IBM Inventors Receive Record-Breaking 8,000+ U.S. Patents in 2016
IBMers received 2,700+ cognitive and cloud computing patents during 2016
#1 on U.S. Patent List for 24th Consecutive Year
ARMONK, N.Y. – 09 Jan 2017: IBM today announced that it broke the U.S. patent record with 8,088 patents granted to its inventors in 2016, marking the 24th consecutive year of innovation leadership. IBM’s 2016 patent output covers a diverse range of inventions in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing, cognitive health, cloud, cybersecurity and other strategic growth areas for the company. (more…)