Portfolio comparison
International Business Machines vs Ethicon
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
International Business Machines
Patents indexed
6
Year range
2015 – 2025
Most recent
2025
ai_mlsemiconductorsconsumer_electronicstelecommunicationssoftware
Top Patents6 enriched
US 10740671· 2020
How IBM Uses Resistive Memory Chips to Speed Up AI Training
US 10956815· 2021
How to Fix Faulty Memory Cells in AI Chips
US 12412637· 2025
Computer Model Designs Proteins by Matching Structure to Sequence
Activity by Decade
2010s2
2020s4
Company B
Ethicon
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2020 – 2021
Most recent
2021
medical_devicesmanufacturingsoftwareroboticssurgical_equipment
Top Patents2 enriched
US 10959744· 2021
Customizing Surgical Dissectors Using 3D Printing
US 10736702· 2020
Surgical Tool with Flexible, Articulating, and Rotating End Effectors
Activity by Decade
2020s2
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