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Koji Sonoda
Also filed as: SONODA KOJI
69 granted patents·30 pending applications·1,290 citations·filing 1998–2025
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99 records- 0198US7356660B2Storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 8, 2008·96 cites·9 claims
- 0296US8117151B2File system migration in storage systemNAKATANI YOJI·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 14, 2012·41 cites·8 claims
- 0396US7325041B2File distribution system in which partial files are arranged according to various allocation rules associated with a plurality of file typesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 29, 2008·50 cites·5 claims
- 0495US7330950B2Storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 12, 2008·31 cites·10 claims
- 0595US7069380B2File access method in storage-device system, and programs for the file accessHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 27, 2006·111 cites·16 claims
- 0694US7069393B2Storage system providing file aware caching and file aware remote copyHITACHI LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 27, 2006·112 cites·4 claims
- 0794US6850955B2Storage system and control methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 1, 2005·85 cites·20 claims
- 0893US8832371B2Storage system with multiple flash memory packages and data control method thereforUEHARA GO·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 9, 2014·31 cites·14 claims
- 0993US7620698B2File distribution system in which partial files are arranged according to various allocation rules associated with a plurality of file typesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 17, 2009·27 cites·5 claims
- 1093US6810462B2Storage system and method using interface control devices of different typesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2004·73 cites·8 claims
- 1191US7464222B2Storage system with heterogenous storage, creating and copying the file systems, with the write access attributeHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 9, 2008·28 cites·5 claims
- 1291US7237076B2Method of maintaining a plurality of snapshots, server apparatus and storage apparatusHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 26, 2007·66 cites·19 claims
- 1391US7120768B2Snapshot acquisition method, storage system and disk apparatusHITACHI LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·81 cites·21 claims
- 1488US10736474B2Toilet seat deviceTOTO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 11, 2020·4 cites·16 claims
- 1588US7849282B2Filesystem building methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 7, 2010·15 cites·10 claims
- 1688US7716319B2Computer system and method for managing log informationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted May 11, 2010·19 cites·8 claims
- 1788US6654769B2File system for creating switched logical I/O paths for fault recoveryHITACHI LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 25, 2003·50 cites·13 claims
- 1886US10571470B2Biological information measurement systemTOTO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 25, 2020·6 cites·14 claims
- 1986US7036149B2Computer systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·26 cites·20 claims
- 2085US8738866B2Storage system and control method thereforSONODA KOJI·Filed 2012·Granted May 27, 2014·10 cites·15 claims
- 2184US8427784B2Head slider having trailing end configuration of a groove formed at a boundary between a trailing step and a trailing pad for adaptation with a gimbal assembly and disk driveSONODA KOJI·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 23, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 2284US7107323B2System and method of file distribution for a computer system in which partial files are arranged according to various allocation rulesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 12, 2006·30 cites·3 claims
- 2382US8909753B2Root node for file level virtualizationNAKAMURA TAKAKI·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 9, 2014·6 cites·19 claims
- 2481US6816341B2Hard disk drive utilizing second lubricant over a first lubricant having a phosophezine groupHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 9, 2004·13 cites·14 claims
- 2580US7146368B2File server and file server controllerHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 5, 2006·29 cites·19 claims
- 2679US8516191B2Storage system and method of managing a storage system using a management apparatusMATSUKI KUNIHITO·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 20, 2013·6 cites·18 claims
- 2778US11942119B2Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and method for manufacturing the sameTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 26, 2024·1 cites·8 claims
- 2877US8015219B2Computer system storage device and date updating methodHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 6, 2011·7 cites·15 claims
- 2977US7657721B2Method of maintaining a plurality of snapshots, server apparatus and storage apparatusHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 2, 2010·7 cites·12 claims
- 3076US8230194B2Storage deviceMATSUNAMI NAOTO·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 24, 2012·3 cites·16 claims
- 3175US7529892B2File readahead method with the use of access pattern information attached to metadataHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·7 cites·9 claims
- 3275US7120767B2Snapshot creating method and apparatusHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 10, 2006·19 cites·8 claims
- 3374US8117387B2Storage system and method of managing a storage system using a management apparatusMATSUKI KUNIHITO·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 14, 2012·7 cites·6 claims
- 3474US7668882B2File system migration in storage systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 23, 2010·5 cites·23 claims
- 3574US7047355B2Updated data write method using journal logHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted May 16, 2006·17 cites·14 claims
- 3669US7925851B2Storage deviceHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 12, 2011·6 cites·15 claims
- 3768US8949511B2Nonvolatile semiconductor storage systemISHIKAWA ATSUSHI·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 3, 2015·2 cites·9 claims
- 3868US7369357B2Magnetic head, head suspension assembly, magnetic reproduction apparatus, and method of manufacturing magnetic headTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2005·Granted May 6, 2008·2 cites·20 claims
- 3968US7266654B2Storage system, server apparatus, and method for creating a plurality of snapshotsHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 4, 2007·13 cites·5 claims
- 4068US6101558AHigh speed file I/O control method and system with user set file structure to effect parallel access pattern over a networkHITACHI LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 8, 2000·42 cites·15 claims
- 4166US9335929B2Nonvolatile semiconductor storage systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2014·Granted May 10, 2016·1 cites·8 claims
- 4265US7424475B2Emergency access interception according to black listHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 9, 2008·10 cites·5 claims
- 4365US7373393B2File systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2004·Granted May 13, 2008·13 cites·12 claims
- 4465US7130868B2File system for creating switched logical I/O paths for fault recoveryHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 31, 2006·9 cites·17 claims
- 4564US7797477B2File access method in a storage system, and programs for performing the file accessHITACHI LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 14, 2010·2 cites·12 claims
- 4664US7412578B2Snapshot creating method and apparatusHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 12, 2008·2 cites·14 claims
- 4764US6691177B2High speed file I/O control system with user set file structure to effect parallel access pattern over a networkHITACHI LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 10, 2004·8 cites·5 claims
- 4863US8380815B2Root node for file level virtualizationHITACHI LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 19, 2013·2 cites·17 claims
- 4962US7149922B2Storage systemHITACHI LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 12, 2006·10 cites·7 claims
- 5060US7444468B2Storage system and method using interface control devices of different typesHITACHI LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 28, 2008·1 cites·13 claims
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