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IBM: The unchallenged leader
IBM has been unchallenged as the top US patent assignee for 20 years and accounts for 2.5% of the US patent grants in 2012.
US Patent Grants – 10-Year History
US Pre-Grant Applications – 10-Year History
Top 10 Inventors – 2012
IBM has thousands of inventors listed on their 2012 US patent grants. The list above represents the Top 10.
Top 10 Legal Representatives – 2012
There are over 400 separate legal representatives associated with IBM’s US granted patents in 2012. The list above represents the Top 10. They were listed on roughly 40% of these patents.
Top 10 US Patent Classes – US Patent Grants – 10 Year History
Top 10 US Patent Classes – US Pre-Grant Applications – 10 Year History
TOP 10 Competitors with Pre-Grant Applications in US CLASS 707:
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