Gary Price of Search Engine Watch took a look at some non-google patent applications from Yahoo, Microsoft and Others today. They include HP, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Oveture (yahoo owned).
As posted by Gary;
Title: Method and system for identifying image relatedness using link and page layout analysis
Assignee: MicrosoftTitle: Method and system for classifying display pages using summaries
Assignee: MicrosoftTitle: Method and apparatus for performing a search
Assignee: YahooTitle: Method and system for ranking documents of a search result to improve diversity and information richness
Assignee: MicrosoftTitle: Contextual flyout for search results
Assignee: IBMTitle: Method and apparatus for providing information
Assignee: FujitsuTitle: Method and apparatus for identifying related searches in a database search system
Assignee: Overture/YahooTitle: Verifying relevance between keywords and Web site contents
Assignee: MicrosoftTitle: Systems and methods that rank search results
Assignee: MicrosoftTitle: Search systems and methods with integration of user annotations
Assignee: YahooTitle: Integration of instant messenging with Internet searching
Assignee: YahooTitle: Search system using user behavior data
Assignee: Microsoft
Forum discussion at Search Engine Watch Forums.
