Our major missions are to form an intellectual property asset portfolio, respond to intellectual property risks, and improve the level of intellectual property in the Mitsubishi Materials Group so as to contribute to our business.

As a trusted group of intellectual property experts, we aim to become an organization with a wide range of knowledge that contributes to business and development strategies.

While utilizing intellectual property information analysis, we promotes "strategic dialogue" between business divisions and intellectual property divisions with the aim of forming strategic intellectual property.
In addition, we have strengthened its governance system through regular reports to the Strategic Management Committee and the Board of Directors and deliberations in the Meeting of Executive Officers and the Board of Directors

From the development policy review stage, the Intellectual Property Office has conversations (strategic dialogue) with business divisions (including top management) to add intellectual property perspectives to management and business policies, with the aim of reducing various risks that occur at the business stage and at the same time forming high-value intellectual property rights.

Mitsubishi Materials has branded new materials and is actively building them.

We provide Group employees with the intellectual property education shown in the table below to improve their intellectual property literacy, utilize intellectual property information in business activities, and provide education for effective intellectual property formation.

Trends in the number of domestic and overseas patents held by Mitsubishi Materials are as follows.
(Aggregated at the end of each fiscal year)