Patents are an important part of the printer business. Silverbrook Research has ensured that the Memjet technology is well protected by patents in the US, and around the world.

Silverbrook Research holds over 1,800 US patents, with more than 2,000 US patents pending.

The graph below shows the number of patents relating to inkjet technology granted by the US Patent Office to various companies each year for the period 2000 to 2007.

The method of calculating this graph is described here.

The Patent analysis firm, The Patent Board "tracks and analyzes innovation, movement, and the business value of patent assets across every industry globally". Companies are ranked according to their technical innovation based on the content and quality of US granted patents. The Patent Board has positioned Silverbrook Research in the top 10 companies in the world in the "information technology" category that includes companies such as Seiko Epson, Hewlett Packard, Canon and Ricoh.