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IBM Tops 2018 Patent List as AI and Quantum Computing Gain Prominence (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the who-is-counting? dept.

IBM earned a record 9,100 U.S. patents in 2018, marking the 26th year in a row the Armonk, New York-based company has been the top recipient. From a report: Samsung was second with 5,850 patents while tech giants Apple and Microsoft also appeared in the top ten, according to a list compiled by research service IFI Claims. IBM's latest patent haul, which topped the 9,043 it received last year, includes a growing number of inventions related to artificial intelligence and quantum computing, which many people see as critical technologies of the future.

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  1. "earned" by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You mean "paid for". At this point, patents mean nothing except you paid the fee.

    1. Re:"earned" by ClickOnThis · · Score: 3, Informative

      I'm guessing you never wrote a patent before. I have. So have several family members. It's work. Believe me, once it's granted, you feel like you earned it.

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  2. Re:How exactly does... by laffer1 · · Score: 2

    They own cloud computing infrastructure that competes with AWS. They own redhat. They do consulting. They just sold lotus.

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  3. HMMMM by WolfgangVL · · Score: 2

    A single entity can receive 25 patents a day... for a year.

    It seems like there should be at least a 24 hour cooldown before your next submittal.

    Or a patent tax?

    I don't know, but 9100/year seems excessive.

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