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    Microsoft Lands Milestone 5,000th Patent

    REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. has reached a patenting milestone by logging its 5,000th patent granted in the United States. Patent no. 6,999,083 provides for technologies that allow people to not just play video games against each other online, but to join the game as a spectator from anywhere in the world. The patent, which covers technologies that will be featured in Xbox 360™ games, brings new innovation to online gaming by allowing consumers to tune into a video game much as they would a sporting event broadcast. Obtaining its 5,000th U.S. patent marks Microsoft’s progress in developing innovations and opening the doors over the past three years to its multibillion-dollar research and development efforts.

    “The 5,000th patent is a marker of the progress we have made in the past few years — building a high-quality, innovative and industry-recognized portfolio,” said Brad Smith, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Microsoft. “Through patents, we are able to license our technologies widely to others in the industry, increasing the availability of our innovations and getting beneficial solutions in the hands of customers.”

    Transparency and Opportunity Through IP

    Since its public commitment to patent and intellectual property (IP) licensing in December 2003, Microsoft is following the industry examples of other long-time patent licensors such as IBM Corp., with its portfolio of over 25,000 U.S. patents, and other giants such as HP, Intel Corporation, Samsung and Sony. Microsoft has used its expanding IP portfolio to launch a number of development-seeding licensing initiatives, including IP Ventures, a program dedicated to bringing customer-ready technology to emerging businesses for immediate business benefit and customer use. In addition, Microsoft entered into licensing agreements with companies of all sizes and types — from competitors to longtime industry partners — including Autodesk Inc., Inrix Inc., Motorola Inc., Palm Inc., SAP AG, Softedge-Systems, Sony Ericsson, Sun Microsystems Inc., Symbian Ltd. and Turbolinux Inc.

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