International Business Machines Corp. has done it again. In 2014, for the 22nd consecutive year, the technology giant topped the annual ranking of the largest recipients of U.S. patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The top five patent recipients remained the same as in 2013, but Google Inc. and Apple Inc. moved up in the rankings, with Google breaking the top 10 for the first time, according to IFI Claims Patents Services, which compiles the rankings.
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