Earth Day-Friendly Patenting

Just in time for Earth Day 2011:

General Motors announced last week in a press release that it "received more clean-energy patents last year than any other organization, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index of U.S. patents. GM’s 135 patents represent nearly 14 percent of the total 1,881 received by 700 entities."  Among these 135 patents are several that are directed to electrically operated vehicles.  That's no surprise because, according to the press release, "GM believes electrically driven vehicles offer the most long-term benefits to customers around the world."

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