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by shakil 1373 days ago
IBM is still #1 in patent grants [1] so there's still other groups there going strong I guess

1. https://www.ificlaims.com/rankings-top-50-2021.htm

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That’s very prestigious but orthogonal to remuneration unless one is operating a low status patent troll.
From what I heard in the past, at IBM employees get a $1k bonus per patent - and I bet the patent pool is worth more than that for IBM in cross-licencing savings and licensing revenue...