Portfolio comparison
Canon Inc vs Microsoft Technology Licensing
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Canon Inc
Patents indexed
2
Year range
1988 – 2022
Most recent
2022
consumer_electronicsmechanicalsemiconductorsenergy
Top Patents2 enriched
US 4723129· 1988
How Canon's Bubble Jet Printers Make Ink Droplets
US RE48925· 2022
How Printers Manage Power States and Sleep Timers
Activity by Decade
1980s1
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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