Portfolio comparison
Apple Computer Inc vs Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Apple Computer Inc
Patents indexed
2
Year range
1979 – 1999
Most recent
1999
personal-computingapplehardwarevideo-graphicshistory-of-computing
Top Patents2 enriched
US 4136359· 1979
The Apple II — The First Personal Computer That Came With Color
US 5946647· 1999
How Computers Find and Act on Data Patterns
Activity by Decade
1970s1
1990s1
Company B
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Patents indexed
1
Year range
1979
Most recent
1979
materials-scienceadhesivesoffice-suppliesconsumer-goodspolymer-chemistry
Top Patents1 enriched
US 4166152· 1979
The Post-it Note Adhesive — Invented as a Failure That Stuck Around
Activity by Decade
1970s1
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