Monday, January 12, 2004

IBM retains patent crown | CNET News.com

IBM retains patent crown | CNET News.com The computing giant said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted it 3,415 patents, marking the 11th consecutive year the company has been the top recipient. IBM said it is the only company to garner more than 3,000 patents in one year, which it has done for the past three years.
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Software-related patents for IBM are on the rise. Of all of Big Blue's patents, more than 1,400 were in software, marking the second year that more than 40 percent of its patents were in software, the company said."

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