Portfolio comparison
International Business Machines Corp vs Microsoft Corp
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
International Business Machines Corp
Patents indexed
6
Year range
1968 – 2018
Most recent
2018
semiconductorsconsumer_electronicssoftwaretelecommunicationsadvertising
Top Patents4 enriched
US 6370526· 2002
Google AdWords — The Auction System That Made Search Profitable
US 3387286· 1968
DRAM — The Memory in Every Computer, Phone, and Server
US 5682513· 1997
How IBM Linked Data Updates for Disaster Recovery
Activity by Decade
1960s1
1990s1
2000s2
2010s2
Company B
Microsoft Corp
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2000 – 2006
Most recent
2006
softwaretelecommunicationsecommerceconsumer_electronics
Top Patents1 enriched
US 6122658· 2000
Microsoft's Method for Serving Localized Web Content
Activity by Decade
2000s2
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