Daily Archives Thursday, August 2006

The Intellectual Property Yardstick

Out of curiosity, since I see Medtronic so frequently on patents and patent applications, I decided to take a one month snapshot, from July 25 to August 24 (today) of patent applications referencing the phrase “medical device” and examine it for the patent assignee company or other company reference. Here’s what came out:

Medtronic’s dominance [...]