IBM was granted 6,180 US patents in 2011, Apple? 676 Samsung 4894 No. 2

Posted by liuwei6 on Thursday January 12, 2012 @02:34PM
from the thenextweb.com dept.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/01/12/heres-a-fun-fact-ibm-was-granted-6180-us-patents-in-2011-apple-676/

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Re:IBM was granted 6,180 US patents in 2011, Apple? 676 Sams... by mvikramaditya on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:29AM (#3459447)

More than the quantity, quality and the actual implementation of these patents matter.

Like the old joke goes, why take the trouble of implementing your idea when you cant patent it and live off royalties?

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Re:IBM was granted 6,180 US patents in 2011, Apple? 676 Sams... by Delmania on Thursday January 12, 2012 @04:13PM (#3457963)

As far as I know, Apple doesn't have a general research and development department like IBM, Microsoft, Google, and many others. The company focuses pretty much on devices and services.

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Re:IBM was granted 6,180 US patents in 2011, Apple? 676 Sams... by edge17 on Thursday January 12, 2012 @03:56PM (#3457919)

I'll admit I didn't bother reading the article, but what exactly is this supposed to be a measure of?

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