G11B 5/235
Selection of material for gap filler
Official title: Selection of material for gap filler {(G11B5/232 takes precedence)}
G11B5/235 (Selection of material for gap filler) appears on 272 US grants and 175 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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