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Patent US7099960 - External storage subsystem - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Page images | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA plurality of independent cache units and nonvolatile memory units are provided in a disk controller located between a host (central processing unit) and a magnetic disk drive. A plurality of channel units for controlling the data transfer to and from the central processing unit and a plurality of control...http://www.google.com/patents/US7099960?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7099960 - External storage subsystemExternal storage subsystem Yasuo InoueOverviewAbstractDrawingsDescriptionClaims Patent number: 7099960Filing date: Jul 9, 2003Issue date: Aug 29, 2006Application number: 10/614,860 Page imagesPDF
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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,099,960 B2
Inoue (45) Date of Patent: *Aug. 29,2006
(21) Appl. No.: 10/614,860
(22) Filed: Jul. 9, 2003
US 2004/0010639 Al Jan. 15, 2004
(63) Continuation of application No. 09/819,636, filed on Mar. 29, 2001, now Pat. No. 6,745,261, which is a continuation of application No. 09/379,635, filed on Aug. 24, 1999, now abandoned, which is a division of application No. 08/902, 362, filed on Jul. 29, 1987, now Pat. No. 5,951,655, which is a continuation of application No. 08/502,045, filed on Jul. 13, 1995, now Pat. No. 5,689,729, which is a continuation of application No. 07/984,763, filed on Dec. 3, 1992, now Pat. No. 5,459,856.
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Primary Examiner—Jeffrey Gaffin Assistant Examiner—Alan S. Chen (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
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