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| Inventor(s) | Brent M. Segal · Darren K. Brock · Thomas Rueckes · |
| Assignee(s) |
Nantero, Inc. ·
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| Attorney/Agent(s) | Hale and Dorr LLP · |
| Primary Examiner | W. David Coleman · |
| Application Number | US9915093 |
| Filing date | 07/25/2001 |
| Issue date | 07/19/2005 |
| Prior Publication Data |
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| Predicted expiration date | 09/28/2022 |
| Patent term adjustment | 430 |
| U.S. Classifications | 257/209 · 343/773 · |
| International Classifications | -- |
| Kind Code | B2 |
| International Classifications | 257208 · 257209 · 257317 · 257320 · 257331 · 257343 · 257773 · 438668 · 438 52 · 438283 · |
| Related U.S. Application Data | CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to the following applications, all of which are filed on the same date that this application is filed, all of which are assigned to the assignee of this application, and all of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety: Hybrid Circuit Having Nanotube Electromechanical Memory (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/915,095); now U.S. Pat. No. 6,574,130 and Electromechanical Memory Having Cell Selection Circuitry Constructed with Nanotube Technology (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/915,173). |
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