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These Companies Were the Patent Powerhouses of 2024

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In 2006, IEEE Spectrum ranked patenting powerhouses in our first annual patent survey. Computer Software : These companies develop firmware and applications for personal devices and other computing systems. Universities : Like government entities and conglomerates, universities tend to produce patents across various industries.

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The Starting Line for Self-Driving Cars

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In the 2005 Grand Challenge, Carnegie Mellon Universitys H1ghlander was one of five autonomous cars to finish the race. He loaned it to the museum in 2006, and since 2008 it has resided permanently in the museums collections, alongside other remarkable specimens in robotics and automobiles.

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This Man Made the Modem in Your Phone a Reality

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In 1985, he had established a multidisciplinary research program at the University of California, Los Angeles, to develop chips for digital broadband. UCLA Takes Holdand Never Lets Go Samueli eventually applied to UCLAa university with a good electrical engineering program and affordable tuition that was close to home.

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"The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now"

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Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006. Electronic health records, he declared, would transform health care by ensuring that a persons complete medical information was available at the time and place of care, no matter where it originates. Bush set an ambitious goal for U.S.

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Number of vehicles per person is still down from its maximum in 2006

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The focus in this series is on vehicles per person, as opposed to total number of vehicles (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% In comparison, distance driven per person is down by 4.9%

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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

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Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. The main findings (summarized in the table below) are as follows: Vehicles per person increased by 18.2% population).

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

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Ford Motor Company is mapping out a strategy to address the requirements for personal mobility in the context of the megatrend of increasing global urbanization, both in mature economies as well as in emerging markets. Rough map of Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility. Click to enlarge. Like some other OEMs (e.g.,