In 1968 an inventor applied for a patent on the microprocessor before Intel and TI filed their applications. In 1990 the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office granted the patent. In 1991 the inventor licensed the patent to Philips. The inventor is said to have received $150 million in revenues for the patent. In June 2021 …
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