Portfolio comparison
Facebook Inc vs Intuitive Surgical Operations
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Facebook Inc
Patents indexed
9
Year range
2010 – 2020
Most recent
2020
softwaretelecommunicationsai_mlconsumer_electronicsecommerce
Top Patents9 enriched
US 7669123· 2010
Displaying Friends' Activities in a Social Network Feed
US 8171128· 2012
How Facebook's News Feed Picks Stories You'll Like
US 8914392· 2014
How Facebook Ranks Search Results Based on Your Friends' Activity
Activity by Decade
2010s8
2020s1
Company B
Intuitive Surgical Operations
Patents indexed
4
Year range
2018 – 2024
Most recent
2024
roboticsmedical_devicessoftwaremechanicalsurgical
Top Patents4 enriched
US 12114954· 2024
Uniform Scaling of Haptic Forces in Surgical Systems
US 12064197· 2024
How a Robot Arm Can Be Manually Moved While Staying Safe
US 9949801· 2018
How Surgical Robots Reconfigure Their Arms Without Moving the Tool Tip
Activity by Decade
2010s1
2020s3
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