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A Look at Steve Jobs' 313 Apple Patents

ntg said:
" Just nine Microsoft patents carry the name of Bill Gates, who was a co-founder of the company and its chief executive for more than two decades before stepping down in 2000. "

..and that's because he never came up with anything new either - he just copied Apple from Day One!!
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Nig.
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Doesn't matter. In the arena of philantrophy and helping mold civilization, Gates will be remembered, while Jobs won't.
 
imageWIS said:
Just because his name appears on the patents, doesn't mean he did any of the actual engineering work to make the patent... you know the 'actual' work. Tons of engineers, programs, etc... worked on those 313 patents, and I bet their names don't appear anywhere on the patent papers.
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Did you read the article?

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Last time I read anything about pixar jobs owns 7% of the shares making him the largest shareholder of the company also holding a position on the bod or have I missed something?
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He also the largest shareholder of Disney, which owns Pixar...

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MacSince1990 said:
Well, in a word, yes. Given that iOS is basically OS X, and OS X is very much an evolution of the classic Mac OS, which was an evolution of System 7, which was an evolution of the original Apple operating system, which was inspired in no small part by Xerox.

By the way... neither the iPad, iPhone or iPod are truly original ideas. The iPod wasn't the first hard-drive based MP3 player, the iPad was far from the first tablet, and the iPhone certainly wasn't the first MP3-capable smartphone with its own OS.
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The iPod revolutionized the MP3 player market. The iPhone revolutionized the smartphone market. The iPad has created the now existing tablet market. The previous tablet market has no resemblance to the current market at all.

I am not sure what your definition is of an original idea. No they did not come up with the idea for an MP3 player, but they did come up with the idea for what ALL MP3 players became.

They did not come up with the idea for the smartphone, but they did come up with the idea for what ALL Smartphones have become.

They did not invent the tablet computer, but they did come up with the idea for what the entire Tablet market has become.

Sounds fairly original to me.
 
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I wonder how many patents Steve Ballmer has.
 
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I wonder how many patents Steve Ballmer has.
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That's really not a fair comparison considering Microsoft mainly does software while Apple does mostly hardware.
 
markcres said:
Glass staircase :rolleyes:
Could be a pervert's dream lying underneath while pretty girls in skirts walk up :eek:
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Or a nightmare when the hairy scotsman wearing a kilt and nothing underneath decides to get his iPad. Remember this staircase is in the UK. :D
 
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MacSince1990 said:
Well, in a word, yes. Given that iOS is basically OS X, and OS X is very much an evolution of the classic Mac OS, which was an evolution of System 7, which was an evolution of the original Apple operating system, which was inspired in no small part by Xerox.

By the way... neither the iPad, iPhone or iPod are truly original ideas. The iPod wasn't the first hard-drive based MP3 player, the iPad was far from the first tablet, and the iPhone certainly wasn't the first MP3-capable smartphone with its own OS.

The only thing that really sets apple products apart is appearance and operating system.

And if you think Jobs is solely responsible for all the hit Apple products... I'm afraid you're fooling yourself more than a little.
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Be a KnightWRX then and take a joke seriously. :rolleyes:
 
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I looked up Steve's first patent and did the math. Steve Jobs was 25 years, 8 months old at the time he filed for his first patent. I'm 23, so I still have time :)
 
BornAgainMac said:
Steve Jobs = Tony Stark
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Totally different types.

The fictional Stark is a talented inventor-scientist who creates and builds his own high tech gear, mostly for his own use.

The real life Jobs is a talented salesman who is great at deciding what the common person wants as far as functionality and style. However, he is dependent on others to design, engineer, program and put together the products his company makes.
 
Jobs can afford it to get himself a patent or two

Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed the whole Jobs reality distortion for over two decades but I wonder how many people can afforded themselves a patent on a cardboard packaging. Or a glass staircase for that matter. Patents don't come cheap. These don't sound like investments you'd ever earn back.
 
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