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To: DiViT who wrote (48230)	1/11/2000 3:14:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Nice find on the TiVO box. Just when I thought that IBM was out of the decoder business. Silly me. IBM is still in the patent business, followed by NEC, Canon, Samsung, Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Motorola, Lucent and Mitsubishi..... biz.yahoo.com IBM awarded most patents for seventh year in a row By Mark Weinraub NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news), the world's top computer maker, said on Monday it won the most U.S. patents for the seventh year in a row in 1999. IBM, citing a report to be issued on Tuesday by patent tracking firm IFI Claims Patent Services, said it had 2,756 patents granted during the year by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. IBM's number of patents, about 900 more than its nearest competitor, was a record, topping its prior all-time high set in 1998, by nearly 3 percent. Nick Donofrio, IBM's senior vice president and group executive of technology and manufacturing, said most of IBM's patents were granted for technology related to electronic business. He said about half of the patents were for equipment that other companies use in their systems and about one-third were for software. ''We drive ourselves with the strategy that fundamentally is an e-business strategy,'' Donofrio said in a telephone interview. ''Almost all of what we do, that's where we're headed. Many of these patents...do this.'' Donofrio said the record number of patents demonstrated ''Our commitment to research and develop the industry's most innovative technologies -- and our ability to get these technologies to market quickly.'' IBM, which spends about $5 billion a year on research and development, headed a list largely populated with Asian companies, which accounted for seven of the top 10 patent winners. Japanese electronics company NEC Corp. , with 1,853 patents, was second after finishing third in 1998. Overall, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a record 154,594 utility and statutory patents in 1999, besting the previous record of 151,024, set in 1998, according to IFI. While IBM has held the top position in U.S. patent awards for the past seven years, Japanese companies consistently laid claim to the No. 1 spot during the 10 years prior to 1993 . The other top 10 companies for 1999 were: Canon Inc. , with 1,798; Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with 1,541; Sony Corp. with 1,427; Fujitsu Ltd. with 1,230; Toshiba Corp. with 1,225; Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT - news) with 1,205; Lucent Technologies Corp. (NYSE:LU - news) with 1,155; and Mitsubishi Electric Corp with 1,087. Some of IBM's featured patents includes a technology that will search the entire World Wide Web for products that fit parameters a user sets. Donofrio said it could be used for someone who wants to plan a vacation to a specific place, at a certain time, within a certain budget.