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SANDISK IL LTD.

414Patents
363Active
414Granted
59Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 9, 2001 → Aug 22, 2018 · 285 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7388781B2 Multi-bit-per-cell flash memory device with non-bijective mapping Physics 185 Active
US7783955B2 Method for implementing error-correction codes in flash memory Physics 181 Active
US7631245B2 NAND flash memory controller exporting a NAND interface Physics 124 Active
US7533328B2 Method of error correction in a multi-bit-per-cell flash memory Physics 119 Active
US7310347B2 States encoding in multi-bit flash cells Physics 108 Active
US7240219B2 Method and system for maintaining backup of portable storage devices Physics 95 Expired
US7308525B2 Method of managing a multi-bit cell flash memory with improved reliablility and performance Physics 93 Expired
US8040174B2 Charge coupled pump-efficient charge pump regulator with MOS capacitor Electricity 92 Active
US7970983B2 Identity-based flash management Physics 91 Active
US7437498B2 Method and system for optimizing reliability and performance of programming data in non-volatile memory devices Physics 87 Expired
US7237046B2 Data storage device with full access by all users Physics 84 Expired
US8291295B2 NAND flash memory controller exporting a NAND interface Physics 80 Active
US7537471B2 Systems of reliably interconnectable reversible USB connectors Electricity 57 Active
US7502254B2 Method for generating soft bits in flash memories Physics 55 Active
US7512847B2 Method for estimating and reporting the life expectancy of flash-disk memory Physics 53 Active
US7716400B2 Dual mode digital multimedia connector Electricity 53 Active
US7702659B2 Robust, self-maintaining file system Physics 53 Expired
US7591657B2 Reversible universal serial bus (USB) connector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Active
US7224604B2 Method of achieving wear leveling in flash memory using relative grades Physics 50 Expired
US7363947B2 Appliance and receptacle for receiving a Universal Serial Bus (USB) plug in two orientations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US8751855B2 Method and memory device for generating a time estimate Physics 49 Active
US7493457B2 States encoding in multi-bit flash cells for optimizing error rate Physics 49 Expired
US7613045B2 Operation sequence and commands for measuring threshold voltage distribution in memory Physics 45 Active
US7865658B2 Method and system for balancing host write operations and cache flushing Physics 44 Active
US7606733B2 Account portability for computing Physics 43 Active

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