![]() The US patent system goes back to the very dawn of our nation. It doesn’t get more future-looking than this. Our most recent patents span artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid cloud, cyber-security and quantum computing. We are actively planting the research seeds of the bleeding edge technological world of tomorrow. The number of patents we produce each year - and in 2020, it was more than 9,130 US patents - demonstrates our continuous, never-ending commitment to research and innovation. A patent is evidence of an invention, protecting it through legal documentation, and importantly, published for all to read. ![]() Just like during the 13 years before and 15 years after, IBM has been getting more patents granted than any other company in the US.įor me, this patent leadership symbolizes much more than just the mere fact of being at the top. I also knew it had contributed to IBM’s patent leadership that year. ![]() This technology soon became the basis for how all advanced chips are manufactured, even to this date. It was a proud moment for me - especially as I knew that this patent contained novel capabilities that were critical for a brand-new technology called immersion lithography. Granted to my IBM colleagues and myself in 2005, it was for a topcoat waterproof material for a photoresist - a light-sensitive substance used to make circuit patterns for semiconductor chips. ![]()
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