Portfolio comparison
Cisco Technology Inc vs Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Cisco Technology Inc
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2001 – 2017
Most recent
2017
telecommunicationssoftwareconsumer_electronics
Top Patents2 enriched
US 6178160· 2001
How DNS Servers Route Web Traffic to the Least Busy Server
US 9571603· 2017
How Servers Share an IP Address for High Availability
Activity by Decade
2000s1
2010s1
Company B
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Patents indexed
2
Year range
1930 – 1979
Most recent
1979
materialsconsumer_electronics
Top Patents2 enriched
US 4166152· 1979
The Sticky Microscopic Beads Behind Post-it Notes
US 1760820· 1930
How Richard Drew Invented Modern Transparent Adhesive Tape
Activity by Decade
1930s1
1970s1
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