Portfolio comparison
Thomas A. Edison vs Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America
Side-by-side portfolio analysis — patents indexed, year ranges, and activity timeline.
Company A
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
Company B
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America
Patents indexed
2
Year range
2021 – 2025
Most recent
2025
automotiveconsumer_electronicssoftwareaerospacerobotics
Top Patents2 enriched
US 11041957· 2021
LiDAR System for Seeing Through Shiny Objects
US 12292511· 2025
Toyota's Patent on Detecting Road Hazards with LIDAR
Activity by Decade
2020s2
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