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Pliant Technology, Inc.

First filing 2008
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0 patents currently held, every record listed here

9 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

This portfolio holds none of the 9 US patents in force on its record. from the record

Of the 9 now held by other companies, 8 name SanDisk Technologies Inc. as their current owner, and 1 more name another party. Each row says which.

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Ending by 2030
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When these terms end

Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2011 to 2031.
US 8,775,717 Storage controller for flash memory including a crossbar switch connecting a plurality of processors with a plurality of internal memories Jan 20, 2029
US 8,751,755 Mass storage controller volatile memory containing metadata related to flash memory storage Mar 9, 2029
US 8,762,620 Multiprocessor Storage Controller Apr 26, 2029
US 8,738,841 Flash memory controller and system including data pipelines incorporating multiple buffers Aug 6, 2029
US 7,934,052 System and Method for Performing Host Initiated Mass Storage Commands Using a Hierarchy of Data Structures Nov 4, 2029
US 8,621,137 Metadata Rebuild in a Flash Memory Controller Following a Loss of Power Jan 15, 2030
US 8,621,138 Flash storage controller execute loop Jun 6, 2030
US 8,533,384 Flash Memory Controller Garbage Collection Operations Performed Independently in Multiple Flash Memory Groups Nov 26, 2030
US 8,365,041 MLC Self-RAID Flash Data Protection Scheme Feb 23, 2031
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Every computed term in this portfolio is shown above.Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
Cited by 282 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.
Ends Feb 2031 · High confidence
Also notable
Cited by 222 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2029.
Ends Apr 2029 · High confidence
Also notable
Cited by 51 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Ends Jun 2030 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.

Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

Patents held now

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Also on record: 9 patents in force now held by others · 2 patents ended. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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