What will Nathan Myhrvold do with microprocessor patents?
Fri, Jan 30th, 2009 |
Intellectual Ventures, the patent-licensing firm created by technologist Nathan Myhrvold, has purchased the patent portfolio of microprocessor maker Transmeta, according to an announcement yesterday.
Intellectual Venture Funding, owned by Intellectual Ventures in Seattle, acquired 140 U.S. patents and more patent applications owned by Transmeta, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of low-power microprocessors. Novafora bought Transmeta last November, since Transmeta had largely lost its war with Intel in the battle for microprocessors for laptops.
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