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Single-grain near-field transducer and process for forming same
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Slider with bond pad arrangements
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with an integrated photodiode
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Self-aligned hybrid near field transducer with single peg grain
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11,894,031
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Xuhui Jin
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Magnetic disk device and control method of magnetic disk device
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11,887,634
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Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Heat treatment of NFT and surrounding material
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11,875,830
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Current assisted HAMR magnetic writer
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Short on wafer laser for heat assisted magnetic recording
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11,848,036
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Seagate Technology LLC
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Skew-independent close-point transducers
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Heat-assisted recording head having mirror liner that reduces evane...
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11,823,719
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Laser feedback suppressor for heat-assisted magnetic recording
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11,817,119
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STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
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System and method for disk drive fly height measurement
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STMicroelectronics, Inc.
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a multilayer plasmonic disk
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11,710,502
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Jul 25, 2023
Seagate Technology LLC
Tae-Woo Lee
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Manufacturing method of magnetic disk device and magnetic disk device
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11,705,154
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Jul 18, 2023
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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20240005956
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STMicroelectronics International N.V.
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20230386514
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STMicroelectronics S.r.l
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
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20230059099
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
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