G11C 29/78
Using programmable devices
Official title: {using programmable devices}
G11C29/78 (Using programmable devices) appears on 4,639 US grants and 3,546 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11C- Granted patents
- 4,639
- Published applications
- 3,546
- Assignees
- 555
- Inventors
- 5,549
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 101 | 87 |
| 2025 | 76 | 82 |
| 2026 | 47 | 161 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11C 29/80With improved layout2,193
- G11C 29/785With redundancy programming schemes1,499
- G11C 29/84With improved access time or stability1,088
- G11C 29/83With reduced power consumption422
- G11C 29/783With refresh of replacement cells221
- G11C 29/781Combined in a redundant decoder204
- G11C 29/835With roll call arrangements for redundant substitutions141
- G11C 29/838With substitution of defective spares91
Recent patents
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- Memory with Double Redundancy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301849 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Neural processing unit configured for non-disruptive runtime testing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301851 A1Deepx Co., Ltd.
- Controller for managing bad block, storage device including the same, and method of operating the storage device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290491 A1SK hynix Inc.
- Memory device with a storage component17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279482 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
- Memory device and repair method of the memory device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279484 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three dimensional structure memory1,560US 5,915,167 AElm Technology Corporation · 1999
- Highly compact EPROM and flash EEPROM devices819US 5,095,344 A1992
- Flash eeprom system602US 5,297,148 ASunDisk Corporation · 1994
- Flash EEPROM memory systems having multistate storage cells579US 5,043,940 A1991
- Flash EEprom system524US 5,602,987 ASanDisk Corporation · 1997