Portfolio comparison
International Business Machines vs Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
International Business Machines
Patents indexed
3
Year range
2019 – 2021
Most recent
2021
semiconductorsai_mlconsumer_electronicstelecommunicationssoftware
Top Patents3 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 10248907· 2019
How a Single Electronic Component Can Learn and Process AI Data
Activity by Decade
2010s1
2020s2
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
How to use
Bookmark a comparison URL to save it. Format: /compare/companies?a=[slug]&b=[slug]. Also see patent-level comparison.