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16 April 2012
Ok, so I know it is so first year finace and marketig, but I had to pull this data just to see if Apple is really worth the long term $1100 call several people are making. What I found casts a cloud over the call. The basis of my suggestion that Apple may be getting behind is that they are in essence a technology company. The one rule of tech companies is that they are always innovating, always moving one step ahead, always getting new stuff to market and always ahead of the pack.
One proxy measure for this is the number of patents they are applying for. On this front, the company peaked around the time iPhones were anything and everything. Android has stolen a bit of that thunder since. I will simply leave it here and let you draw your own conclusions.
chart easyfxtrades.com source of data uspto.gov
