Portfolio comparison
International Business Machines Corp vs Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
International Business Machines Corp
Patents indexed
13
Year range
1968 – 2023
Most recent
2023
softwaretelecommunicationsconsumer_electronicsai_mlsemiconductors
Top Patents13 enriched
US 6370526· 2002
Smart Ranking of Emails and Files Based on How You Click
US 9405582· 2016
How Computers Automatically Adjust Tasks to Run Faster in Data Centers
US 6424946· 2002
How Computers Automatically Label Different Speakers in Audio Recordings
Activity by Decade
1960s1
1970s1
1990s1
2000s4
2010s5
2020s1
Company B
Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc
Patents indexed
5
Year range
1950 – 1963
Most recent
1963
semiconductorsconsumer_electronicstelecommunicationsenergy
Top Patents5 enriched
US 2569347· 1951
The Invention of the Junction Transistor
US 2524035· 1950
The Invention of the Transistor
US 2929922· 1960
How the First Laser Was Invented
Activity by Decade
1950s3
1960s2
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