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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Donald R. Weiss, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John Wuu, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Charles Morrganti, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Donald R. Weiss, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John Wuu, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Charles Morrganti, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method comprises detecting a defect in a portion of memory. The method further comprises designating the portion of memory as defective, and avoiding attempts to access the portion of memory designated as defective.