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- Tech developer 4DS Memory (4DS) has added another U.S. patent to its growing portfolio of intellectual property (IP)
- The new grant brings 4DS’ 100-per-cent-owned patents to 28, giving its novel high-volume data storage strong protection in a burgeoning market
- By owning the IP outright, 4DS is looking to stake out a patch of the US$152 billion (around A$206.5 billion) DRAM and NAND Flash data storage markets
- The company will continue to add to its IP base as it moves towards commercialisation of its high-density storage class memory tech
- 4DS Memory spiked early but has settled back to the grey line to trade at 14.5 cents
Tech developer 4DS Memory (4DS) has added another U.S. patent to its growing portfolio of intellectual property (IP).
The new grant brings 4DS’ 100-per-cent-owned patents to 28, giving its novel high-volume data storage tech strong protection in a burgeoning market.
Given all patent technologies have been developed entirely in-house, 4DS doesn’t have any royalty and or licensing obligations to outside operators.
According to the filing, the new patent is for a ‘Resistive Memory Device Having A Template Layer’.
The patent covers only a specific part of the company’s data storage system. More broadly, though, the company’s tech is designed to fulfil data processing and storage needs for mobile devices and cloud data centres as a better alternative to existing systems.
The 4DS tech is designed to marry the best features of two types of storage. Firstly, DRAM, which is a type of semiconductor memory that is fast but expensive and requires constant power supply. Secondly, NAND Flash, which is cheaper and doesn’t require power to hold data, but is slower.
The company’s Interface Switching ReRAM is being developed specifically to provide that better alternative.
4DS has filed a further four patents in the ‘Interface Switching ReRAM for Storage Class Memory near to DRAM’ space. These will further shore up the company’s IP portfolio in the high-volume data storage space.
By developing cutting-edge tech — and owning the IP outright — 4DS is looking to stake out and protect a patch of the combined US$152 billion (around A$206.5 billion) DRAM and NAND Flash markets.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Dr Guido Arnout says the company is consciously working to protect its unique IP as it moves forward.
“4DS, with 28 granted patents, has ring-fenced its Interface Switching ReRAM technology with an extremely broad and defendable intellectual property position,” Dr Arnout began.
“We continue to file new patents around internal innovations and the speed for which some patents are going to grant via a fast track approval process is testament to the uniqueness of 4DS’ technology in the ReRAM field,” he said.
“A portfolio of granted patents is strategically significant as we move into 2021,” Dr Arnout added.
The company will continue to add to its IP base as it moves towards commercialisation of its high-density storage class memory tech.
4DS Memory spiked early but has settled back to the grey line to trade at 14.5 cents at 12:05 pm AEDT.
