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Article: Xerox Boosts Patent Filings, Ups Tempo of Innovation; Eight Inventors Reach 50-Patent Mark in 2005.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- January 17, 2006
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STAMFORD, Conn. -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) is boosting patent filings and is expected to increase the number of patents the company receives by more than one-third within three years.
In 2005, the company filed 60 percent more patent applications than in the prior year, and a record number - eight - of the company's top inventors received their 50th patent. Xerox Corporation and its joint-venture partner in Japan, Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., together received 643 U.S. patents in 2005, placing the Xerox patent portfolio in the top 25 companies.
Xerox Corporation alone added 446 U.S. utility patents to its extensive intellectual property portfolio.
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