Portfolio comparison
Microsoft Technology Licensing vs Intuitive Surgical Operations
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Microsoft Technology Licensing
Patents indexed
8
Year range
2016 – 2026
Most recent
2026
softwaretelecommunicationsconsumer_electronicsai_mlsemiconductors
Top Patents8 enriched
US 11798529· 2023
Improving AI Language Understanding with Aligned Knowledge Graphs
US 11120365· 2021
How AI Models Learn Complex Tasks by Breaking Them Down
US 9256834· 2016
How Quantum Computers Use Special Devices to Control Qubits
Activity by Decade
2010s2
2020s5
Company B
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
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