Portfolio comparison
Intuitive Surgical Operations vs Thomas A. Edison
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Intuitive Surgical Operations
Patents indexed
1
Year range
2018
Most recent
2018
medical_devicesroboticssoftwaretelecommunicationsmechanical
Top Patents1 enriched
US 9949801· 2018
How Surgical Robots Reconfigure Their Arms Without Moving the Tool Tip
Activity by Decade
2010s1
Company B
Thomas A. Edison
Patents indexed
3
Year range
1869 – 1897
Most recent
1897
mechanicalconsumer_electronicstelecommunications
Top Patents3 enriched
US 200521· 1878
How Thomas Edison Improved Early Phonograph Recording
US 589168· 1897
How Thomas Edison's Kinetographic Camera Captured Early Motion Pictures
US 90646· 1869
Edison's First Patent: An Electric Vote Recorder
Activity by Decade
1860s1
1870s1
1890s1
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