IP Library Granted Patent US 1,090,554
Granted Patent S1
US 1,090,554 · App. 29/928,458 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Data storage device

Inventors: Derek Niizawa (Sunnyvale, CA); Minsung Kwon (Palo Alto, CA); Alfonso Calderon (Redwood City, CA)
Assignee: Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,090,554
App. No.
29/928,458
Filed
Feb 12, 2024
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
S1
Art Unit
2918
USPC
D14/474
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a data storage device as shown and described.

Assignments (7)
PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 071382/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071050/0001 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS THE AGENT
Reel/Frame 068762/0494 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067982/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2024
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067567/0682 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (AR) Recorded May 15, 2024
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS THE AGENT
Reel/Frame 067417/0329 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: NIIZAWA, DEREK; KWON, MINSUNG; CALDERON, ALFONSO
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 066451/0160 →
Continuity (2)
Division 29775446 · Mar 23, 2021
Division 29695667 · Jun 20, 2019
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