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U.S. Patent Awards Up 31 Percent in 2010

Posted January 10, 2011 9:00 AM

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The U.S. Patent Office awarded a record 219,614 patents in 2010, up 31 percent, the most significant annual increase on record. IBM continues to dominate the list with 5,896 patents, up 20 percent, while Apple, Qualcomm, NEC and General Motors showed the most growth overall.

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Re: U.S. Patent Awards Up 31 Percent in 2010

01/11/2011 10:00 AM

"The U.S. Patent Office awarded"

Give me a break...Who is IBM? Lets see, G government M motors has the overall win, now thats a stretch. I wounder how much "Fed" tax payer monies funneled through the Department of Energy was used to promote "new and innovative ides"?

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