G11B 33/0461
Disc storage racks
Official title: {Disc storage racks}
G11B33/0461 (Disc storage racks) appears on 357 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 357
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 603
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 2 |
| 2002 | 9 | 20 |
| 2003 | 13 | 23 |
| 2004 | 15 | 36 |
| 2005 | 18 | 30 |
| 2006 | 13 | 22 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Server thermal management23 Jun 2026US 12,666,578 B2SanDisk Technologies LLC
- High-density data storage systems and methods9 Jun 2026US 12,652,770 B2
- Removable robot for automated data storage library31 Mar 2026US 12,592,254 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Removable disk clamp for read-write device in archival data storage library31 Dec 2024US 12,183,366 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Quick-release hard disk bracket22 Oct 2024US 12,125,505 B2Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- Server thermal management26 Sep 2024US 2024/0324147 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Removable robot for automated data storage library14 Mar 2024US 2024/0087613 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Quick-release hard disk bracket25 Jan 2024US 2024/0029763 A1Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- High-density data storage systems and methods11 Jan 2024US 2024/0013815 A1
- Removable disk clamp for read-write device in archival data storage library9 Nov 2023US 2023/0360675 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Media storage rack91US 6,308,839 B12001
- Storage cassette for high storage density, disc-shaped information carriers87US 4,874,085 APolygram GmbH · 1989
- Display or storage unit79US 5,195,642 A1993
- Lighted cabinet assembly76US 7,367,685 B2Nexlite · 2008
- Tambour door customer access port70US 5,449,229 AStorage Technology Corporation · 1995