Where does Dell Software Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dell Software Inc. ranks #2,786 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Dell Software Inc. hold?

Dell Software Inc. holds 138 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Dell Software Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dell Software Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Dell Software Inc. focus on?

Dell Software Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 99 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dell Software Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dell Software Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Dell Software Inc.'s patents?

Dell Software Inc.'s patents average 18.2 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Dell Software Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Dell Software Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 138 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dell ranks #2,786 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 138 patents across 14 technology areas.

#2,786
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2786 · US Corporation #2,786 · 138 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 138 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,786/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Calsonic Kansei
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Calsonic Kansei Corporation (±0 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cognifisense · near

41
Dell Software · this assignee

41
Dinkle Enterprise · near

41
SunEdison Semiconduc… · near

41
Rubbermaid Incorpora… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dell's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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.

Where Dell's grants concentrate

Dell Software Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 71.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (54 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Dell sits between Calsonic Kansei Corporation and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd..

Calsonic Kansei

138
Claas Selbstfahre…

138
Conversant Intell…

138
Divx

138
Dynamics

138
Feit Electric

138
Fuzhou BOE Optoel…

138
Jiangsu Hengrui M…

138
Dell Software ◀

138

What this shows Dell holds 138 patents at rank #2,787, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dell

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,787 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Dell's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Dinkle Enterprise Co., Ltd. 41 SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (UEN201334164H) 41 Cognifisense, Inc. 41 Rubbermaid Incorporated 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Sleep Number Corporation 18.2 avg Quantum Corporation 18.2 avg Eltek S.p.A. 18.2 avg Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. 18.2 avg

Dell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dell Software Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	48	34.8%
2016	54	39.1%
2017	33	23.9%
2018	2	1.4%
2019	1	0.7%

Which technologies does Dell Software Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 99

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 91

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 11

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,786

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Dell Software Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dell Software Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 71.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,786 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dell Software Inc. against Calsonic Kansei Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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