How many patents the group or each employee gets awarded per year is probably one of their employee metrics (as in one application per X months). It's not surpr

How many patents the group or each employee gets awarded per year is probably one of their employee metrics (as in one application per X months). It's not surprising that someone would grab at low hanging fruit or develop unethical methods like that to fulfill performance requirements. It's probably not the first time the group did that.