Post # 5:How many patents cover your device?

Patent aggregator RPX ( a provider of patent risk management solutions), recently estimated that as much as 250,000 active patents impact your smartphones. When we concider that the smartphone industry owns under 1% of the US GDP, that number is asstunding. This number becomes more shocking when the smartphone industry is held up in comparison to the pharmasuitcal. Currently, it is calculated that there are approximately 46.8 patents per every 1,000 jobs whithin the pharmasuitical industry. In contrast within the computer and peripherals equipment sector, there are 277.5 patents per 1,000 jobs. The difference is astounding.