Brother Industries, Ltd. (President: Ichiro Sasaki) today announced that it was selected by U.K. company Clarivate, a global information services firm, for "Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2023" as one of the 100 companies positioned at the top of the global innovation ecosystem. This marks the sixth time that Brother has received this award.

Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2023 is a list of the world's top 100 innovative companies and institutions, which are selected once annually based on patent data that Clarivate holds. In the selection, five factors of registered patents were used for score calculation: influence, success, globalization, and technical distinctiveness, in addition to quantity. Among these factors, Brother achieved a particularly high score for "success", which led to this award.

Brother believes that true technical capabilities refer to the utilization of our various unique technologies to create products and services that customers demand. To offer products valued and chosen by customers, Brother always gives full attention to customer opinions and devote ourselves to value creation. Furthermore, for the goal to "create new businesses that help to address materialities" outlined in the medium-term business strategy "CS B2024" as well, Brother aims to search widely for business opportunities that enable working people's productivity and creativity and help protect the earth. To this end, Brother is committed to providing superior value through its products and services in the areas of both existing and new businesses.

As we press forward, Brother will strive to accumulate intellectual property with high value to grow our business sustainably. At the same time, we will contribute to the development of society and the future of the Earth through innovation by executing our intellectual property strategy, which integrates our management and business strategies.