IBM tops US patent recipient list in 2012

by Jennifer Martinez - 01/10/13 6:21 PM ET

{mosads}“We are proud of this new benchmark in technological and scientific creativity, which grows out of IBM’s century-long commitment to research and development,” IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said in a statement.

Among the patents IBM received was one for an invention included in its Watson computer system, featured on the game show “Jeopardy!,” that enables a computer to provide answers to questions that people ask it. It was also awarded a patent for a technique it invented that reduces energy consumption in cloud computing equipment.

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