Granted Patent
Utility
US 7,403,424
· Confirmation No. 1524
ERASING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY USING INDIVIDUAL VERIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL ERASING OF SUBSETS OF MEMORY CELLS
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| 2007-10-02 | FWCLM |
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| 2007-09-19 | SRNT |
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| 2007-07-26 | N417 |
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| 2007-07-26 | LET. |
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| 2007-06-22 | IDS |
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| 2005-12-06 | TRNA |
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| 2005-12-06 | SPEC |
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| 2005-12-06 | CLM |
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Inventors
Gerrit Jan Hemink
Yokohama, JAPAN
Teruhiko Kamei
Yokohama-shi, JAPAN
Attorneys & Agents of Record
Classification
USPC
365/185.22
G11C11/5628
G11C11/5635
G11C16/0483
G11C16/12
G11C16/16
G11C16/3404
G11C16/3409
G11C16/345
G11C16/3454
G11C16/3468
G11C16/3472
G11C16/3477
G11C2211/5621
G11C2216/18
Prosecution
- Examiner
- NGUYEN, NAM THANH
- Art Unit
- 2824
- Customer No.
- 64948
- Docket No.
- SAND-01066US0
- Confirmation No.
- 1524
Publication
- Pub. No.
- US20060221660A1
- Pub. Date
- 2006-10-05
Patent Term Adjustment
0days
Parent
Claims priority from a provisional application
→
App. 60/667,043
Filed 2005-03-31
· Provisional Application Expired
Child
is a Continuation in-part of
→
App. 11/773,927
· US 7,522,457
Filed 2007-07-05
· Patented Case
Child
PCT
is a Continuation of
→
PCT/US2006/011340
Filed 2006-03-29
· RO PROCESSING COMPLETED-PLACED IN STORAGE
Child
is a Continuation in-part of
→
App. 11/773,921
· US 7,457,166
Filed 2007-07-05
· Patented Case
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Recorded 2025-04-25
PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS
Recorded 2025-04-25
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded 2024-12-31
from
SANDISK CORPORATION
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded 2011-06-01
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded 2006-02-01
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Quick Facts
- Patent No.
- US 7,403,424
- App. No.
- 11/296,055
- Filed
- 2005-12-06
- Granted
- 2008-07-22
- Pub. No.
- US20060221660A1
- Examiner
- NGUYEN, NAM THANH
- Art Unit
- 2824
- PTA
- 0 days
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