IBM Tops 2015 Patent List (Again)

For 23 consecutive years, IBM's annual list of the largest recipients of US patents IFI, bagging 7,355 patents in 2015.

This, however, holds the first year since 2007 patent activity decreased in general. IBM same final tally fell short of the previous record year of 7534.

"After seven years of prolific patent growth, 2015 saw the first sign of acceleration," Mike Baycroft, IFI Claims Patent Services CEO, said in a statement. "I would not say, however, that the patent is that many companies continue to decline over the previous year patents crank."

Rest of the top 10 is largely a matter of technology: Samsung, Canon, Qualcomm, Google, Toshiba, Sony, LG, Intel and Microsoft. Apple landed in 11th place, up from General Electric, Toyota, Panasonic, and Amazon (who just missed the top 25).

IBM's focus in 2015 was on cognitive and cloud computing, which together raised more than 2,000 patents related inventions.

IBM China Research Laboratory, for example, has patented a system that helps interpret machines emotionally charged words, leaving computers chat with people in more natural ways. The inventors also work to teach the cloud to extract resources from more places, allowing you to run faster and more efficiently.

Not all computers and artificial intelligence to IBM exam dumps, however. The company also wants to transform industries like travel and medicine. A patent advice a way to detect the language spoken most often between a group of travelers, and results published in these languages. Other highlights of cognitive systems that help health professionals to identify treatment options based on the evidence for patients.

"For 23 years IBM high on the list of patents, inventors of the company received more than 88,000 patents in the United States," said CEO Ginni Rometty in a statement. "Patent leadership of IBM demonstrates our unparalleled commitment to R & D necessary to stimulate fundamental progress in business and society."

IBM noted the more than 8,500 inventors in the United States and abroad that have driven the company to his tally last patent in 2015; those living outside the United States contributed more than 36 percent of the patent last year.