Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)
NYSE: EMN · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers · Kingsport, TN · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.1
◀ Past 6.3● Present 7.1▶ Future 4.6
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 20262,109 patents granted to the 26 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Eastman Chemical Company’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
2,109
2,092 utility, 7 design, 7 statutory invention registration, 3 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
33
Against 33 in 2024 and 36 in 2023
Applications published
1,694
91 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
26
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers70
Basic materials chemistry36
Textile and paper machines35
Organic fine chemistry17
Other special machines13
Surface technology, coating12
Chemical engineering11
Optics5
Measurement2
Machine tools2
Handling1
Materials, metallurgy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name26 counted
Eastman Chemical Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,361 published
SOLUTIA INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
201 published
Southwall Technologies Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
16 published
Eastman Chemical Company its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
40 published
TAMINCO BV a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
29 published
Eastman Chemical (China) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
11 published
Eastman Performance Films, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 published
Solutia Canada Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
5 published
Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Eastman Specialties Holdings Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 published
Knowlton Technologies, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
TAMINCO, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
5 published
Taminco N.V. a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
TAMINCO FINLAND a subsidiary
FI, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Solutia Europe N.V./S.A. a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Solutia Europe S.A./N.V. a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Crown Operations International, Ltd. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Eastman Chemical (China) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
1 published
Eastman Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Huper Optik International Pte Ltd a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
SOLUTIA CANADA INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
1 published
Solutia Singapore Pte. Ltd. a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Southwall Europe GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
1 published
Taminco BV a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE
1 published
Taminco Finland Oy a subsidiary
FI, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Taminco US Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (3)
Southwall Europe GmbH
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Novomatrix, Inc.
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
C.E.N
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 79 · Basic materials chemistry 40 · Organic fine chemistry 22 · Surface technology, coating 22 · Other special machines 15 · Optics 6.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.