Portfolio comparison
Intuitive Surgical Operations vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Intuitive Surgical Operations
Patents indexed
4
Year range
2018 – 2024
Most recent
2024
roboticsmedical_devicessoftwaremechanicalsurgical
Top Patents4 enriched
US 12114954· 2024
Uniform Scaling of Haptic Forces in Surgical Systems
US 12064197· 2024
How a Robot Arm Can Be Manually Moved While Staying Safe
US 9949801· 2018
How Surgical Robots Reconfigure Their Arms Without Moving the Tool Tip
Activity by Decade
2010s1
2020s3
Company B
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patents indexed
10
Year range
1983 – 2025
Most recent
2025
biotechpharmaceuticalgene_editingtelecommunicationsmaterials
Top Patents10 enriched
US 8697359· 2014
How to Edit Genes in Human Cells Using an Engineered CRISPR System
US 4405829· 1983
How RSA Public-Key Encryption Keeps Digital Messages Secret
US 5961804· 1999
Tiny Capsules for Electronic Paper Displays
Activity by Decade
1980s1
1990s1
2010s2
2020s3
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