Patents a virtue for IBM

ToshiroOC · Jan 13, 2003, 12:47 PM

By John G. Spooner, source: news.com (cnet)
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IBM will announce on Monday that it was the top recipient of U.S. patents in 2002.

Big Blue was awarded 3,288 patents during the past year, making it the top recipient among private sector companies for the 10th year in a row, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Canon ranked second during in 2002 with 1,893 patents.

IBM has generated just over 22,000 patents during the last 10 years, but those patents have changed with the times, IBM researchers said.

Many of the company's newest patents are related to servers; grid computing; and self-healing, or autonomic, computers and how to better put them to use for customers. Most of the new patents also fit into the framework of IBM's computing on demand initiative, announced late last year, said Ravi Arimilli, an IBM research fellow.

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ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Patents a virtue for IBM By John G. Spooner, source: news.com (cnet) ----- IBM will announce on Monday that it was the top recipient of U.S. patents in 2002. Big Blue was awarded 3,288 patents during the past year, making it the top recipient among private sector companies for the 10th year in a row, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Canon ranked second during in 2002 with 1,893 patents. IBM has generated just over 22,000 patents during the last 10 years, but those patents have changed with the times, IBM researchers said. Many of the company's newest patents are related to servers; grid computing; and self-healing, or autonomic, computers and how to better put them to use for customers. Most of the new patents also fit into the framework of IBM's computing on demand initiative, announced late last year, said Ravi Arimilli, an IBM research fellow. Article can be read here.