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Dell Usa
— 803 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#1,075
of
105,732
Top 2%
472
inventors
803
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2010
Bar chart with a peak of 123 patents in 2001.
peak 123
1991: 4 patents
1991
1992: 6 patents
1993: 9 patents
1993
1994: 18 patents
1995: 68 patents
1995
1996: 89 patents
1997: 94 patents
1997
1998: 100 patents
1999: 76 patents
1999
2000: 89 patents
2001: 123 patents
2001
2002: 49 patents
2003: 42 patents
2003
2004: 15 patents
2005: 10 patents
2005
2006: 7 patents
2008: 2 patents
2008
2009: 1 patents
2010: 1 patents
2010
Top Inventors at Dell Usa
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
472
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Terry Parks
42
2
Alan E. Brown
37
3
Ty Schmitt
29
#4
Craig S. Jones
25
#5
Erica Scholder
24
#6
Bryan Howell
21
#6
Victor Key Pecone
21
#8
Darius D. Gaskins
20
#8
John J. Pearce
20
#10
Sean P. O'Neal
17
#11
David S. Register
16
#12
Barry K. Kates
15
#12
Deepak Swamy
15
#12
Reynold Liao
15
#15
Gregory N. Stewart
14
#15
Richard D. Amberg
14
#17
Alan E. Beelitz
13
#17
Clint H. O'Connor
13
#17
James S. Bell
13
#17
John Jeffries
13
#21
Andrew Moore
12
#21
Damon W. Broder
12
#21
David L. Moss
12
#21
Jerry D. Gandre
12
#21
John A. Cummings
12
#21
Kenneth L. Jeffries
12
#21
Richard W. Finch
12
#21
Steven L. Sands
12
#29
Charles Zeller
11
#29
Eric W. Schieve
11
#29
Gilberto Hernandez
11
#29
John P. Busch
11
#29
Karl Steffes
11
#29
N. Deepak Swamy
11
#29
Robert L. McMahan
11
#29
Thomas J. Kocis
11
#29
Timothy Radloff
11
#38
Andrew L. McAnally
10
#38
Joseph A. Vivio
10
#38
Orin M. Ozias
10
#38
R. Steven Mills
10
#38
Roger W. Wong
10
#38
Stuart Hayes
10
#44
Charles D. Hood, III
9
#44
James D. Curlee
9
#44
Kendall C. Witte
9
#44
Stephen Cook
9
#48
Jay Lory
8
#48
Mark B. Penniman
8
#48
Richard S. Mills
8
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