Each year the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) rates the quality of companies’ patent portfolios, and this year
again, Microsoft’s portfolio is rated the strongest in the software
industry. It’s the third straight year that Microsoft has topped the IEEE Spectrum
Patent Scorecard.
In another independent survey released this
week, Microsoft ranked #1 in the Patent
Board Scorecard, far surpassing all other information technology
companies in the strength of our science and technology. Also this week,
Forbes
named Microsoft on its list of America’s Most Inventive Companies,
based on the strength of our patent portfolio and return on R&D
investments. And in January, Bloomberg
BusinessWeek assessed Microsoft’s patent portfolio as having the
highest value, beating out other leaders including IBM and Samsung. The
magazine also placed Microsoft at the top of its Most
Inventive Companies list.
These consistently high marks from experts in the industry signify that Microsoft’s focus on high-quality patent protection is working. Microsoft invests more than $9 billion annually in research and development, and the innovations that result from that R&D commitment are directly related to the quality of our patents. We’ve expanded our patent filings in recent years to match the accelerating pace of breakthrough technology developed at Microsoft, and these filings are closely aligned with our strategic business goals.
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Author: Bart Eppenauer
