G06F 2206/1004
Defragmentation
G06F2206/1004 (Defragmentation) appears on 72 US grants and 67 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 67
- Assignees
- 47
- Inventors
- 138
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Fragmentation management for memory systems5 May 2026US 12,619,356 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Method of operating storage device, storage device performing the same and method of operating storage system using the same23 Dec 2025US 12,504,917 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Memory system and method14 Oct 2025US 12,443,357 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Method and apparatus for performing data fragmentation reduction control of memory device in predetermined communications architecture with aid of fragmentation information detection, and associated computer-readable medium18 Feb 2025US 12,229,413 B2Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Optimized record placement in graph database16 Jul 2024US 12,038,967 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Fragmentation management for memory systems6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227905 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
- Memory defragmentation in programmable integrated circuit devices29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029944 A1Xilinx, Inc.
- Method of operating storage device, storage device performing the same and method of operating storage system using the same13 Mar 2025US 2025/0085885 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Memory system and method3 Oct 2024US 2024/0329869 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Fragmentation management for memory systems20 Jun 2024US 2024/0201850 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Efficient read/write algorithms and associated mapping for block-level data reduction processes455US 8,140,821 B1EMC Corporation · 2012
- Method and apparatus for reclaiming and defragmenting a flash memory device202US 6,038,636 ALexmark International, Inc. · 2000
- Real-time apparatus and method for minimizing disk fragmentation in a computer system82US 5,930,828 AExecutive Software International · 1999
- Method and system for reallocating data in a file system73US 7,409,522 B1Network Appliance, Inc. · 2008
- Using storage defragmentation function to facilitate system checkpoint52US 10,152,381 B1EMC IP Holding Company LLC · 2018