Microsoft issued 10,000th patent
11 February 2009
Eileen McDermott, New York
Microsoft has been issued its 10,000th US patent, a milestone the company said highlights its goal of obtaining enough patents to maximise the value of its massive R&D efforts, while still focussing on patent quality over quantity
The company received its 10,000th patent, US number 7,479,950, on January 20. The technology provides users with a simplified method of reassociating data elements represented on an interactive display surface.
Microsoft now holds more than 10,000 issued US patents and has 17,000 applications pending with the USPTO. Outside the US, it holds 7,000 issued patents and has more than 24,000 pending applications.
"We feel that patents are the currency of innovation," Microsoft's chief patent counsel, Bart...
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