Portfolio comparison
Apple Inc vs Microsoft Technology Licensing
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Apple Inc
Patents indexed
50
Year range
2008 – 2024
Most recent
2024
consumer_electronicssoftwaretelecommunicationssemiconductorsai_ml
Top Patents50 enriched
US 7657849· 2010
How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Works
US 7479949· 2009
How Touchscreens Understand Your Finger Swipes and Scrolls
US 7469381· 2008
How Touchscreens Show and Snap Back When You Scroll Past an Edge
Activity by Decade
2000s7
2010s31
2020s12
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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