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More suprising to me is Canon @ #3 and MSFT @ #6. Is there really that much going on in the optics space right now? And MSFT with 2600+ patents, I'd have to im
by jspaur 14y ago
More suprising to me is Canon @ #3 and MSFT @ #6. Is there really that much going on in the optics space right now?
And MSFT with 2600+ patents, I'd have to imagine a lot of it is software (with some hardware maybe around Kinect and out of MSR)
edit: quick link to source - http://ificlaims.com/index.php?page=misc_top_50_2012 http://ificlaims.com/index.php?page=misc_top_50_2012
- rednukleus 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Research http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Research MSFT is not surprising at all. If anything I would have expected them to be higher. The number of patents these 10 companies have filed for does not necessarily correlate well with the quality of their patents.
- angersock 14y agoPerhaps, but we'll still have to fight them all in court, right? So, they can trivially slap down a startup with litigation threats if they so choose?
- rayiner 14y agoCanon makes medical equipment. E.g. http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/healthcare/products/digital_radiography http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/healthcare/products/digital_ra...