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(43) Date of publication: 21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43 (21) Application number: 24805067.6 (22) Date of filing: 29.10.2024

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G11C 7/12(2006.01) G11C 15/04(2006.01) G11C 8/08(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): G11C 15/04; G11C 8/08; G11C 7/12 (86) International application number: PCT/US2024/053407 (87) International publication number: WO 2025/144498 (03.07.2025 Gazette 2025/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: GE KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 28.12.2023 US 202318398876 (71) Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Falls Church, VA 22042-4511 (US)

(72) Inventors: CHERIF, Bouchaib Somers, NY 10589 (US) TOMLINSON, Michael, Anthony Manchester, MD 21102 (US) WILLIAMS, Michelle, A Laurel, MD 20724 (US) ZACHARIAH, Nishant Woodstock, MD 21163 (US) POULIQUEN, Philippe Baltimore, MD 21214 (US) ANDREOU, Andreas Baltimore, MD 21218 (US) (74) Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al Maucher Jenkins Seventh Floor Offices Artillery House 11-19 Artillery Row London SW1P 1RT London SW1P 1RT (GB)