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Re:Google employees alarmed that the company suddenly expect... by shakil on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:33PM (#32845914)
IBM is still #1 in patent grants [1] so there's still other groups there going strong I guess

1. https://www.ificlaims.com/rankings-top-50-2021.htm

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Re:Google employees alarmed that the company suddenly expect... by adolph on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:42PM (#32845979)
That’s very prestigious but orthogonal to remuneration unless one is operating a low status patent troll.
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Re:Google employees alarmed that the company suddenly expect... by MagnumOpus on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:37AM (#32849331)
From what I heard in the past, at IBM employees get a $1k bonus per patent - and I bet the patent pool is worth more than that for IBM in cross-licencing savings and licensing revenue...
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