“The tech giant won 563 patents in 2010, compared 289 in 2009 and 186 in 2008, according to IFI Claims Patent Services,” Valentino-DeVries reports. “That was enough to put it in the top 50 companies world-wide.”
Valentino-DeVries reports, “Despite a burst in gadget development that started with its iPod, Apple didn’t crack the list of top 50 companies for patents until 2010, because of the time it takes to get a patent approved. Many of the patents Apple won last year had application dates of 2004 or 2005.”
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