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Dell USA L.P.

803Patents
1Active
803Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 14, 1989 → Apr 28, 2008 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6519679B2 Policy based storage configuration Physics 1,013 Expired
US6167383A Method and apparatus for providing customer configured machines at an internet site Physics 499 Expired
US5661632A Hand held computer with dual display screen orientation capability controlled by toggle switches having first and second non-momentary positions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 467 Expired
US5952992A Intelligent LCD brightness control system Physics 412 Expired
US5479653A Disk array apparatus and method which supports compound raid configurations and spareless hot sparing Physics 407 Expired
US5642171A Method and apparatus for synchronizing audio and video data streams in a multimedia system Electricity 377 Expired
US5838306A Mouse with security feature Physics 331 Expired
US5805144A Mouse pointing device having integrated touchpad Physics 317 Expired
US5455466A Inductive coupling system for power and data transfer Electricity 289 Expired
US5606594A Communication accessory and method of telecommunicating for a PDA Electricity 229 Expired
US6182275A Generation of a compatible order for a computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 208 Expired
US5261068A Dual path memory retrieval system for an interleaved dynamic RAM memory unit Physics 207 Expired
US5455933A Circuit and method for remote diagnosis of personal computers Physics 201 Expired
US5365453A System for indicating a low battery condition Physics 201 Expired
US5388267A Method and apparatus for updating and restoring system BIOS functions while maintaining BIOS integrity Physics 190 Expired
US5991806A Dynamic system control via messaging in a network management system Electricity 189 Expired
US5636342A Systems and method for assigning unique addresses to agents on a system management bus Physics 186 Expired
US5572403A Plenum bypass serial fan cooling subsystem for computer systems Physics 185 Expired
US5657445A Apparatus and method for limiting access to mass storage devices in a computer system Physics 184 Expired
US5760760A Intelligent LCD brightness control system Physics 183 Expired
US5793610A Multi-position air regulation device Electricity 173 Expired
US5579491A Local proactive hot swap request/acknowledge system Physics 170 Expired
US5546272A Serial fan cooling subsystem for computer systems Physics 169 Expired
US5611057A Computer system modular add-in daughter card for an adapter card which also functions as an independent add-in card Electricity 167 Expired
US6031717A Back flow limiting device for failed redundant parallel fan Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 165 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.