Portfolio comparison
Microsoft Technology Licensing vs Thomas A. Edison
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Microsoft Technology Licensing
Patents indexed
5
Year range
2016 – 2023
Most recent
2023
softwareai_mltelecommunicationsconsumer_electronicsquantum_computing
Top Patents5 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
2020s2
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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