{"id":29675,"date":"2013-01-27T12:05:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=29675"},"modified":"2013-01-27T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T10:17:06","slug":"ibm-tops-us-patent-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/29675\/ibm-tops-us-patent-list\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM tops US patent list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Computer\u00a0maker, IBM,<\/a> says it received a record 6,478 patents in 2012 for inventions that will enable fundamental advancements across a number of key areas.<\/p>\n

These include domains like analytics, Big Data, cybersecurity, cloud, mobile, social networking and software defined environments, as well as industry solutions for retail, banking, healthcare, and transportation.<\/p>\n

IBM says that the patented inventions also will advance a major shift in computing, known as “the era of cognitive systems”.<\/p>\n

The group says 2012 marks the 20th consecutive year that it has topped the annual list of US patent recipients.<\/p>\n

The group boasts 8,000 inventors residing in 46 different US states and 35 countries. IBM inventors residing outside the US contributed to nearly 30% of the company’s 2012 US patent output.<\/p>\n

From 1993-2012, IBM inventors received nearly 67,000 US patents. The company’s 2012 patent count exceeded the combined totals of Accenture<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, Apple<\/a>, EMC<\/a>, HP<\/a>, Intel<\/a>, Oracle<\/a>\/SUN and Symantec.<\/p>\n

The Top Ten list of 2012 U.S. patent recipients<\/h3>\n
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#<\/strong><\/td>\nCompany<\/strong><\/td>\nPatents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nIBM<\/td>\n6,478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSamsung<\/td>\n5,081<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nCanon<\/td>\n3,174<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSony<\/td>\n3,032<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nPanasonic<\/td>\n2,769<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMicrosoft<\/td>\n2,613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nToshiba<\/td>\n2,447<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nHon Hai<\/td>\n2,013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nGeneral Electric<\/td>\n1,652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nLG Electronics<\/td>\n1,624<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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