G06F 1/3221
Of disk drive devices
Official title: of disk drive devices
G06F1/3221 (Of disk drive devices) appears on 379 US grants and 417 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 379
- Published applications
- 417
- Assignees
- 141
- Inventors
- 790
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 30 |
| 2007 | 11 | 32 |
| 2008 | 25 | 24 |
| 2009 | 21 | 39 |
| 2010 | 18 | 34 |
| 2011 | 29 | 18 |
| 2012 | 30 | 30 |
| 2013 | 34 | 15 |
| 2014 | 20 | 17 |
| 2015 | 18 | 19 |
| 2016 | 16 | 14 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 11 | 8 |
| 2019 | 15 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 11 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sleep mode management of hard disk drive22 Sep 2026US 12,743,147 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Write buffer extensions for storage interface controllers2 Jun 2026US 12,645,393 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Storage device energy consumption evaluation and response4 Nov 2025US 12,461,756 B2NetApp, Inc.
- Method and apparatus of performing graceful thermal shutdown in solid state drives26 Aug 2025US 12,399,628 B2SK hynix Inc.
- Power control apparatus and method5 Aug 2025US 12,379,764 B2Hitachi Vantara, Ltd.
- Powering down memory device based on disabling background operation associated with memory device26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086720 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Dynamic compression engine management26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086869 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Storage chassis and data processing method thereof, and storage system26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086967 A1New H3C Information Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Storage device energy consumption evaluation and response29 Jan 2026US 2026/0030038 A1NetApp, Inc.
- Dynamic optimization of power consumption in storage systems30 Oct 2025US 2025/0335268 A1International Business Machines Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System, method, and architecture for dynamic server power management and dynamic workload management for multi-server environment1,214US 6,859,882 B2Amphus, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for controlling power sequencing of a plurality of electrical/electronic devices344US 7,370,220 B1Storage Technology Corporation · 2008
- Power conservation apparatus having multiple power reduction levels dependent upon the activity of the computer system253US 5,396,635 AVadem Corporation · 1995
- Information processing equipment and power consumption control method208US 7,412,615 B2Sony Corporation · 2008
- Dynamic power and workload management for multi-server system198US 7,032,119 B2Amphus, Inc. · 2006