide 21: Key points in strengthening our intellectual property strategy, centered on visualization
III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap Key points in strengthening our intellectual property strategy, centered on visualization Integrating business strategy, R&D strategy, and intellectual property strategy, we will acquire pioneering patent rights in four
Slide 22: Case: Cell culture media for regenerative medicine (1)
III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap Case: Cell culture media for regenerative medicine (1) Leveraging the power of our research network and based on the strengths of our technologies in antibody media and CiRA’s leading edge research, we have developed ce
Slide 23: Case: Cell culture media for regenerative medicine (2)
III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap Case: Cell culture media for regenerative medicine (2) By always drafting and executing strategy through collaboration and through constant synchronization of both our R&D and business strategies, and our intellectual p
Slide 24: Case: Cell culture media for regenerative medicine (3)
III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap Case: Cell culture media for regenerative medicine (3) Using a variety of tools, we proceed with analyzing our company’s and competitors' patents, visualizing through a bird's-eye view of patents and technologies, and I
Slide 25: Participation in the Innovation Strategy Team
III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategy to achieve our 2030 Roadmap Participation in the Innovation Strategy Team The intellectual Property Dept. will also participate in the Innovation Strategy Team* to promote BMX company-wide. Global concept of the Innovation Strategy Team Member com
Slide 26: Contents
Contents I. Realization of ASV through the strengthening of intellectual property II. The strengths of the Ajinomoto Group's intellectual property strategies III. Evolution of our intellectual property strategies to achieve our 2030 Roadmap IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual proper
Slide 27: Enhancement skills for the Ajinomoto Group as a whole
IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual property strategy Enhancement of intellectual property skills for the Ajinomoto Group as a whole We set plans by hierarchy and by purpose to gradually enhance the intellectual property skills of the Ajinomoto Group as a whole 1,500 training partic
Slide 28: Strengthening specialized human resources
IV. Strengthening the foundation of our intellectual property strategy Strengthening of intellectual property specialized human resources In addition to development of intellectual property specialists, we will emphasize development of intellectual property strategists involved in strategy formulati
Slide 29: Investment in intangible assets
Investment in intangible assets Through investment in intangible assets, we will maintain and grow the strengths of our ongoing intellectual property strategy while accelerating the evolution of an intellectual property strategy that contributes to our shift to growth through business model transfor
Slide 30: In closing
In closing Through the continued evolution of our intellectual property strategy, we will ensure our shift to growth while raising barriers to entry and boosting our competitive advantages, and further, will maximize ASV value (social value and economic value) and contribute to the enhancement of ou
Slide 31: Forward-looking statements
⚫ 本資料に記載されている業績見通し等の将来に関する記載は、 ➢ Forward-looking statements, such as business performance forecasts, made in these 本資料の発表日現在における将来の見通し、計画のもととなる前提、 materials are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections at the 予測を含んで記載しており、当社としてその実現を約束する趣旨の time of publication. A number of factors