[shakil]

IBM is still #1 in patent grants [1] so there's still other groups there going strong I guess

1. https://www.ificlaims.com/rankings-top-50-2021.htm

[adolph]

That’s very prestigious but orthogonal to remuneration unless one is operating a low status patent troll.

[MagnumOpus]

From what I heard in the past, at IBM employees get a $1k bonus per patent - and I bet the patent pool is worth more than that for IBM in cross-licencing savings and licensing revenue...