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January 9
IBM launches a free U.S. Patent
Search website (www.ibm.com/patents)
that provides access to more than
2 million patents issued by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office from
1974 to present. March 18
IBM introduces IntelliStation, a
line of Microsoft Windows NT-based
workstations for commercial users.
The new family complements IBM’s
RS/6000 line of UNIX workstations
and servers.
IBM’s stock price
closes at $76.62
(split-adjusted)
the first business
day of 1997.
For the fourth consecutive year,
IBM surpasses its own record
for U.S. patents. In 1996, IBM was
issued 1,867 patents from the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office — 326
more than the closest company.
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March 19
IBM announces its intent to
purchase a majority interest
in NetObjects, the Silicon Valley-
based company that developed
the award-winning NetObjects
Fusion software for designing
and building websites.
April 29
IBM’s Board of Directors approves
a quarterly dividend increase of 14
percent and the repurchase of $3.5
billion in shares.
May 9
IBM's common stock splits, entitling
each shareholder to receive one
additional share for each share held.
May 8
IBM announces plans to become
sole proprietor of Advantis — the
U.S. data network services arm of
the IBM Global Network, one of the
world’s largest data networks —
by buying Sears’ 30 percent equity
interest for $450 million.
May 13
IBM’s stock price reaches 177 1/8
(pre-split), passing the previous
all-time intraday high of 176 1/8
on August 20, 1987.
IBM announces Magic 3D
Coloring Book, the first in a
series of award-winning Crayola
interactive multimedia products
that inspire creativity and
learning among young children.
mar10 In a six-game match that captures
the imagination of the world, a
chess-playing IBM computer known
as Deep Blue defeats chess grand-
master Garry Kasparov — the first
time a reigning world champion
loses a match to a computer
opponent in tournament play. Deep
Blue is an IBM RS/6000 SP super-
computer capable of calculating
200,000,000 chess positions per
second. Its watershed win touches
off debate, commentary and serious
thinking about the relationship
between people and machines, and
about the very nature of thought.
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1,085 1,298 1,383
1,867
IBM U.S. Patents