IBM breaks patent record in US
14 January 2009
Eileen McDermott, New York
IBM has become the first company to be issued more than 4,000 US patents in one year, surpassing the total number of patents earned by Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Apple, EMC, Accenture and Google combined
According to data compiled by IFI Patent Intelligence, IBM secured 4,186 patents in 2008, followed by Samsung, Canon and Microsoft (see chart).
Despite its aggressive approach, in a statement released today, the company said it would also increase the number of inventions it publishes annually - in lieu of seeking patent protection - by 50% this year, in...
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