www-03.ibm.com - 1/14/2009
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ARMONK, NY - 14 Jan 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced that it earned 4,186 U.S. patents in 2008, becoming the first company ever to earn more than 4,000 U.S. patents in a single year. IBM's 2008 patent issuances are nearly triple Hewlett-Packard's and exceed the issuances of Microsoft, ...
online.wsj.com - 1/22/2009
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International Business Machines Corp. employees have informed Alliance@IBM,
an affiliate of the Communication Workers of America, that...
workers at a number of locations have been told their jobs are being eliminated. Lee Conrad, national coordinator ...
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IBM Employees Report Job Cuts
research.ibm.com - 1/13/2009
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IBM Research is on Facebook With over 3,000
researchers all around the world, it takes some innovation...
to stay connected. Join our IBM Global Research Facebook page to explore the buzz from our worldwide community. Be a part of that community. Connect ...
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www-03.ibm.com - 1/13/2009
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San Jose, Calif - 13 Jan 2009: IBM
Research (NYSE: IBM ) scientists, in collaboration with the...
Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million times finer ...
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IBM Press room - 2009-01-13 IBM Research Creates ...
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IBM again top US patent holder, vows to go after lesser patent claims
TG Daily - All News —
... this and other patent quality initiatives, we can increase the intelligence of the patent system and encourage the patenting of truly important innovations." Current rumors persist that IBM may be facing a substantial lay off of more than 16,000 employees in 2009. This layoff may also affect capital spending as the global economic downturn is taking its toll on even the biggest players. IBM had quarterly revenues in Q3'2008 which were up 5% at $25.3 billion, up 22% on the year. See IBM's press release . busy
IBM again top US patent holder, vows to go after lesser claims
TG Daily - All News —
... this and other patent quality initiatives, we can increase the intelligence of the patent system and encourage the patenting of truly important innovations." Current rumors persist that IBM may be facing a substantial lay off of more than 16,000 employees in 2009. This layoff may also affect capital spending as the global economic downturn is taking its toll on even the biggest players. IBM had quarterly revenues in Q3'2008 which were up 5% at $25.3 billion, up 22% on the year. See IBM's press release . busy
IBM is tops in patents
ZDNet Government —
... IBM is No. 1. The No. 1, patent holder, that is. And for the 16th year in a row. In a press release , IBM announced it had been awarded 4,186 patents in 2008, twice as many as Microsoft and Intel and three times as many as HP. All the other companies on the top 10 list are Japanese—Samsung, Canon, Matsushita, you get the idea. IBM is using the occasion to emphasize a different tack, though. It will rapidly grow the number of inventions it publishes, rather than patents. About 3,000 technical inventions will be published in 2009, the company said. While IBM will continue to ...
IBM patents bullet-dodging technology
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine —
... has retained the Number One Plate Holder's title at the US Patent Office for 16 years straight, with 2008 issuances greater than Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Apple, EMC, Accenture and Google combined. On February 3 it astounded even seasoned patent watchers when it filed a patent for bionic body armor which not only recognizes a bullet has been fired, but delivers a shock to the target's appropriate muscles so they step out of the bullet's trajectory... ...
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