Overall rank by patents
#32
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10,222 granted patents across 192 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Dell ranks #32 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10,222 patents across 192 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R32 · US Corporation #32 · 10,222 grants
GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (±1 grants)
Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Meta Platforms · near
79 score
Beijing BOE… · near
79 score
Charter Communicatio… · near
79 score
Dell Products · this assignee
79 score
RTX · near
79 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Dell's Innovation Score is 78.6/100 (top 1% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.
Between 2020–2024, Dell Products L.P. received 5,595 grants versus 2,932 in 2015–2019 (+91% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 1,553 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 376. Lead class G06F accounts for 70.3% of the portfolio across 192 subclasses. Volume neighbours: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (#28) and Fujitsu Limited (#36).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Dell Products L.P. moved from 2,385 to 3,920 grants (1.64x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #348. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
11,736 patents
Nike, Inc.
10,487 patents
Cisco Technology, Inc.
10,299 patents
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
10,223 patents
Dell Products L.P.
10,222 patents
Texas Instruments Incorporated
9,915 patents
SK hynix Inc.
9,830 patents
NEC Corporation
9,672 patents
Fujitsu Limited
9,654 patents
What this shows Dell holds 10,222 patents at rank #32, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #32 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Dell's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (79 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).
Dell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
79 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 376 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 506 | 5.0% |
| 2017 | 649 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 691 | 6.8% |
| 2019 | 710 | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 873 | 8.5% |
| 2021 | 802 | 7.8% |
| 2022 | 1,143 | 11.2% |
| 2023 | 1,224 | 12.0% |
| 2024 | 1,553 | 15.2% |
| 2025partial year | 1,695 | 16.6% |
Top 15 of 192 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#32
of 49,997 tracked assignees
78.6 out of 100
What to do with this data
Dell Products L.P.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.