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Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier Reproducing by magnetic means Record carriers therefor
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Magnetic write transducer with variable write gap length
Patent number
12,315,537
Issue date
May 27, 2025
International Business Machines Corporation
Hugo E. Rothuizen
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Grant
Method to reduce baseline shift for a SOT differential reader
Patent number
11,222,656
Issue date
Jan 11, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Quang Le
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Patent Grant
Magnetic sensor manufacturing
Patent number
11,125,836
Issue date
Sep 21, 2021
Seagate Technology LLC
Qing He
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Patent Grant
Process of forming a recessed spin flipping element in the write gap
Patent number
10,950,257
Issue date
Mar 16, 2021
Headway Technologies, Inc.
Yuhui Tang
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Patent Grant
Spintronic devices with narrow spin polarization layers
Patent number
10,943,611
Issue date
Mar 9, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
James Mac Freitag
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Patent Grant
Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making
Patent number
10,811,036
Issue date
Oct 20, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation
Robert G. Biskeborn
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Patent Grant
Method of forming a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write he...
Patent number
10,657,988
Issue date
May 19, 2020
Headway Technologies, Inc.
Ying Liu
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Patent Grant
Write head having a monolithic side sheild and leading shield
Patent number
10,468,054
Issue date
Nov 5, 2019
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Kyusik Shin
C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Patent Grant
Filled-gap magnetic recording head and method of making
Patent number
10,134,429
Issue date
Nov 20, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation
Robert G. Biskeborn
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Patent Grant
Magnetic writer having convex trailing surface pole and conformal w...
Patent number
9,997,177
Issue date
Jun 12, 2018
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Yu Pan
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Patent Grant
Write pole wrap-around shield with gap lamination
Patent number
9,984,707
Issue date
May 29, 2018
Seagate Technology LLC
Angela Moore
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Patent Grant
PMR writer with non-conformal side gaps
Patent number
9,940,951
Issue date
Apr 10, 2018
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Jinqiu Zhang
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Patent Grant
Main pole layer with at least two sacrificial layers and a gap layer
Patent number
9,922,671
Issue date
Mar 20, 2018
Seagate Technology LLC
Wei Tian
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Magnetic sensor manufacturing
Patent number
9,880,232
Issue date
Jan 30, 2018
Seagate Technology LLC
Qing He
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Patent Grant
Method for making a perpendicular magnetic recording write head wit...
Patent number
9,805,747
Issue date
Oct 31, 2017
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
April D. Hixson-Goldsmith
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Patent Grant
Magnetic writer having convex trailing surface pole and conformal w...
Patent number
9,767,831
Issue date
Sep 19, 2017
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Yu Pan
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Patent Grant
Write head having beveled non-magnetic write gap seed layer
Patent number
9,761,252
Issue date
Sep 12, 2017
Seagate Technology LLC
Wei Tian
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Patent Grant
Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including a writ...
Patent number
9,741,371
Issue date
Aug 22, 2017
TDK Corporation
Atsushi Yamaguchi
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Patent Grant
Method for producing a smooth Ru side gap of a damascene writer pole
Patent number
9,548,069
Issue date
Jan 17, 2017
HGST Netherlands B.V.
Ning Shi
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Patent Grant
Method for fabricating a magnetic writer having a gradient side gap
Patent number
9,349,394
Issue date
May 24, 2016
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Hai Sun
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Patent Grant
Method for fabricating a magnetic writer having half shields
Patent number
9,343,087
Issue date
May 17, 2016
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Ronghui Zhou
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Patent Grant
Method of forming a writer with an AFM write gap
Patent number
9,336,799
Issue date
May 10, 2016
Headway Technologies, Inc.
Tai Min
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Patent Grant
Write gap structure for a magnetic recording head
Patent number
9,318,131
Issue date
Apr 19, 2016
Seagate Technology LLC
Wei Tian
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Patent Grant
Process for making PMR writer with non-conformal side gaps
Patent number
9,275,657
Issue date
Mar 1, 2016
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Jinqiu Zhang
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Patent Grant
Main pole layer with at least tow sacrificial layers and a gap layer
Patent number
9,214,167
Issue date
Dec 15, 2015
Seagate Technology LLC
Wei Tian
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Patent Grant
Write head having non-magnetic write gap seed layer, and method
Patent number
9,147,407
Issue date
Sep 29, 2015
Seagate Technology LLC
Wei Tian
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Patent Grant
Asymmetric trailing shield writer for shingled magnetic recording (...
Patent number
9,076,466
Issue date
Jul 7, 2015
HGST Netherlands B.V.
Yosuke Urakami
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Patent Grant
Graded bevel tapered write pole design for field enhancement
Patent number
9,070,383
Issue date
Jun 30, 2015
Headway Technologies, Inc.
Lijie Guan
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Patent Grant
Gradient write gap for perpendicular magnetic recording writer
Patent number
9,042,051
Issue date
May 26, 2015
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
Li Zeng
C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Patent Grant
Method for manufacturing a magnetic write pole with a consistent be...
Patent number
8,988,824
Issue date
Mar 24, 2015
HGST Netherlands B.V.
Elizabeth A. Brinkman
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Patents Applications
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Patent Application
SERVO PATTERN RECORDING HEAD, SERVO PATTERN RECORDING DEVICE, MAGNE...
Publication number
20250140289
Publication date
May 1, 2025
FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Tetsuya KANEKO
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Method to Reduce Baseline Shift for a SOT Differential Reader
Publication number
20220013139
Publication date
Jan 13, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Quang LE
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Patent Application
Process of Forming a Recessed Spin Flipping Element in the Write Gap
Publication number
20200152228
Publication date
May 14, 2020
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Yuhui Tang
C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Patent Application
FILLED-GAP MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF MAKING
Publication number
20190051318
Publication date
Feb 14, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation
Robert G. Biskeborn
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC WRITER HAVING CONVEX TRAILING SURFACE POLE AND CONFORMAL W...
Publication number
20180261242
Publication date
Sep 13, 2018
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC
Yu PAN
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC SENSOR MANUFACTURING
Publication number
20180120387
Publication date
May 3, 2018
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Qing He
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Patent Application
MAGNETIC WRITER HAVING CONVEX TRAILING SURFACE POLE AND CONFORMAL W...
Publication number
20170372728
Publication date
Dec 28, 2017
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC
Yu PAN
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Information
Patent Application
FILLED-GAP MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF MAKING
Publication number
20150364147
Publication date
Dec 17, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation
Robert G. Biskeborn
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
GRADIENT WRITE GAP FOR PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING WRITER
Publication number
20150049400
Publication date
Feb 19, 2015
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC
LI ZENG
C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Patent Application
Write Gap Structure for a Magnetic Recording Head
Publication number
20150002963
Publication date
Jan 1, 2015
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Wei Tian
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Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SMOOTH RU SIDE GAP OF A DAMASCENE WRITER POLE
Publication number
20140272120
Publication date
Sep 18, 2014
HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Ning SHI
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Patent Application
GAP BETWEEN MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Publication number
20140268415
Publication date
Sep 18, 2014
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Wei Tian
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Information
Patent Application
NON-MAGNETIC SEED LAYER METHOD AND APPARATUS
Publication number
20140272471
Publication date
Sep 18, 2014
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Wei Tian
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Patent Application
ASYMMETRIC TRAILING SHIELD WRITER FOR SHINGLED MAGNETIC RECORDING (...
Publication number
20140177091
Publication date
Jun 26, 2014
HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Yosuke Urakami
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Patent Application
Graded Bevel Tapered Write Pole Design for Field Enhancement
Publication number
20140111887
Publication date
Apr 24, 2014
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lijie Guan
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Graded Bevel Tapered Write Pole Design for Field Enhancement
Publication number
20140111886
Publication date
Apr 24, 2014
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lijie Guan
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Information
Patent Application
METHOD OF MAKING A MULTI-CHANNEL TIME BASED SERVO TAPE MEDIA
Publication number
20140085751
Publication date
Mar 27, 2014
Advanced Research Corporation
Matthew P. Dugas
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Method of Forming a Writer with an AFM Write Gap
Publication number
20140037861
Publication date
Feb 6, 2014
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Tai Min
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information
Patent Application
Low inductance, ferrite sub-gap substrate structure for surface fil...
Publication number
20130242427
Publication date
Sep 19, 2013
Advanced Research Corporation
Matthew P. Dugas
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information
Patent Application
METHOD OF MAKING A MULTI-CHANNEL TIME BASED SERVO TAPE MEDIA
Publication number
20130188272
Publication date
Jul 25, 2013
Matthew P. Dugas
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Writer with an AFM write gap
Publication number
20120295133
Publication date
Nov 22, 2012
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Tai Min
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Nanometer Scale Instrument for Biochemically, Chemically, or Cataly...
Publication number
20120147722
Publication date
Jun 14, 2012
General Nanotechnology, LLC
Victor B. Kley
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Patent Application
METHOD OF MAKING A MULTI-CHANNEL TIME BASED SERVO TAPE MEDIA
Publication number
20110286126
Publication date
Nov 24, 2011
ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION
Matthew P. Dugas
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
PATTERNED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD WITH TERMINATION PATTERN
Publication number
20100296192
Publication date
Nov 25, 2010
ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION
Matthew P. Dugas
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Magnetic Recording Head, Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Magn...
Publication number
20100091413
Publication date
Apr 15, 2010
Isao Nunokawa
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
Information
Patent Application
METHOD OF MAKING A MULTI-CHANNEL TIME BASED SERVO TAPE MEDIA
Publication number
20100002335
Publication date
Jan 7, 2010
MATTHEW P. DUGAS
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
Nanometer Scale Instrument for Biochemically, Chemically, or Cataly...
Publication number
20090324450
Publication date
Dec 31, 2009
General Nanotechnology, LLC
Victor B. Kley
G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Patent Application
PERPENDICULAR WRITE HEAD HAVING A TRAILING SHIELD WITH A SHORT GAP,...
Publication number
20090268350
Publication date
Oct 29, 2009
Wen-Chien David Hsiao
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Patent Application
Graded bevel tapered write pole design for field enhancement
Publication number
20090268344
Publication date
Oct 29, 2009
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lijie Guan
G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE
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Patent Application
MULTICHANNEL TIME BASED SERVO TAPE MEDIA
Publication number
20090262452
Publication date
Oct 22, 2009
MATTHEW P. DUGAS
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