Entity Type & Legal Status

Total 803 patents/patent applications were identified as relevant in this scope, out of which 745 patents belong to corporate, 41 patents belong to Academic institutions, 12 patents belong to joint ownership and 5 patents are owned by individual inventors.

The identified 803 patents/patent applications have 2538 patent families, among them, 1889 patents are ‘Alive’ & 649 patents are ‘Dead’.

Top Assignees & Academic Institutions

Micron Technology leads in the patent count followed by SK Hynix, Pure Storage, Samsung Electronics & JP Morgan Chase Bank as top corporates who holds major patents in the domain of hybrid storage devices. In Academic Institutions, Shenzhen University leads in the patent count followed by Korea Electronics, Huazhong University and Sungkyunkwan University as a top Academic institutions who holds patents in domain of hybrid storage devices.

Priority & Publication Filing Trends

Increase in priority filling is observed from 2011 onwards and maximum patents were filled in 2018. Maximum patents were published during 2015 & 2023, where Micron Technology is the major contributor.

Geographical Trend

The identified 803 patents/patent applications have 2538 patent families, United States has the highest geographical coverage, followed by China & Korea. Further, the geographical coverage of EP and WO jurisdictions is 187 and 73 patents/patent applications respectively.

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