Nichia develops new technologies and spares no effort to lay out core patents

In the past 10 years, the mainland LED industry, under the support of the mainland government, has used different subsidy programs and protection measures to breed companies such as Sanan Optoelectronics and Mulinsen Optoelectronics that are sufficient to enter the international market. In the case of Sanan Optoelectronics, not only did the government obtain subsidies for purchasing organic metal chemical deposition (MOCVD) machines, but also conducted large-scale talent digging in Taiwan, and even further invested in Taiwan's Leijing plant.

Among them, Sanan Optoelectronics invested 19.9% ​​in the acquisition of Canyuan Optoelectronics in 2013. With the purchase of Canyuan Optoelectronics in 2014, Sanan Optoelectronics became a 3% stake in Jingyuan Optoelectronics, following the 2015 Yuanyuan Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. After the acquisition of Taiwanese solid-state lighting, Sanan Optoelectronics still owns about 2.8% of Jingyuan Optoelectronics, and the spillover effect is remarkable.

Mainland manufacturers actively open up the land and strive for alliances and also fight for core patents

In addition to Sanan Optoelectronics, the mainland industry has also actively launched international mergers and acquisitions in the past few years. Among them, on March 31, 2015, Beijing Jinshajiang Venture Capital announced the acquisition of Lumileds 80.1, a subsidiary of Royal Philips of the Netherlands, for US$3.3 billion. % of the shares are expected to be formally completed after the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities in the third quarter of 2015. This business will include the original LED business and the automotive lighting division that was spun off from the Philips Group. Shocked the global LED industry.

It is worth noting that through this acquisition, the mainland LED industry will be able to break through the existing patent barriers of traditional LED manufacturers such as Nichia, Osram, Toyota (ToyodaGosei) and Cree, but compete in this competition. In the change of the situation, people are worried, but it is the increasingly heavy competitive pressure of Taiwan's LED industry.

Thinking about the breakthrough of the red supply chain from the experience of Japan

Beijing Jinshajiang Venture Capital acquired Lumileds. Although it is only one example of mainland companies competing for the international market with capital, and breaking through the patent wall, it is undoubtedly powerful for the Taiwan LED industry, which is mostly SME manufacturers. Shocking bombs.

Therefore, if Taiwan's LED industry wants to break through in the existing competitive pressures and predicaments, it can further leverage the experience of Japan's continuous development of innovation and layout of core patents.

Nichia's development of blue LEDs with gallium nitride (GaN) materials coincided with the germination of GaN materials, through the employees at the time, the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the University of Santa Barbara, USA. Professor Xiu Er, as well as other Nichia employees, developed a series of patents on materials, structures, packaging and applications. In particular, the patents for white LEDs have blocked the market development of global LED manufacturers. After several patent litigations, the formation of patent cross-licensing status of the five major manufacturers also caused patent barriers for the development of white LED market in the LED manufacturers.

Although the industry often reports that the patents of Nichia will expire, it is believed that there will be a peaceful day after that, and will no longer be subject to the patents of Nichia. However, all walks of life have neglected that Nichia will continue to use patent continuous cases and divisions, continue to extend the scope and validity of patents, and continue to actively develop new materials, new technologies, new products, and lay out new core patents.

In new materials, new technologies and new products, Nichia has developed a thermosetting resin in cooperation with Japanese chemical company Kaneka Corporation, and added titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a reflective cup material, while developing a new stent structure. With the new process, the development and mass production of EMC (EpoxyMoldingCompound) products have been completed, which is different from the original products using plastic reflector cup holders. Nichia is mainly engaged in the development of medium-power LED products with high heat dissipation, low yellowing and high-adhesion thermosetting resin metal electrodes. It is not targeted at the market where low-cost and low-power indicators are cut.

In the development process, Nichia also laid out the core patents of EMC-type LEDs in materials, bracket structures, LED polycrystalline and electrical structures, LED light mixing technology and EMC new process, which will form the next round of backward manufacturers to develop lighting. The patented technology barrier of diodes.

Nichia has spared no effort in the development of new technologies and the layout of core patents. It shows its ability and persistence in basic research innovation, and it is also the strongest advantage in facing other emerging competitive pressures.

From this point of view, although the LED industry in Taiwan has been deeply competitive in the red supply chain from the mainland LED industry in recent years, the best way to break through the red supply chain is still to develop and innovate and core patent layout.

For enterprises, they must continue to invest in R&D and innovation of key technologies, not just follow and improve others' technologies. For the government, the most important thing is to support high-risk innovative technology companies and expand the industry's science and technology projects. Industrial technology projects and small-scale enterprise innovation research and development programs, reward and invest in companies to develop truly breakthrough innovative technologies and turn into core patents. In addition, it is necessary to support the establishment of a patent technology fund to acquire innovative technology companies from all walks of life or the core patents they apply for. At the same time, the government should also establish a patent resource sharing platform to enable these market-enforced core patents to be authorized by domestic manufacturers.

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