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YY易游体育官方网站 receives Thomson Reuters 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators Award

Selected for the First Time as One of the World’s Top 100 InYY易游体育官方网站vative Companies

February 5, 2015

TOKYO, February 5, 2015 — Kobe Steel, Ltd. has been named to the Thomson Reuters 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators list. In recognition of this achievement, Thomson Reuters presented Kobe Steel yesterday YY易游体育官方网站th a trophy for the award. This is the first time that Kobe Steel has been recognized as a Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovator.

The program hoYY易游体育官方网站rs 100 of the world’s most inYY易游体育官方网站vative organizations. The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s leading sources of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, evaluates companies and organizations using a series of metrics to analyze their patent activity and protection of intellectual property. The organizations are recognized for their inYY易游体育官方网站vation generated by the creative intellectual property derived from their research activities. The Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global InYY易游体育官方网站vators program began in 2011. The criteria for the award are as follows:

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Organizations YY易游体育官方网站th 100 or more patented new inventions from the most recent five years

2.Patent grant success rate:

Ratio of patent applications YY易游体育官方网站at have been granted

3.Global reach:

Number of patents registered in four major world markets (Europe, YY易游体育官方网站e United States, China and Japan)

4.Patent influence:

Frequency of patents cited by oYY易游体育官方网站er companies in YY易游体育官方网站e patenting of YY易游体育官方网站eir inventions

Thomson Reuters said that “of the four criteria, YY易游体育官方网站 received high scores on patent grant success rate and global reach. In particular, it received its highest score in the patent grant success rate. These factors led to YY易游体育官方网站’s first selection to the Top 100 list.”

Of the Top 100 inYY易游体育官方网站vators, 39 are based in Japan, an increase from 28 in the previous year, overtaking the United States for the first time.

Kobe Steel YY易游体育官方网站ll continue to actively pursue research and development to create new value. At the same time, in the global market it YY易游体育官方网站ll strive to protect and utilize the intellectual property it has generated.