Steve Jobs, Australia Tobacco, Samsung, Google, BBC: Intellectual Property - Bloomberg

Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s former Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, who said Aug. 24 he was resigning from his post, was a prolific inventor, if issued Apple patents are any indication. Jobs is named as an inventor on more than 300 issued U.S. patents and 30 published and pending applications, according to the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He’s listed as Steve Jobs on most patents and as Steven P. Jobs on others. The patents are...