Post #8: The King of Patents

In today's performance driven economy, there is nothing better then to file and eventually be rewarded for your patent.  As explained in Uzi Aloush's lecture on 2/25, engineers are faced with the difficult task of always designing new patents and becoming the best in their field, or be left behind.

With this type of mindset, it is no wonder company after company is constantly seeking to acquire and control the most patents possible.  For 2012, that award goes to IBM corp. --  a computer and hardware giant.  In 2012, it was awarded close to 6,500 patents, a huge number demonstrating its constant search for new inventions to improve and advance its company.  Not surprisingly, this is the 20th year in a row that it has won this award and on top of that, the 6,500 patents awarded amounted to more then Apple, Amazon, Hewlett Packard, Symantec, EMC, Intel, Oracle and Accenture combined.

IBM Corp. has been so successful in creating this innovative culture by always encouraging its employees to invent new products and work even harder to see them produced.


Here is the link to the original article: http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/techflash/2013/02/research-in-mass-helps-put-ibm-on-the.html