G11C 13/048
Using other optical storage elements
Official title: {using other optical storage elements}
G11C13/048 (Using other optical storage elements) appears on 140 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11C- Granted patents
- 140
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 258
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for fabricating nanostructured optical elements17 Feb 2026US 12,555,604 B2University of Southampton
- Fiber based optical media3 Feb 2026US 12,542,181 B2Seagate Technology LLC
- Photonic content-addressable memory and applications thereof11 Nov 2025US 12,469,550 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Polysaccharide archival storage16 Sep 2025US 12,417,369 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Quantum information storage device12 Aug 2025US 12,387,787 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Methods and Systems for Addressing Qubits in an Array for Quantum Computation13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236816 A1Atom Computing Inc.
- Optical memory for integrated all-optical logic26 Mar 2026US 2026/0088085 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Data Storage System Using a Light Valve System9 Jan 2025US 2025/0014642 A1Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Compositions, systems, and methods for nucleic acid data storage26 Dec 2024US 2024/0427528 A1NAIO, Inc.
- Techniques for bidirectional transduction of quantum level signals between optical and microwave frequencies using a common acoustic intermediary26 Sep 2024US 2024/0317575 A1California Institute of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for making a broadband reflective laser recording and data storage medium with absorptive underlayer198US 4,312,938 ADrexler Technology Corporation · 1982
- Method and apparatus for recording information188US 3,983,542 AEnergy Conversion Devices, Inc. · 1976
- Recording and retrieving information in an amorphous memory material using a catalytic material179US 3,988,720 AEnergy Conversion Devices, Inc. · 1976
- Structure and method for producing an image165US 3,961,314 AEnergy Conversion Devices, Inc. · 1976
- Three dimensional electro-optical retrieval system87US 3,946,367 AVideonics of Hawaii, Inc. · 1976