Portfolio comparison
Individual vs Thomas A. Edison
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Individual
Patents indexed
112
Year range
1874 – 2025
Most recent
2025
mechanicalconsumer_electronicstelecommunicationssoftwarematerials
Top Patents112 enriched
US 4235871· 1980
How to Encapsulate Active Materials in Lipid Bubbles Efficiently
US 3691140· 1972
Sticky, Tiny Plastic Balls Made from Acrylates
US 3803463· 1974
Weapon That Shoots Wires to Deliver Electric Shocks
Activity by Decade
1870s2
1880s3
1890s2
1900s6
1910s7
1920s8
1930s6
1940s10
1950s10
1960s8
1970s10
1980s7
1990s6
2000s3
2010s10
2020s12
Company B
Thomas A. Edison
Patents indexed
3
Year range
1869 – 1897
Most recent
1897
mechanicalconsumer_electronicstelecommunications
Top Patents3 enriched
US 200521· 1878
How Thomas Edison Improved Early Phonograph Recording
US 589168· 1897
How Thomas Edison's Kinetographic Camera Captured Early Motion Pictures
US 90646· 1869
Edison's First Patent: An Electric Vote Recorder
Activity by Decade
1860s1
1870s1
1890s1
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