IBM Topped 2020 US Patent List for 28th-Straight Year

IBM landed 9,130 U.S. patents in 2020, the most of any enterprise for the 28th-straight year, said the company Tuesday. The inventions spanned “key technology fields,” including artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity, it said. The patents were granted to inventors in 46 states and 54 countries, it said.