Company Analysis

Sandisk Corporation (SNDK)

Nasdaq: SNDK · Computer Storage Devices · Milpitas, CA · filing with the SEC since 2024
Grade7.6
◀ Past 6.6● Present 7.9▶ Future 8.2
1 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

5,948 patents granted to the 10 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Sandisk Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
5,948
5,815 utility, 97 design, 36 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
559
Against 304 in 2024 and 152 in 2023
Applications published
3,595
270 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
10
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology885
Semiconductors540
Audio-visual technology14
Digital communication14
Basic communication processes14
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy10
Measurement7
Control5
Machine tools2
Chemical engineering1
Optics1
Surface technology, coating1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name10 counted
Sandisk Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4,563 granted
1,778 published
Sandisk, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
1,349 granted
234 published
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1,522 published
SanDisk Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
21 granted
23 published
Amplidata N.V. a subsidiary
BE, as the owner printed on each patent
15 granted
6 published
AMPLIDATA NV a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in BE. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
15 published
SanDisk Corporation, a Delaware Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
11 published
SANDISK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
0 granted
3 published
SanDisk Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
SanDisk Corporation, a corporation of the State of Delaware its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (2)
SMART Storage Systems GmbH
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AT. 22 granted and 20 published under it are not counted.
SMART Storage Systems GmbH
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in AT. 0 granted and 17 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,513,902Three-dimensional memory device containing bridges for enhanced structural support and methods of forming the sameSemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,513,899Three-dimensional memory device containing source rails and method of making the sameSemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,366Method of making high aspect ratio openings in a semiconductor device using ion implanted regrown cladding maskSemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,175Non-volatile memory with enhanced early program termination mode for neighbor plane disturbComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,168Programming techniques to improve erase state upper tails in a memory deviceComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,167In-place refresh techniques for non-volatile memory devicesComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,158Dynamic word line boosting during programming of a memory deviceComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,156Artificial select gate cut for NANDSemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,512,134Nonvolatile memory with ongoing program readComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,265Deduplication for data transfers to portable storage devicesComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0393219SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE MAGNETIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF WITHOUT AN EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDComputer technologySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0393218VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY DEVICE INCLUDING AN ON-CHIP ELECTROMAGNETComputer technologySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0393137STORAGE DEVICE HEAT-MITIGATING ENCLOSUREAudio-visual technologySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0392298COMPARATOR FOR HIGH SPEED INTERFACEBasic communication processesSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391732SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED TIM-ON-DIESemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391484PROGRAM TIME IMPROVEMENT FOR NAND DIE WITH COARSE BITSCAN DURING PROGRAM-VERIFYComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391483PROGRAMMING WITHOUT PRE-CHARGE IN NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICESComputer technologySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Dec 25, 20252025/0391474NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH USAGE DEPENDENT SUSPEND RESUMESemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391471CAPACITOR FOR SNAPBACK CURRENT MITIGATIONSemiconductorsSandisk Technologies, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0391456STEP VOLTAGE DURING CURRENT FORCE READ OF PROGRAMMABLE RESISTANCE MEMORY CELL WITH THRESHOLD SWITCHING SELECTORComputer technologySandisk Technologies, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 255 · Semiconductors 225 · Audio-visual technology 8 · Basic communication processes 7 · Measurement 5 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 4.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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