G06F 3/0689
Disk arrays
Official title: {Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD}
G06F3/0689 (Disk arrays) appears on 7,597 US grants and 6,926 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 7,597
- Published applications
- 6,926
- Assignees
- 750
- Inventors
- 8,816
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 67 | 0 |
| 1999 | 68 | 0 |
| 2000 | 77 | 0 |
| 2001 | 99 | 35 |
| 2002 | 82 | 106 |
| 2003 | 128 | 202 |
| 2004 | 145 | 186 |
| 2005 | 160 | 231 |
| 2006 | 184 | 209 |
| 2007 | 162 | 199 |
| 2008 | 166 | 215 |
| 2009 | 162 | 170 |
| 2010 | 165 | 203 |
| 2011 | 193 | 213 |
| 2012 | 229 | 297 |
| 2013 | 273 | 313 |
| 2014 | 410 | 446 |
| 2015 | 470 | 528 |
| 2016 | 550 | 492 |
| 2017 | 524 | 480 |
| 2018 | 508 | 380 |
| 2019 | 520 | 377 |
| 2020 | 502 | 387 |
| 2021 | 445 | 349 |
| 2022 | 400 | 290 |
| 2023 | 284 | 217 |
| 2024 | 242 | 172 |
| 2025 | 191 | 152 |
| 2026 | 89 | 77 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automatic space sharing of disaggregated storage of a storage pod by multiple nodes of a distributed storage system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,539 B2NetApp, Inc.
- Apparatuses and methods for simultaneous in data path compute operations22 Sep 2026US 12,743,206 B2
- Software raid multipath plugin/driver communication system22 Sep 2026US 12,743,220 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Volume duplication using logical identifiers22 Sep 2026US 12,743,225 B2Everpure, Inc.
- Storage system and method of operating the same15 Sep 2026US 12,737,131 B2SK hynix Inc.
- Memory system and control method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288339 A1Kioxia Corporation
- Efficient Data Migration In Tiered Storage Systems17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277439 A1Everpure, Inc.
- Securing A Storage System From An Unapproved Reset17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277463 A1Pure Storage, Inc.
- Methods for continuously writing resilient data17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277471 A1Daedalus Cloud LLC
- Adaptive Workload Management Using Predictive Models In Storage Systems3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259667 A1Everpure, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computer system having a virtual drive array controller1,500US 5,809,285 ACompaq Computer Corporation · 1998
- Metadevice driver rename/exchange technique for a computer system incorporating a plurality of independent device drivers1,433US 5,802,364 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1998
- Method and system for automatically configuring redundant arrays of disk memory devices1,392US 6,058,454 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 2000
- System for allocating storage spaces based upon required and optional service attributes having assigned piorities1,377US 5,287,500 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1994
- Data storage system controlled remote data mirroring with respectively maintained data indices1,377US 5,544,347 AEMC Corporation · 1996