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IBM tops US patent recipient list in 2012
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01/10/13 02:21 PM ET
IBM was awarded the most patents from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office in 2012, boasting a record-setting 6,748 patents for the year, the company announced on Thursday.
Big Blue beat out Samsung, Canon, Sony and Panasonic to handily win the top spot on the list of companies granted the most U.S. patents last year. By comparison, Samsung, which came in second, was awarded 5,081 patents in 2012, according to data that IBM cited from IFI Claims Patent Services.
This is the 20th consecutive year that IBM has topped the annual list of U.S. patent recipients, the company said.
“We are proud of this new benchmark in technological and scientific creativity, which grows out of IBM’s century-long commitment to research and development,” IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said in a statement.
Among the patents IBM received was one for an invention included in its Watson computer system, featured on the game show "Jeopardy!," that enables a computer to provide answers to questions that people ask it. It was also awarded a patent for a technique it invented that reduces energy consumption in cloud computing equipment.
Big Blue beat out Samsung, Canon, Sony and Panasonic to handily win the top spot on the list of companies granted the most U.S. patents last year. By comparison, Samsung, which came in second, was awarded 5,081 patents in 2012, according to data that IBM cited from IFI Claims Patent Services.
This is the 20th consecutive year that IBM has topped the annual list of U.S. patent recipients, the company said.
Among the patents IBM received was one for an invention included in its Watson computer system, featured on the game show "Jeopardy!," that enables a computer to provide answers to questions that people ask it. It was also awarded a patent for a technique it invented that reduces energy consumption in cloud computing equipment.
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