Portfolio comparison
Apple vs Microsoft Technology Licensing
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Apple
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2021
Most recent
2021
consumer_electronicssoftwaretelecommunicationsmechanicalaugmented_reality
Top Patents2 enriched
US 10942571· 2021
How Laptops Create Localized Vibrations on Their Surfaces
US 20210117042
How Devices Detect Touch Using Heat Signatures
Activity by Decade
2020s1
Company B
Microsoft Technology Licensing
Patents indexed
5
Year range
2016 – 2023
Most recent
2023
softwareai_mltelecommunicationsconsumer_electronicsquantum_computing
Top Patents5 enriched
US 11798529· 2023
Improving AI Language Understanding with Aligned Knowledge Graphs
US 11120365· 2021
How AI Models Learn Complex Tasks by Breaking Them Down
US 9256834· 2016
How Quantum Computers Use Special Devices to Control Qubits
Activity by Decade
2010s2
2020s2
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