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Dell Products
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Dell Products
— 12,545 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#72
of
105,732
Top 1%
6,855
inventors
12,545
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 1,692 patents in 2025.
peak 1,692
1997: 3 patents
1997
1998: 9 patents
1999: 7 patents
2000: 6 patents
2000
2001: 8 patents
2002: 60 patents
2003: 90 patents
2003
2004: 119 patents
2005: 122 patents
2006: 122 patents
2006
2007: 158 patents
2008: 174 patents
2009: 241 patents
2009
2010: 203 patents
2011: 233 patents
2012: 238 patents
2012
2013: 220 patents
2014: 289 patents
2015: 378 patents
2015
2016: 514 patents
2017: 657 patents
2018: 700 patents
2018
2019: 711 patents
2020: 873 patents
2021: 801 patents
2021
2022: 1,143 patents
2023: 1,223 patents
2024: 1,551 patents
2024
2025: 1,692 patents
2025
Top Inventors at Dell Products
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
6,855
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Deeder M. Aurongzeb
331
2
Mukund P. Khatri
207
3
Bhyrav M. Mutnury
203
#4
John Trevor Morrison
190
#5
Jace W. Files
184
#6
Daniel L. Hamlin
180
#7
Timothy M. Lambert
175
#8
Travis C. North
165
#9
Andrew T. Sultenfuss
159
#10
Liam B. Quinn
157
#11
Dharmesh M. Patel
156
#12
Parminder Singh Sethi
151
#13
Adolfo S. Montero
142
#14
Stuart Allen Berke
139
#15
Shelesh Chopra
129
#16
Sandor Farkas
125
#17
Gaurav Chawla
114
#18
Gokul Thiruchengode Vajravel
109
#19
Charles D. Robison
108
#20
Peng Lip Goh
98
#21
Ravikanth Chaganti
96
#22
Sudhir Vittal Shetty
96
#23
Shekar Babu Suryanarayana
94
#24
William Price Dawkins
92
#25
Carlton A. Andrews
88
#26
Ricardo L. Martinez
84
#27
Ofir Ezrielev
82
#28
Chandrashekar Nelogal
82
#29
Austin Michael Shelnutt
81
#30
Jason S. Morrison
81
#31
Gerald R. Pelissier
81
#32
Kevin Mundt
81
#33
Sumanth Vidyadhara
79
#34
Yuan-Chang Lo
79
#35
Edmond I. Bailey
79
#36
Hung Dinh
77
#37
Nicholas D. Grobelny
76
#38
Todd Erick Swierk
75
#39
Sunil Yadav
74
#40
Karthikeyan Krishnakumar
74
#41
Jimmy D. Pike
74
#42
Hasnain Shabbir
73
#43
Suresh K. Ramasamy
73
#44
Qinghong He
72
#45
Kevin Marks
71
#46
Michael S. Gatson
71
#47
Richard C. Thompson
70
#48
Rizwan Ali
70
#49
Abeye Teshome
69
#50
Rama Rao Bisa
69
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