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Jon D. Epperson

Examiner (ID: 17159)

Most Active Art Unit
1639
Art Unit(s)
6211, 1627, 1639
Total Applications
310
Issued Applications
79
Pending Applications
46
Abandoned Applications
185

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/838078
Nonvolatile memory device including a fast read page and a storage device including the same Apr 1, 2020 Issued
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16/833154
Method, system and device for integration of bitcells in a volatile memory array and bitcells in a non-volatile memory array Mar 26, 2020 Issued
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16/827225
Apparatus and method for improving input/output throughput of memory system Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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16/813273
High-voltage shifter with reduced transistor degradation Mar 8, 2020 Issued
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16/803418
Method of improving read current stability in analog non-volatile memory by limiting time gap between erase and program Feb 26, 2020 Issued
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16/798643
Ferroelectric memory devices containing a two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel and methods of making the same Feb 23, 2020 Issued
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16/799809
One-time programmable memory using gate-all-around structures Feb 23, 2020 Issued
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16/792304
Method of performing programming operation and related memory device Feb 16, 2020 Issued
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16/791607
Memory system having semiconductor memory device that performs verify operations using various verify voltages Feb 13, 2020 Issued
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16/788194
Boosted bitlines for storage cell programmed state verification in a memory array Feb 10, 2020 Issued
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16/786948
Using variable voltages to discharge electrons from a memory array during verify recovery operations Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/785973
NAND string pre-charge during programming by injecting holes via substrate Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/784663
Reference voltage generation circuit, power-on detection circuit, and semiconductor device for preventing internal circuit from operating incorrectly at low voltage Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/778245
Ferroelectric device with multiple polarization states and method of making the same Jan 30, 2020 Issued
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16/777682
Memory circuit including tracking circuit Jan 29, 2020 Issued
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16/713091
Non-volatile semiconductor memory device in which erase and write operations are sequentially performed to control voltage thresholds of memory cells Dec 12, 2019 Issued
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16/705055
Differential amplifier sensing schemes for non-switching state compensation Dec 4, 2019 Issued
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16/703928
Semiconductor memory device using shared data line for read/write operation Dec 4, 2019 Issued
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16/699003
Fin-FET gain cells Nov 27, 2019 Issued
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16/676850
Memory read stability enhancement with short segmented bit line architecture Nov 6, 2019 Issued
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