In 2023, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)’s Annual PCT Review ranked Mitsubishi Electric's number of patent applications published under the PCT System as 4th in the world, with 2,152 patent applications being published during 2023.
Some product lines of Mitsubishi Electric, such as air conditioners, overlap with the products from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries partly because the companies share the same root.
Room air conditioners (marketed as Mitsubishi Mr. Slim Room Air Conditioner and Mitsubishi Kirigamine)
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Package air conditioners (Marketed as Mitsubishi Mr. Slim Packaged Air Conditioner)
Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems (marketed as Mitsubishi CITY MULTI)
EcoCute (marketed as Ecodan or DIAHOT)
Ventilators
Air curtains
Air conducting fan
Home appliances
Refrigerators and freezers
Air purifiers, dehumidifiers
Vacuum cleaners, electric fans
Rice cookers, toasters
Building systems
Elevators, escalators
Moving walks
High-speed hand dryers (marketed as Mitsubishi Jet Towel)
Information and communications systems
Data transmission system solutions
SCOPO, the world's first transmission at 10 Gbit/s between relay equipment boards set at a distance of 500 millimetres (20 in) apart
Saffron Type System, an anti-aliased text-rendering engine, developed by Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL)
Optical access systems
Satellite communications
Factory automation systems
Programmable controllers
AC servo systems, inverters
Industrial and collaborative robots, processing machines
Energy systems
Power generation systems
ITER nuclear fusion reactor
Photovoltaic panels
Transmission and distribution systems
Medium & low-voltage switchgear and systems
Power information & communication technology
Semiconductors and devices
Power modules, high-power devices
Driver ICs
Sensors (Contact image sensors, etc.)
High-frequency devices
optical devices
TFT-LCD modules
Transportation systems
Rolling stock systems
Power supply and electrification systems
Transportation planning and control systems
Communication systems
Automotive equipment
Charging and starting products
Electrification products (Electric power steering system products, safety and driving assistance system products, etc.)
Car multimedia products
Visual information systems
Large-scale LED displays
Diamond Vision, large-scale video displays for sports venues and commercial applications
Multimedia projectors
Printers
Space systems
Satellite programs, platforms, and components
Optical and radio telescopes
Mobile Mapping System, a high-precision GPS mobile measurement system
Public systems
Applied superconductor systems
Doppler lidar, radar systems
Active electronically scanned array radar systems for the Mitsubishi F-2 fighter
Uninterruptible power supply
Water treatment systems, water pumps
Discontinued products
Mobile phones, from 1999 to 2008. Created for NTT Docomo. Mitsubishi Electric quit the mobile phone business in Apr 2008 after decrease in shipments. They estimated a temporary loss of 17 billion Yen in income before income taxes.
Video Cassette Recorders known as the Mitsubishi Black Diamond VCR. Started production around 1978 and ended around 2006.
DVD Players, starting around 1998 and ending around 2006.
Televisions
Large-screen HDTVs. Competitors in the U.S. market were Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, JVC, Samsung (Akai), Daewoo, LG (Zenith), and Apex Digital.
Direct-view CRT televisions and monitors, including Diamond Views and Diamondtrons, from 1953 until 2001. The last notable size in this field was a 40" (diagonal) tube size.
LCD TVs, starting in 2004 and ending in 2024.
DLP High Definition TVs, until December, 2012. Mitsubishi Electric then focused on professional and home theater DLP projection applications, and is no longer manufacturing televisions for the consumer market.
Computer memory. Business unit spun off to be part of Elpida Memory.
Computers, including Mitsubishi Electric mainframe computers, personal computer(Multi8, Multi16) and MSX home computers from 1978 to around 1994.
System LSIs. Business unit spun off to be part of Renesas Technology.
Popular music. Mitsubishi Electric previously marketed popular music via record company Nippon Crown, which had been spun off from then-Nissan Group-owned Nippon Columbia on September 15, 1963. it was sold to Daiichi Kosho Company in July, 2001.
Particle Beam Treatment System, until 2017. Business sold to Hitachi.
Global operations
As of 2013, Mitsubishi Electric's business network around the world were the following:
Mitsubishi Electric Global
Mitsubishi Electric - North America
Canada
United States - Mitsubishi Electric United States
Mitsubishi Electric Asia-Pacific
Australia / New Zealand
China
Hong Kong
India
Taiwan
Vietnam
Japan
There are 11 facilities and 2 laboratories, for example, Kobe, Amagasaki and Kamakura.
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Philippines
Saudi Arabia - Mitsubishi Electric Saudi Ltd. (MELSA)
Mitsubishi Electric Europe
Benelux
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden / Denmark
Finland / Norway
United Kingdom
Turkey
