scorecard
  1. Home
  2. tech
  3. Google is selling a load of battery patents

Google is selling a load of battery patents

Google is selling a load of battery patents

Sundar Pichai Google

AP

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Google is selling 138 US and 69 foreign patents related to battery technology, $4.

The patents, which are on sale now, are grouped into six categories, including "Hybrid," "Charging," and "Hardware." The pricing of the patents is not public and will be disclosed to potential buyers only, $4.

The document includes five "featured" patents out of the 207. These include $4 - a "Method and apparatus for battery charging" - and $4 - a "Contact arrangement having an auxiliary contact" - among others.

According to Fortune, all of the patents were originally awarded to Motorola, which Google bought for $4. Google later sold Motorola to Lenovo $4.

The purchase of Motorola was, in part, driven by the large patent portfolio the company had and Google wanted. However, a $4 that Google held Motorola's patents in bad faith.

Google ranked fifth for the $4, behind Samsung and LG. Apple and Microsoft came in 12th and 9th, respectively.

NOW WATCH: $4

READ MORE ARTICLES ON



Popular Right Now



Advertisement