ISDL Individual Excellence Award IBM India Systems and Development Labs November 1, 2020

Invention Development Team Award -2020 IBM Council for Innovation Leadership Nov 2020 Dr. Kushal has been awarded by IBM’s Senior Leadership Team for sustained service working on an Invention Development Team (IDT). His outstanding achievements working to evaluate and select invention disclosures for patent application filings that are contribute to IBM's intellectual property success.

Invention Development Team Award IBM Corporation Nov 2019 Dr. Kushal has awarded by IBM’s Senior Leadership Team for sustained service working on an Invention Development Team (IDT). His outstanding achievements working to evaluate and select invention disclosures for patent application filings that are contribute to IBM's intellectual property success.

IBM Master Inventor IBM Corporation Oct 2019 Dr. Kushal Patel works as a Test Specialist with India Systems Development Lab and comes with over 6 years of experience in iSCSI and iSER protocol testing. He has several patents. Dr. Kushal holds 15 Plateau, 8 granted patents and 60+ file rated patent applications with the USPTO and other international Patent Offices across the globe. Out of these, 6 of the inventions are rated as “High Value” disclosures and 27 disclosures are published on IP.com as defensive publications. He is also a… Show more Dr. Kushal Patel works as a Test Specialist with India Systems Development Lab and comes with over 6 years of experience in iSCSI and iSER protocol testing. He has several patents. Dr. Kushal holds 15 Plateau, 8 granted patents and 60+ file rated patent applications with the USPTO and other international Patent Offices across the globe. Out of these, 6 of the inventions are rated as “High Value” disclosures and 27 disclosures are published on IP.com as defensive publications. He is also a Storage IDT member and SME for storage and systems development and reviewing disclosures in Storage, block and networking domain Further, he is a co-author for 20+ research papers in various journals, two IEEE Papers, an IBM Redbooks and many product whitepapers that have helped customers and tech-sales engineers to understand the IBM Storwize products and features with implementation details. He has been mentoring & encouraging many first-time inventors for shaping their thoughts into the innovative idea and helping them understand the IBM patenting process. He is known for his approachability and has been a selfless mentor for technical as well as disclosure related activities wherein he helps the team to grow in the IP domain. Show less

ISDL Innovation Award IBM India Pvt. Ltd May 2019 ISDL level award for Dr. Kushal's Prolific inventions and automating Storage test environment.

Manager's Choice Award - 2019 IBM India Pvt. Ltd May 2019 Dr. Kushal is being recognized in the Manager's Choice Award - 2019 1H program for demonstrating the Practice: Dare to create original ideas

Manager's Choice Award - 2019 1H IBM India Pvt. Ltd Jan 2019 Dr. Kushal is being recognized in the Manager's Choice Award - 2019 1H program for demonstrating the Practice: Unite to get it done now

Manager's Choice Award -1Q18 IBM India Storage Labs Apr 2018

Technical Excellence Award- Excellent end to end Leadership IBM India Storage Labs Dec 2017 Recognition for Excellent end to end Leadership demonstrated while delivering customer requirement for iSCSI Chap enhancement in SVC 8.1.1.

First Plateau Award IBM Nov 2016 Invention achievement award for filing first 4 patents.

Manager's Choice Award - 2016 IBM India Storage Labs Sep 2016

Technical Excellence Award IBM India Storage Labs Jul 2016

First Patent Invention Achievement Award IBM India Storage Labs May 2016

Eminence & Excellence Award IBM India Storage Labs Dec 2015

Technical Excellence Award IBM India Storage Labs Jul 2015

Manager's Choice Award - 2014 IBM India Storage Labs Apr 2014

Outstanding Intern Award IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Dec 2013