Portfolio comparison
International Business Machines Corp vs Ethicon
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
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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