Top 250 Global Patent List Announced! 21 Chemical Companies on the List 2

15.Mitsubishi Chemical

2021 Number of patents 4040

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation is a general company formed by the merger of Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation and Mitsubishi Oil & Chemical Corporation on October 1, 1994. Mitsubishi Chemical leads the chemical industry in Japan in terms of sales. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation is the largest chemical company in Japan.

The company offers its broad range of products through its three main divisions: functional materials and plastic products (including information and electronic products, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceuticals); petrochemicals; and carbon and agricultural products. Although functional materials such as aluminum, sheet plastic products, and plastic packaging account for more than 55% of sales, the company is focusing on specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals as its long-term goal.

16. Sumitomo Rubber Industries

2021 Number of patents 3985

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Inc. was founded in 1909 as a global tire and rubber company in Japan, and is a subsidiary of the Sumitomo Group. Today, Sumitomo Rubber Industries has a wide range of basic rubber products, including automotive tires, golf balls and tennis balls, and in 2021 will begin offering a "Tire Pressure/Temperature Control Service" for passenger cars.

17. Henkel

2021 Number of patents 3718

Henkel was founded in Aachen on September 26, 1876 by Fritz Henkel, and moved to Düsseldorf in 1878 to make transportation easier. On August 20, 2021, Henkel was ranked 436th in the Hurun World Top 500 with a corporate valuation of 270.4 billion yuan.

18. Evonik

2021 Number of patents 3529

Evonik is a multinational industrial group with about 41,000 employees worldwide and operations in more than 100 countries. It is a leading player in the chemical, energy and real estate industries. Evonik Industries has been producing specialty chemicals in China since the early 1990s. In June 2018, the Forbes Global 2000 list was released, and Evonik Industries was ranked 611th.

19.Showa Denko

2021 Number of patents 3301

Showa Denko K.K. (Showa Denko K.K.,YO:4004) is a famous comprehensive group company that produces products in various fields such as petroleum, chemical, inorganic, aluminum metal, and electronic information.

In addition to petroleum, chemical, inorganic, and aluminum processing products, Showa Denko now also produces hard disk circuit boards, a core component of computers, etc.

We are promoting strategic cooperation with China using Showa Denko's proprietary technology, and are focusing on the automotive, information, and electronic component markets with our information-related parts and components, such as the rare earth magnet alloy business. The company has a 20% share of the world's hard disk production volume and is a leader in the market sales volume.

20. Toray Japan

2021 Number of patents 3235

Toray Corporation was established in 1926 in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, with a basic capital of 147,873,030,771 yen. The total number of employees is 37,936. It is a large chemical company that started with synthetic fibers and synthetic resins and now designs various chemical products and information-related materials. On May 13, 2020, Toray Corporation was ranked 829th on the 2020 Forbes Global 2000 list.

21. Asahi Kasei

2021 Number of patents 3147

Asahi Kasei Corporation was founded on May 21, 1931, and started with the synthesis of ammonia through hydroelectric power generation for the first time in Japan, and has expanded into three fields: the "Materials" field, which consists of the textile, chemical, and electronic materials businesses; the "Housing" field, which consists of the housing and building materials businesses; and the pharmaceuticals field.

"In 2020, Nagoya University and Asahi Kasei collaborated to develop a laser diode (LD) capable of emitting the shortest wavelength of ultraviolet light (UV-C) to date. On May 13, 2020, Asahi Kasei was ranked 634th on the 2020 Forbes Global 2000 list.