On April 26, 2026, the 26th World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated worldwide. The theme of China's 2026 National Intellectual Property Publicity Week is "Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection in Emerging Fields and Accelerating the Development of New Quality Productive Forces."
Source: Official campaign poster for China's 2026 National Intellectual Property Publicity Week, National Intellectual Property Administration
AMHS is essential infrastructure for the efficient operation of wafer fabs. It involves an extensive technology chain, highly complex systems, and demanding engineering coordination requirements. To achieve sustained progress in this field, companies need both a solid technological foundation and the ability to continuously improve and iterate their solutions.
For semiconductor AMHS companies, intellectual property is not an additional consideration in the development process. It is a fundamental reflection of technological accumulation, research and development capabilities, and long-term competitiveness. To date, MeetFuture Technology has filed a total of 330 patent applications, with 135 patents granted in China and overseas. The company has also filed nearly 80 overseas patent applications, maintaining a leading position in China's AMHS industry. Its patent portfolio covers key areas including material transport, storage, purging, software systems, sensing, and control, forming a comprehensive and systematic intellectual property foundation.
MeetFuture Technology's intellectual property portfolio
From the independent development of its fifth-generation intelligent OHT system, SkySAIL, to the mass production and delivery of its products across multiple 12-inch wafer fabs, followed by continued repeat orders, intellectual property has supported every stage of MeetFuture Technology's technological and commercial development. The company also led the development of China's first group standard for semiconductor OHT systems, the General Technical Requirements for Overhead Hoist Transport Systems Used in Integrated Circuit Wafer Fabs. With cumulative AMHS product deliveries exceeding 20,000 units and products deployed in more than 50 wafer fabs worldwide, intellectual property has remained closely integrated with MeetFuture Technology’s technology development, product commercialization, and market expansion.
During China's 2026 National Intellectual Property Publicity Week, the National Intellectual Property Administration emphasized the need to strengthen the role of intellectual property in supporting the commercialization of innovation, industrial development, and global competitiveness in key industries such as integrated circuits. Within this industrial environment, intellectual property has become more than a mechanism for protecting innovation. For technology-driven companies, it is also an essential capability for advancing high-quality development, strengthening technological self-reliance, and supporting global expansion.
MeetFuture Technology continues to advance its international presence. The company has established a global sales centre in Singapore, developed a manufacturing base and service centre in Malaysia, and is progressively strengthening its service capabilities in the European market. The technological independence, integrity of innovation, and systematic capabilities supported by its intellectual property portfolio provide an important foundation for the company's continued expansion into global markets.
Innovation does not stop, and neither does the development of intellectual property capabilities. Looking ahead, MeetFuture Technology will continue advancing the creation of high-value patents, developing a more comprehensive patent portfolio, and improving the application and commercialization of intellectual property. Through these efforts, the company will continue transforming technological achievements into tangible strengths for long-term growth, while contributing to greater technological self-reliance and high-quality development across the semiconductor AMHS industry.
