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USPTO Released List of Top 10 Patent Receivers

Posted by samzenpus on from the who-owns-it dept.

prostoalex writes "So who received the most patents in 2004? Despite the frequent publicity around Microsoft's or Amazon's frivolous patents, these two companies are not even on the list. IBM, Matsushita and Canon received the most patents in 2004, followed by HP, Micron, Samsung, Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony. IBM alone was granted 3,248 patents last year."

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  1. Another Roland Piquepaille post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No? Just more Slashdot bullshit then.

  2. patent bitching about patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    is there prior art on this?

  3. whoopie!!!! More stuff in the land fill! by zenlessyank · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does this mean I get my autowipe buHday?!? with usb and firewire!!!

  4. Re:patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unrelenting fucktard. May you, your shithole of a trailer and your even more ignorant cousin/sisterwife get sucked into an F5 tornado, along with that walking mange of a coondog and that pile of wrecked steel and cinderblocks you call a driveway, you nunshitting popefelcher. Please stop logging in here, lackwit. The chiggers that fall out of your mullet are absolutely disgusting. Your dog smells. You smell worse than a tour-ripe hippy rolling - stoned - in a steamy March meadow full of fresh cowpies. You have no idea how much we've been spending on deadly toxic fumigants to delouse the place after you finally leave.

  5. Re:patents by Hork_Monkey · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are all buttfucking faggots. -- Anonymous Coward

  6. Re:It is what IT is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So how does it compare with sex with a mare?

  7. Re:Matsushita Good, Sony Bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    whoever modded this offtopic is a complete retard and should be banned from moderating.