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Sandisk, Inc.

1,350Patents
671Active
1,350Granted
72Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 13, 1991 → Aug 9, 2023 · 652 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6222762A Multi-state memory Physics 1,004 Expired
US5867429A High density non-volatile flash memory without adverse effects of electric field coupling between adjacent floating gates Physics 820 Expired
US6522580B2 Operating techniques for reducing effects of coupling between storage elements of a non-volatile memory operated in multiple data states Physics 790 Expired
US7020017B2 Variable programming of non-volatile memory Physics 714 Expired
US6456528B1 Selective operation of a multi-state non-volatile memory system in a binary mode Physics 705 Expired
US7196928B2 Compensating for coupling during read operations of non-volatile memory Physics 645 Expired
US6230233A Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems Physics 553 Expired
US5657332A Soft errors handling in EEPROM devices Physics 540 Expired
US6956770B2 Non-volatile memory and method with bit line compensation dependent on neighboring operating modes Physics 531 Expired
US5602987A Flash EEprom system Physics 527 Expired
US5661053A Method of making dense flash EEPROM cell array and peripheral supporting circuits formed in deposited field oxide with the use of spacers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 521 Expired
US5930167A Multi-state non-volatile flash memory capable of being its own two state write cache Physics 505 Expired
US7187585B2 Read operation for non-volatile storage that includes compensation for coupling Physics 500 Expired
US7869273B2 Reducing the impact of interference during programming Physics 473 Active
US6987693B2 Non-volatile memory and method with reduced neighboring field errors Physics 471 Expired
US7898864B2 Read operation for memory with compensation for coupling based on write-erase cycles Physics 437 Active
US5532962A Soft errors handling in EEPROM devices Physics 435 Expired
US5663901A Computer memory cards using flash EEPROM integrated circuit chips and memory-controller systems Electricity 433 Expired
US7535769B2 Time-dependent compensation currents in non-volatile memory read operations Physics 416 Active
US7602647B2 System that compensates for coupling based on sensing a neighbor using coupling Physics 413 Active
US6426893B1 Flash eeprom system with simultaneous multiple data sector programming and storage of physical block characteristics in other designated blocks Physics 412 Expired
US7012835B2 Flash memory data correction and scrub techniques Physics 377 Expired
US6081447A Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems Physics 374 Expired
US5890192A Concurrent write of multiple chunks of data into multiple subarrays of flash EEPROM Physics 332 Expired
US6850443B2 Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems Physics 331 Expired

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