Portfolio comparison
Philips Broadcast Equipment Corp vs Intuitive Surgical Operations
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
Philips Broadcast Equipment Corp
Patents indexed
1
Year range
1972
Most recent
1972
consumer_electronicsmechanicaltelecommunications
Top Patents1 enriched
US 3678182· 1972
How Early Television Systems Isolated Specific Colors for Special Effects
Activity by Decade
1970s1
Company B
Intuitive Surgical Operations
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2018 – 2024
Most recent
2024
roboticsmedical_devicessoftwaremechanicalsurgical
Top Patents2 enriched
US 12114954· 2024
Uniform Scaling of Haptic Forces in Surgical Systems
US 9949801· 2018
How Surgical Robots Reconfigure Their Arms Without Moving the Tool Tip
Activity by Decade
2010s1
2020s1
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