IBM again tops U.S. patent approvals, with 6,478
Photo credit: AP | A view of IBM's supercomputer, named Watson. (Jan. 13, 2011)
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IBM envisions a future in which a GPS can predict traffic conditions for drivers and a software program can remotely read a homeowner's electric meter without a human utility worker ever setting foot on the property.
Those technological innovations and more will be possible in the future with research under way at the Armonk-based company, which again tops the list of U.S. patent recipients.
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