95th Anniversary of Foundation Edition · continually to present as the "Spirit of ISEKI". 1926 Full-automatic rice huller by the founder 1965 Tractor suitable to wet paddy fields

Intellectual Property Report 95th Anniversary of Foundation Edition

Contents

Message from the President 1

95th Anniversary Special Edition

95 year history of developed products 250 years since the birth of rice transplanter "Sanae" 4

R&D Strategy 5R&D PolicyR&D SystemPriority Strategic FieldsIndustry-government-academia partnershipHuman Resource Development

Intellectual Property Strategy 8Intellectual Property PolicyIntellectual Properrty SystemIntellectual Property ControlInvention Award SystemHuman Resource DevelopmentState of Intellectual Properties

Products taking advantage of ISEKI's technological capabilities 11

Case examples

Outside Awards 14

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3. In preparing forecasts, with the exception of known facts, theCompany makes use of certain assumptions. There are no guarantees that these assumptions are objective and accurateor will prove to be true in the future. These assumptions aredependent on technology and dem rends in Japan and inother countries, economic conditions, competitive conditions.and other facvtors. If these assumptions change, it is possible that matters and outcomes, other than known facts stated inthis report may differ from the statements in this publication.

4. Data on the number of rights held and other data related to intellectual property are those of Iseki Co., Ltd., and do notinclude data on subsidiaries

Corporate Data

Company Name : ISEKI&CO.,LTD.

Head Office : 700 Umaki-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Tokyo Headquarters : 3-14, Nishi-Nippori 5-chome, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Foundation : August 1926

Paid-in Capital : 23,344 million yen (as of December 31, 2019)

Employees : Consolidated 5,563 (as of December 31, 2019)

Principal Business : ISWEKI's principal business is the manufacture and sale of following products

Cultivating machinery : Tractors, tillers, high-clearance multipurpose vehicles, mowers, etc.

Planting machinery : Rice transplanters, vegetable transplanters

Harvesting and processing machinery: Combine harvesters, binders, harvesters, rice hullers, dryers, vegetable harvesters and processing machinery, etc.

Farming implementsRepair partsRepair revenueOther agriculture related: Agricultural facility works, agricultural materials,

coin rice polishing/ rice cooking business, etc.

Since its establishment in 1926, the ISEKI Group has pursued creative research with a mission to "contribute to society through agricultural machinery" with the phylosophy of its founder "trying to liberate farmers from their heavy labor" as the starting point. The spirit as the engineer" to market ideas", "to exert all technical potential", "always being one step ahead of the competitors" and "to be totally dedicated to product phylosophy" has been continually passed down to our techical experts to this day. Making full use of all our accumulated technical potential, we will continue to contribute to agriculture both in Japan and around the world by providing products that satisfy our customers.

Japanese agriculture is currently undergoing structural changes including dwindling farming population and aging, large-scale farming through the aggregation of farmland, shifting to dry-field farming and vegetable crops. In order to keep up with these changes, we will conduct proactive business activities both from tangible and intangible perspectives, i.e., provision of high-quality products using advanced technologies such as ICT and robot technology with superb cost performance as well as agricultural technologies useful for saving/low-cost farming and proposals relevant to diverse range of crops of vegetable production.

For overseas markets, we have provided products mainly for landscape maintenance and light civil engineering work for the European market and products centering on rice cultivation for the Chinese/ASEAN markets where the need for expanded food production is in the rise. In the end of 2018, we concluded the technical and business alliance agreement with TAFE, the second largest agricultural machinery manufacturer in India which is the biggest tractor market in the world. Through our alliance with the company, we will enhance our capacity to respond to customer needs.

We consider that these engagements will lead to our contribution to the "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" common to the world.

The form of R&D has changed greatly such as introduction of ICT and advanced technology like robot technology as well as activation of external collaborations including industry-government-academia partnership, and the role assumed by intellectual properties is becomming significant increasingly. We will promote R&D based on the trinity of development/manufacturing/sales and acquire rights of resultant intellectual properties leading to our business development.

ISEKI Group celebrates its 95th anniversary of foundation this year. In this booklet, we report our history of R&D and intellectual properties to date as well as our way of thinking, activities and accomplishments,etc. It is our great pleasure if it helps your understanding of the commitments by the ISEKI Group.

Representative Director, President& Executive Officer

Shiro Tomiyasu

Message from the President

Intellectual Property Report 2020 1

Principle of the founder『Release farmers from heavy labor』

Contribute to society through agricultural

machinery

Provision of products that will satisfy customers

Spirits as the engineer「Market ideas」「Exert all technical potential」

「Always be one step ahead of the competitors」「Be totally dedicated to product philosophy」

Founder Kunisaburo Iseki

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95 year history of developed products

ISEKI products which have responded to needs of the society creating innovations.ISEKI which has closely supported agriculture is

continuing its path.We have committed to establishment of integrated

system of rice crop mechanization, as well as mechanization of vegetable production.

Also, we promote gloval development taking advantage of unique technology of ISEKI Group nurtured in Japan.

Spirit of ISEKI -Trying to liberate farmers from their heavy labor-Our founder Kunisaburo Iseki strived to

develop agriculture by labor saving through mechanization of the severe farming work which had depended on manual labor and animal power, with a wish to "liberate farmers from heavy labor".

Wish of the founder who continued to stick to provision of agricultural machinery that would be appreciated by customers since the founding as "Make "excellent products" that can be praised by customers" has been inherited continually to present as the "Spirit of ISEKI".

1926

Full-automatic rice huller by the founder

1965

Tractor suitable to wet paddy fields in Japan.Climbed to the summit of Mt. Fuji in successTB20 model

1966

The world's first self-threshing combine harvesterHD50 model

1971

Backward seedling tank type walk-behind rice transplanterBirth of the pronoun "Sanae" for rice transplanters.PF20

1976

Pioneering full automatic combine harvesterHD1500（demonstration model）

1978

ISEKI's first riding rice transplanterPL620,820

1983

The industry's first dryer equipped with blue burnerGL3210

1984

Rotating rice hullerMX300

1987

Rice transplanter equipped with "rotary planting device"PA Series

1993

Combine harvester equipped with "harvesting synchronizer" which synchronizes chain feeding to the vehicle speed.HA60

1994

1995

First-generation Fronteer JapanRepresentative combine harvester in JapanHJ Series

Tractor equipped with electronic control transmission "IQ shift, IQ turn" which became mainstream of tractors TG Series

1996

Combine harvester HV321 mounting ISEKI's unique emission mechanism "Zoom auger".(Details are stated in the column above)

1998

Semi-automatic vegetable transplanter using rice transplanting technologyPVH1

2003

Carrot harvesting machine on which allowing 2 persons to operate.VH-112S

2007

2007

2010

2012

2013

2016

2017

2018

To a new stage of agriculture taking advantage

of the strength of ISEKI's, "technological capabilities"

95th anniversary of foundation

100th anniversaryof foundation

We developed ISEKI's unique emission mechanism "Zoom auger"which emits harvested rice husks. Flexible "Zoom auger" provided efficient emission of husks on to the truck.

ISEKI's unique emission mechanism "Zoom auger"(1996)

The industry's first variable fertilizing rice transplanter developed after period of 7 years in order to solve worries of farmers "to do something to prevent rice-plant from falling".

The industry's first "variable fertilizing rice transplanter" (2016) born out of demand from farmers

Rice transplanter equipped with "Z turn" enabling full automatic turning and planty only by steering operation.PZ Series

Riding straight traveling 2 lane vegetable transplanterPVHR2

The industry' first 7 lane harvesting combine harvesterHJ Series

The industry's first drying machine equipped with heat recycling controlGＭＬ45

Tractor equipped with "drive mode", "non-clutch brake" which can be operated with a feeling of an automatic vehicle.NTA Series

Variable fertilizing rice transplanterNP80FV

(Detail is given in the above column)

Rice transplanter with straight-travel assist system "OPERESTA"NP Series

Manned monitored type robot tractor realizing ultra labor-saving farmingTJV655R


Fertilizing amount is controlled automatically according to the soil condition of each seedling, planting spot by measuring soil fertility and depth by the equipped sensor in the body. By making optimum fertilization, reduced falling and uniform rice plant growth can be attained, enabling systematic rice harvesting to contribute to stable quality as well.

2020

2025

As it can be expanded and contracted even with residual rice husks inside, the degree of freedom of emission was enhanced dramatically.

1971 Backward seedling tank

1978 ISEKI's first riding rice transplanter

1973 Sanae-matic

1977 Seedling feeding belt

PF451＋FT40Operation man-hours can be reduced by equipping fertilizing device that supplies fertilizer at the same time of planting.

1987 Rotary planting device & mid engine

1989 Pendulum sensor type automatic horizontal system(New cross-matic)

PA50,60,80Enabled simultaneous supply of seedlings and fertilizer.

1998 Duplex seedling feeding belt, finger clutch

2000 Smooth turn

2002 SS lever

2007 Z turn, Z shift, Z rotor

2011 Electric Sanae seeding rail

2014 Sanae just planting

2016 Variable fertilizng technology

NP80Z

By assisting straight traveling

in rice planting, provides easy

and straight planting with

reduced fatigue.

PL620,820By the development of riding type, contributed to labor-saving and greater efficiency.It became the standard for Japanese rice transplanters.

PF20Adopted "backward seedling tank".Birth of the pronoun "Sanae" for rice transplanters.

PF400Machine height and posture are automatically controlled horizontally by hydraulic equipment according to the field condition.

PF251,451,651

Seedlings are fed by flat belt without

fail.

1981 Fertilizing device

PA400,500,600,650Work efficiecy is improved by rotary planting equipment which enables planting of 2 plants with a single rotation.Machine body balance is improved by the engine arrangement providing compact and light body.

PS40（20）

The machine is controlled horizontally by unique pendulumn sensor.

1993 Mid fertilizing

PC2,4We adopted duplex type seedling feeding which enabled accurate seedling feeding.We developed finger clutch providing switching on and off by one touch.

PG5,6,7,8

No braking turn avoiding damage to the

headland.

PQ4,5

Able to start/stop easily being

dismounted from the machine.

PZ50,60,70,80Able to turn only by steering operation to start planting from the same position as the adjacent lane (Z turn), and able to realize various planting operations with one steering wheel (Z shift). Further, headland can be leveled while planting (Z rotor).

PZ53,63,73By one switch action, the seedling

frame is changed to a flat rail to

enable easy feeding work.

NP50,60,70,80Seedlings can be plannted just from ridge edge without manual planting work.

NP80FVBy detecting surface soil depth and fertility by sensor to control the amount of fertilizer acording to the soil condition. It contributes to reduced falling and uniform growth.

2017 Straight-travel assist system


Our rice transplanter "Sanae" marks 50 years

since its birth. Since we developed "Sanae" as the pronoun of rice transplanters in 1971, we

have developed standard of rice transplanters employing our unique technological strength.

As specific examples of contribution to the business activities of intellectual properties, we

introduce you technologies of ISEKI incorporated in rice transplanter "Sanae".


50 years since birth of rice transplanter "Sanae"

MeasuringMeasuring

Rice field

Hard ground

Surface soil depth

R&D Strategy

R&D Policy

The ISEKI Group engages in R&D based on 4 "spirits as the engineer" with a mission to "contribute to society

through agricultural machinery" towards "realization of a rich and sustainable society".

To market ideas01Basis of technology exist in development of ideas. Cultivate brain

incessantly to incorporate ideas backed by theory and experience into products.

To exert all technical potential02

Exert comprehensive technical potential by employing all accumulated technologies and further seeking for new technologies widely.

Always being one step ahead of the competitors

03

The source of corporate competition is endless competition of technological strength. We constantly identify direction of the technological innovation and conduct R&D always one step ahead of our competitors.

To be totally dedicated to product phylosophy

04We devote ourselves to the product phylosophy to contribute to

prosperity of farmers by developing superb products, while contributing to corporate earnings at the same time.

We promote R&D by exerting comprehensive capabilities through cooperation among development/ manufacturing/sales divisions. We conduct smooth R&D by deciding direction of product strategy and R&D based on needs in respective area and the market trend.

We promote R&D and accumulation of advanced technologies including suitable technologies for changing crop system and ICT, robotanization of agriculture and facilities/ plant factories, by reinforced allliance between respective divisions at the advanced technology strategy meeting.

Further, we provide R&D by industry-government-academia partnership taking note of superb technologies and research results, etc. belonging to universities and test and research institutes.


System for Research & Development

System for Research & Development

IETCITTCIGTC

*See P7

Educational System

Advanced Technology Strategic Committee

Tie-up

Development Division

Sales Division

Regional/ Customer needs

Sales companies Customers

Testing and research institutions

UniversitiesCorporations

Joint research Empirical research

Manufacturing Division

ISEKI Group is promoting strengthning of R&D having identified market trends and needs in Japan and

overseas accurately to define five priority strategic fields. We will continue to contribute to problem solving

of our customers and the society through value creation taking advantage of our strength, technical

competency.

Priority Strategic Fields

Industry-Government-Academia Partnership

We promote efficient and faster technical development by promoting joint R&D with universities and test

and research institutes.


Please refer to P11 for the results in 5 priority strategic fields.

Results of joint research in FY2019

Test and research institute

20 themes 3

University

themes

R&D Strategy

Priority strategic field① Advanced technology

ICT/robot technology, etc. enabling efficiency and labor-saving of farm management responding to

such issues as dwindling farming population and support for farm management of new entrants in

farming.

Priority strategic fields

Priority strategic field②

Products for large scale farming

Heavy agricultural machinery, etc. that perform farm work with high efficiency for which demand

increased along with large-scale farming by farmland integration.

Priority strategic field③

Integrated system of vegetable crops

Agricultural machinery and cultivating methods to perform vegetable production in an integrated

manner, that corresponds to crop conversion from staple food rice to dry field farming/ vegetable

production.

Provision of agricultural machinery and farming methods to promote reduction in production material

costs towards profitable agriculture.

Priority strategic field ⑤

Response to different market needs in respective country and area in the world through landscaping

machines such as agricultural machinery and lawnmowers, etc.

Global response

Priority strategic field ➃

Support for low cost farming


At the IGTC, we receive trainees from sales subsidiaries and overseas to educate with an aim to nurture global human resources trying to enhance technical services. We also opened training course specialized for heavy machines and smart agricultural machinery in response to changes in the market and the needs.

Human ResourceDevelopment

We consider it essential to "nurture talent" in order to exert comprehensive capabilities in R&D. For the

purpose, we have established training centers for respective division of development, manufacturing and sales

to nurture specialists in each field.

At the ITTC, we provide training with an aim to nurture leaders at manufacturing bases in Japan and overseas as well as skill enhancement at manufacuring sites and nurturing of young workers.

We implement "manufacturing leader training course" to enhance fundamental knowledge of overall manufacturing and professional skills of welding, coating, etc., and hold "skill contest" to make them compete results of our education.

■Technology Research Presentation

ISEKI Group holds Technology Research Presentation every

year. It has been held 30 times in total trying to raise the level of

ISEKI Group as a whole by sharing results of R&D and invention

information as well as by accumulating deligent studies through

mutual efforts to improve through debates.

At the IETC, we engage in development of talents with an aim to enhance design technique of young designing engineers and specialized technique of mainstay engineers.

In the "traning of integrated system of rice crop mechanization", one of the training courses, by giving experience to engineers a series of farming opertions and machine operation , from soil preparaton to drying preparation not limiting to the model in charge, we lead them to manufacturing with perspectives of our customers.

Debate scene

Manufacturing leader training course

整備研修

Flow of the training of integrated system of mechanized rice cultivationrr mechanized rice cultivation

Development

ITTC ( ISEKI Technical Training Center)Manufacturing

IGTC( ISEKI Global Training Center)Sales

Maintenance training

R&D Strategy

IETC (ISEKI Engineering Training Center)

Soil making Tillage Growing seedling

Field making

Rice planting

Growth check

Harvesting Drying preparation

Strategy of Intelletual Property

We engage in invention creation activities based on technological trends and needs in respective country

in close alliance with department in charge of development and overseas and patent offices in each country.

We facilitate prevention of copying of our products in respective areas including emerging countries by

improving analytical accuracy of market trends/ status of intellectual properties in respective country and by

striving to acquire and accumulate effective rights.

Intellectual Property Policy

■Creation of invention/ patent strategy

■Building of overseas network of intellectual properties

■Design/Trade mark strategy

With respect to attractive designs and friendly pet

names, we strive to enhance brand value of our

company by accumulating them as design rights

and trademark rights respectively, differentiating

with products of other companies and reinforce

protection of product design.

We are pushing ahead vigorously proposal activities of inventions based on the themes of invention proposals that took into account promising technologies and market trends/needs and adopting opinions from development and sales divisions.

We also strive to enhance quality and amount of inventions by horizontal expansion of technologies gathering engineers in charge of different products, and engage in creation activities of inventions that grasp farming work as a whole systematically.

We enhance protection of our technologies and predominence of development capabilities by examining proposed inventions taking into account future social environment, trend of technologies and feasibility of business to acquire rights for highly effective inventions.

We conduct business activities that place emphasis on intellectual properties that will lead to value creation by

acquiring rights and using strategically inventions obtained from creative activities of core technologies of

agricultural machinery and related products and intellectual results obtained from such activities.


Development Division

Sales Division

Promising technologies Market trends/needsAggregate

views

Invention proposal themes

Invention proposal activities

Invention proposals

Social environmentTechnology trend

Business feasibilityAssessment

Patent application

EuropeChina

North America

System for Intellectual Property

Control of intellectual properties

ISEKI Group strictly controls intellectual properties from creation to acquisition of rights and waiver of rights at the Intellectual Property Control Department. For creation of intellectual properties by invention creation activities, we provide incentives includig rewards and commendations. When concluding agreemrents related to intellectual properties, we check and control agreements also paying attention to the legal aspects.

Acquisition and control of intellectual properties have been practiced in proper manner based on laws and

regulations and the internal regulations towards protection of corporate secrets and respect for intellectual

properties belonging to other companies.

For example, with respect to value assessment, we try to make appropriate assessment in light of socially

acceptable practices based on the value calculation criteria to use for value judgement of technologies and

calculation of consideration for transfer of rights and patent royalties.Further, we digitize intellectual property information by control system of intellectual properties and perform

smooth and efficient control/ management of intellectual properties.

Awards and Recognition System

In order to activate creation activities of intellectual properties, we awarded to raise awareness of young

engineers and to promote expansion of creation activities by sharing excellent inventins at the

developmement division.

Personnel TrainingIn order to activate creativity and exert comprehensive technological capacity of ISEKI Group as a whole,

we focus on personnel training as the basis, providing intellectual property education and creativity education.

Every year, we strive to raise the level by giving levlel-specific intellectual property educattion according to

their years of experience, including training of new employees.

■Nurture of young engineers

In order to enhance creative capacity of young engineers, we

secure transmission of know-hows of invention creation from

experienced engineers to young engineers through invention

creation activities.

Invention creation activities


R&D Strategy

Check/ control of Intellectual

Property Contracts

Rigid administration of intellectual property

Intellectual Property Control Dept.

Incentive for invention-creation

Systematic invention-creation activities

Status of Intellectual Property

*1 (Number of registered patents per sector) : Number of registerd patents in "other special machinery" sector among 35 technical sectors. "Other special machinery sector"is a technical sectir includig agriculture and fishery technology.

*2 (Patent assessment ratio) : Ratio of granted patents to all cases that received patent assessment by the Patent Office.

The figures are based on Patent Administration Annual Report 2005 edition-2019 edition.

We are striving to acquire and build up effective patent rights and currently we maintain approximately 2,600 patents, while maintaining approximately 400 design rights.

We acquire intellectual property rights corresponding to technological trends and needs in each country and each area, and the number of overseas patents and utility model rights held is approximately 700. Further, we take advantage of design applications in order to prevent copying in overseas, and the number of design rights in overseas is approximately 600.

Number of registered patents per sector *1

Patent assessment ratio *2

■Patents Held in Japan

■Patents Held in Overseas

As a result of our aggressive promotion of invention proposal activities, total invention proposals per year exceed 20,000 per year, including approximately 16,000 invention proposals of "invention proposal themes". Further, the number of invention proposals from sales division exceeds 300 per year. Also, we apply for promising technologies in future, resulting in approximate number of patent/utility model of approximately 350 in Japan and 100 in overseas.

Results of the invention proposal activities are reflected in our maintenance of top position in the "other special machinery sector" and the high pattent assessment ratio.


Intellectual Property Strategy

Sector

Year

Rank

Other special machinery

First Second

YearPatent assessment ratio (%)

Rank First Second First Second

Number of patents Number of design rights

Number of patents/utility models Number of design rights

To Product Information

We introduce major products regarding five priority strategic fields.

This is a safety device

which detects persons and

obstacles around the

machine body by ultrasonic

sensor and infrared ray

sensor attached to the

body in all directions.

Products taking advantage of ISEKI's technological strength

Ultrasonic sensor

Infrared ray sensor

Obstacle sensor (ultrasonic sensor, infrared ray sensor)

Case examples - Achievements related to R&D strategy -

We developed "Robot tractor TJV655 R" that contributed to resolution of labor shortage. Unmanned

operation is enabled by equipped position control system by GPS and obstacle sensor. This enables labor

saving of operation and enhanced productivity.

We also developed "straight travelling assist variable fertilyzing rice transplanter NP80ZFV" that enables

rice planting for new farmers like skilled farmers. Prevention of rice plants from falling and reducion of

fertilizer are enabled by optimum control of the amount of fertilizer measuring depth of the field and degree of

fertility by soil sensor while travelling straight automously with GPS.

Robot tractor TJV655R

Straight travelling assisted variable fertilizing rice transplanter NP80ZFV

By measuring electric resistence in the field with the electrode attached to front wheels on both sides, the degree of fertility is measured.

ElectrodeFurtility sensor

GPS antenna

Measuring distance to the soil surface by ultrasonic sensor, detects surface soil depth at each location in the field by degree of sinking of the machine body.

Surface soil sensor

GPS antenna



Ultrasonic sensor

Priority strategic field① Advanced technology

Priority strategy field③ Vegetable productipn integrated system

Priority strategy field② Products for large scale farmers

Labor save processing work after harvesting by cutting

upper part of extracted radish by the raising device.

Radish harvesting machine VHD102S

野菜作一貫体系

We developed heavy tractor "TJW3 series" in response to large-scaling of farming. We realize high function/efficiency/operability required by large farmers.

We developed combine harvester "Japan HJ series" that realized "high precision", "high efficiency" and "high durability". Operating efficiency is being promoted by mounting environment responsive high-horsepower engine and enhanced threshing performance.

Operability is enhanced by equipping LED type side

view light that provides both deign quality and visibility

for night operation.

New design

Diverse information can be displayed by switching on the

sub-display projected on color LCD, serving for optimum

operation by operator towards more efficient operation.

Sub-display information display control

Tractor TJW3 series

Combine harvester Japan HJ series


We developed radish harvesting machine "VHD102S" that enables to save labor and man-hours required

for radish harvesting.

We also commercialized fully automatic vegetable transplanter "PVZ1" that provides easy planting work of

high efficiency and precision.




Products taking advantage of ISEKI'S technological capabilities

Holding belt dedicated for radish

Different sized radishes can be extracted by elastic

holding belt without fail.

Cutting devise of stews/leaves

Priority strategy field ➃ Support for low cost agriculture

Rice transplanter P40

We developed rice transplanter "P40" which realized both comfortable work and compact body. It is

equipped with a wide auxiliary step and an auxiliary grip providing easier getting on and off.

Sub-compact tractor for Europe TXGS24

Able to be loaded on light truck

Since planting section moves forward when

being raised making the entire body length

shorter, loading on light truck is enabled.

We developed sub compact tractor for Europe

"TXGS24" for landscape preparation including grass

cutting, road cleaning and snow removal works. We

renewed it to brave lamp garnish design and total

design which gives high quality and powerful look.

Also, powerful and stable braking power is

desplayed by equipped auto diff-lock mechanism

which islinked to the brake.

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Seedling tray feeding equipment

Full automatic type vegetable transplanter PVZ1 To Product Information


Products taking advantage of technological capabilities of ISEKI

Even with a seedling tray of different space arrangement,

feeding of each seedling is ensured without adjusting the delivery stroke.

Priority strategy field⑤ Gloval response

Awards and Recognitions

ISEKI's "Tie-ups of ISEKI AGRISUPPORT and Agriculture Support Service" was awarded "2019 Development Award" from general incorporated association the Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers".

With respect to the research results which received the award this time in appreciation of our initiative to provide environment which enables farmers to use data effectively by linking data of "ISEKI AGROSUPPORTT" collected from our agricultural machinery to the agriculture support service and agriculture data platform of Water-cell.

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◇ The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers Award

Smart Farmers Supportagri-note

(Farming data coordination platform)Empirical test@Honjo, Saitama

Rice transplanter

Fertilizer reduction ratioDegree of fertilitySurface soil depth

Paddy field sensor or water controlGrowth information/Drone

Smart addition of fertilizer

Riding multipurpose vehicles

Growth dataYield

Combine harvesterDrying preparation

DrynessSmart yield control

Tractor

Travelling record

Integrated rice cultivation

1

1

2

14

10

6

9

7

4

36

16

37

115

1

Awards of the President of the Ehime Institute of Invention and Innovation (District Heard Award)

Outstanding Invention Awards, etc.

Invention Encouragement Awards

Invention Encouragement and Merit Award

InventionAwards

Regional Awards for Invention 205Encouragement Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(Encouragement Award of the Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency)

Encouragement Award of the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office

Award of the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of International Trade and Industry (Awardof the Director-General of the Shikoku Regional Bureau of International Trade and Industry)

Encouragement Award of the President of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation

Encouragement Award of the President of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Total

SpecialAwards

National Awards for Invention 18

SpecialAwards

ExcellentAwards

President’s Award of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation

The Asahi Shimbun Award

◇ National/ Regional Awards for InventionWe have received award from the public utilities corporation, the Japan Institute of Invention and

Innovation every year. As of December, 2019, 18 national awards for invention and 205 regionsl awards for invention have been

received in cumulative total. Further, our "Heat recycling control of grain drying machine" received " Award of the Minister of Education,

Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" as 2019 Shikoku Region Invention Award.

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Outside Awards

Intellectual Property Report can also be viewed on our website.

Company website [Company Profile]→[Intellectual Property Report]http://www.iseki.co.jp/english/company/intellectual/

Issued in March 2020

For further information, please contact the following:Intellectual Property Control DepartmentDevelopment & Production Division, ISEKI & CO., LTD.1 Yakura, Tobe-cho, Iyo-gun, Ehime, Japan 791-2193Tel: +81-89-956-9810Fax: +81-956-9818URL: http: //www.iseki.co.jp/E-mail: [email protected]

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95th Anniversary of Foundation Edition · continually to present as the "Spirit of ISEKI". 1926 Full-automatic rice huller by the founder 1965 Tractor suitable to wet paddy fields