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SanDisk Receives Top 100 Global Innovator Award

SanDisk is one of Milpitas' largest employers with about 50 current openings.


Milpitas-based SanDisk Corporation has received the Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator Award, recognizing it as one of the most innovative companies in the world for the second consecutive year.

The award is judged in four areas— overall patent volume, patent grant success rate, global reach of the portfolio and patent influence as evidenced by citations.

“I am pleased that SanDisk has again been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a global leader in innovation and intellectual property,” said Eric Whitaker, senior vice president and chief legal officer, SanDisk. “Over the past 25 years, SanDisk’s inventions have paved the way for today’s digital lifestyle and our engineers continue to innovate on technologies that will enable the next generation of products.”

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SanDisk is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions. The memory card in your digital camera was likely made by SanDisk. The Fortune 500 Company holds more than 4,400 patents worldwide.

 “Innovation is the foundation for economic prosperity and technological advancement,” said David Brown, managing director, Thomson Reuters IP Solutions. “We congratulate SanDisk and its leaders for their important role in global innovation.”

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SanDisk currently has about 50 job openings in Milpitas listed on its Careers page.  Click the red 'Apply Now' button, then on the next page type Milpitas in the location line to search for local jobs.

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