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IBM Was Granted 6,180 US Patents in 2011, Apple? 676

TNW Insider • Drew Olanoff • January 12, 2012

IFI Claims has released its top 50 US patent assignees of 2011. IBM was number one of the list with an astounding 6,180 granted patents. The rest of the list…

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