Innovation

11 patent families (4 granted) — focus: Electricity & electronics, Physics & computing; filing pace slowing. Cited 157 times.

Year	Filings
2017	1
2018	7
2019	3
2020	2
2021	2
2022	2
2023	2
2024	2

Investor mix

6 investors on record; lead investors include UTEC, Shikoku Electric Power, IE.

Investor type	Count	Share
Venture capital	3	50%
Other / undisclosed	3	50%