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2018
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Sandisk Technologies
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Dana Lee
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Dana Lee
— 7 Patents in 2018
ST
Sandisk Technologies
:
3
patents
#119
of
586
Top 25%
WT
Western Digital Technologies
:
3
patents
#36
of
523
Top 7%
ST
Silicon Storage Technology
:
1
patents
#13
of
33
Top 40%
Saratoga, CA
:
#49
of
666
inventors
Top 8%
California
:
#1,935
of
60,411
inventors
Top 4%
Overall
(2018):
#15,231
of
503,207
Top 4%
7
Patents 2018
Issued Patents
2018
Showing
1–7
of
7
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
Approx Value ⓘ
10083069
Word line defect detection and handling for a data storage device
Seungjune Jeon
,
Idan Alrod
,
Eran Sharon
2018-09-25
10056399
Three-dimensional memory devices containing inter-tier dummy memory cells and methods of making the same
Xiying Costa
,
Daxin Mao
,
Christopher J. Petti
,
Yao-Sheng Lee
2018-08-21
9983922
Memory die temperature adjustment based on aging condition
Preeti Yadav
,
Prasanna Desai Sudhir Rao
,
Smita Aggarwal
2018-05-29
$58,495,000
9978456
Techniques for reducing read disturb in partially written blocks of non-volatile memory
Anubhav Khandelwal
,
Abhijeet Manohar
,
Henry Chin
,
Gautam Dusija
,
Daniel Tuers
+2 more
2018-05-22
9892790
Method of programming a continuous-channel flash memory device
Yuniarto Widjaja
,
John W. Cooksey
,
Changyuan Chen
,
Feng Gao
,
Ya-Fen Lin
2018-02-13
9880752
Memory die temperature adjustment based on a power condition
Philip Reusswig
,
Nian Niles Yang
,
Grishma Shah
,
Deepak Raghu
,
Preeti Yadav
+2 more
2018-01-30
$19,455,000
9875062
Memory die temperature adjustment based on aging condition
Preeti Yadav
,
Prasanna Desai Sudhir Rao
,
Smita Aggarwal
2018-01-23
$25,479,000
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