7.
Samsung
has
alonghistory
of
groundbreaking
innovation
across
awide
range
of
technologies.
During
the
1970s
and
1980s
Samsung's
core
technologybusinessesdiversified
and
expandedglobally.
For
example,
Samsung
began
production
of
personal
computersin
1983
and
selected
telecommunications
andsemiconductors
ascore
businesslines
in1988.
bout
Samsung
Samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/corporateprofile/history04.html.
During
this
period
Samsungadditionallychallengeditselfto
restructure
oldbusinessesandenter
newoneswiththeaim
of
becomingone
of
theworld'stopfiveelectronicscompanies.
8.Samsung'scommitmenttoinnovationisdemonstratedinpartbythebillions
of
dollarsinresearchanddevelopmentexpendituresincurredovertheyears.From2005through
2010alone,Samsunginvestedmorethan 35billioninresearchanddevelopment.Morethana
quarter
of
allSamsungemployees—over55,100engineersoverall—areengagedincutting-edge
researchanddevelopmentprojects.
9.Samsung'scommitmenttoinnovationandinvestmentinresearchanddevelopmentisdemonstratedbythefactthatSEChasinitsportfolioover40,000UnitedStates
utilitypatentsandover4,000designpatents.Samsungisconsistentlyrankedahead
of
other
technologycompaniesinterms
of
thenumber
of
issuedpatentsobtainedintheUnitedStates,
withover4,000U.S.utilitypatentsissuedeachyearinrecentyears.10.Samsungistheassigneeandowner
of
thepatentsatissueinthisaction,whichrelatetosemiconductortechnologiesandcomputingdevices:U.S.PatentNo.5,860,158(the
'158Patent ),U.S.PatentNo.6,282,938(the '938Patent ),U.S.PatentNo.6,287,902(the '902Patent ),U.S.PatentNo.6,819,602(the' 602Patent ),U.S.PatentNo.8,252,675(the
'675Patent ),U.S.PatentNo.6,804,724(the '724Patent),U.S.PatentNo.7,073,054(the
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