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The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
IBM has been granted the most patents this year, having won 3,059 at the end of May. (Yes, that IBM, the big, old, enterprise tech company that everyone thought was being left in the dust by the ...
In July, a consortium led by Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) , Apple (NAS: AAPL) , and wireless industry players such as Research In Motion (NAS: RIMM) paid $4.5 billion for 6,000 patents from the now ...
One way to make sure no one cramps your style is to patent it. U.S. tech companies are doing that more than ever. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, large tech firms have already ...
World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) is an annual statistical report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [1] The publication provides an overview of the activity in the areas of patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms, plant variety protection, geographical indications and the creative economy.
The company has been accused of hiding behind shell companies for earlier lawsuits, [39] an accusation consistent with the findings of NPR's Planet Money in July 2011. [40] The episode, which also aired as the This American Life episode "When Patents Attack", [41] was dedicated to software patents, prominently featuring Intellectual Ventures.
Mobile patents occupy a turbulent world in which technology companies are constantly pitted against each other -- with very few winners. Over the past few years, investors have seen Apple and ...
Kia Silverbrook (born 1958) is an Australian independent inventor and scientist.He is one of the most prolific inventors in the world, [1] and has been granted 4,747 [2] US utility patents as of 14 February 2022.