METHODS AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVED PROGRAM-VERIFY OPERATIONS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES - Patent 1966802

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EP 1 966 802 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.08.2007

(43)	Date of publication:
	10.09.2008 Bulletin 2008/37

(21)	Application number: 06848897.2

(22)	Date of filing: 27.12.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G11C 16/10^(2006.01)

G11C 16/34^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/062627

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/076512 (05.07.2007 Gazette 2007/27)

(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

29.12.2005 US 323596
29.12.2005 US 323577

(71)	Applicant: SanDisk Corporation
	Milpitas, CA 95035 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CHAN, Siu Lung San Jose, California 95131 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hitchcock, Esmond Antony
	Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA London WC2E 9RA (GB)

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