IBM is the king of the patent world!
January 15th, 2009 Leave a comment Visited 57 times, 2 so far today
IBM is the king of the patent world!
US based tech giant IBM has made a record by receiving 4,186 U.S. patents last year.
Samsung came second with 3,515 patents in 2008.
Canon, Microsoft, and Intel were the remaining three companies in the top five.
The figures have been revealed by the IFI Patent Intelligence.
Canon received 2,114 patents. Microsoft gained 2,030 patents. Intel on the other hand received 1,776.
Darlene Slaughter, general manager of IFI Patent Intelligence spoke about these figures: “Although data suggest that American companies garnered a minority share of the total number of corporate U.S. patents last year, it’s important not to confuse quantity with quality. What’s clear is that many of the world’s largest companies are placing a higher priority on protecting their intellectual property. This trend is occurring both here in the U.S. and abroad especially in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, and other countries in Europe. “
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Rajesh Dogra
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