Did you ever wonder which companies file the most patent applications in the United States? Every year the United States Patent and Trademark Office publishes a Performance and Accountability Report. Each report breaks down many different categories of statistics regarding patents. The UPTO reported that there were 305,840 patents allowed and 565,566 additional patent applications … Continue Reading
I spoke with with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN TV about the patent infringement suit Yahoo recently filed against Facebook. In the interview, we discuss: the numerous patents Facebook allegedly infringes upon, why Yahoo chose to file suit now and the current relationship between Yahoo and Facebook. Funny how people want to ask is "Yahoo a … Continue Reading
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office “Performance and Accountability Report of Fiscal Year 2011” the USPTO granted an all-time high 244,430 United States utility patents in 2011. Asian companies hold eight of the top 10 spots on the 2011 patent list and 25 or half of the top 50 U.S. patent-grant recipients … Continue Reading
Watching the former Jeopardy champions versus Watson the IBM super computer makes you wonder how far innovation will take us in the future. Can a computer think like a man? Here IBM made a computer that can speak and understand language and the nuances of questions like those that are asked on Jeopardy. But can … Continue Reading
In a January 12, 2010 press release IBM reported that it was awarded more U.S. patents than any other company in the world for a 17th straight year, breaking its own record by receiving 4,914 patents in 2009. The number of patents awarded to IBM was nearly four times that received by Hewlett-Packard and was … Continue Reading
