NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD WITH NON-SEQUENTIAL UPDATE BLOCK MANAGEMENT - Patent 1704484

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EP 1 704 484 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.06.2006

(43)	Date of publication:
	27.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/39

(21)	Application number: 04815767.1

(22)	Date of filing: 21.12.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 12/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/043762

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/066793 (21.07.2005 Gazette 2005/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

30.12.2003 US 750155
13.08.2004 US 917867

(71)	Applicant: SanDisk Corporation
	Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SINCLAIR, Alan Welsh Candie, Maddiston Falkirk FK2 0BU (GB) GOROBETS, Sergey Anatolievich Edinburgh Midlothian EH9 3ES (GB) BENNETT, Alan David Edinburgh Midlothian EH13 0BQ (GB) SMITH, Peter John Eskbank, Midlothian Scotland EH22 3HA (GB)

(74)	Representative: Hitchcock, Esmond Antony
	Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)

(54)	NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD WITH NON-SEQUENTIAL UPDATE BLOCK MANAGEMENT