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Data Storage Institute

35Patents
0Active
35Granted
38Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 3, 1997 → Jul 29, 2004

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5969448A Electric spindle motor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 41 Expired
US6020664A Electric spindle motor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 32 Expired
US6597618B2 Magnetic tunnel junction magnetic random access memory Physics 27 Expired
US6518540B1 Method and apparatus for providing ablation-free laser marking on hard disk media Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US6822189B2 Method of laser marking and apparatus therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US6730197B2 Oblique deposition apparatus Electricity 18 Expired
US6500497B1 Method of magnetically patterning a thin film by mask-controlled local phase transition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6576867B1 Method and apparatus for removal of mold flash Electricity 17 Expired
US6693762B2 Method and apparatus for load/unload testing of disk drives Physics 15 Expired
US6219192A Method and apparatus for the compensation of an additive signal in a data signal Physics 14 Expired
US6718502B1 Precoders for partial response channels Electricity 14 Expired
US6611389B1 Method of determining the variation of the clearance between a magnetic transducer and a recording media during track seeking Physics 14 Expired
US6717308B2 Electric spindle motor and method having magnetic starting/stopping device Electricity 13 Expired
US6641702B2 Sputtering device Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US6366081B1 Method and apparatus for high throughput media defect testing using true reference value Physics 12 Expired
US6777642B2 Method and apparatus for cleaning surfaces Physics 11 Expired
US6674201B2 Spindle motor with an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic bearing assembly Electricity 11 Expired
US6719841B2 Manufacturing method for high-density magnetic data storage media Physics 10 Expired
US6633457B1 Actuator assembly with orthogonal force generation Physics 10 Expired
US6522050B2 Head suspension assembly with piezoelectric beam micron actuator Physics 8 Expired
US6545378B2 Electric spindle motor with magnetic bearing and hydrodynamic bearing Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US6633439B1 Optical recording system with aspherical solid immersion lens Physics 7 Expired
US6699332B1 Method of producing a magnetic recording medium Electricity 6 Expired
US6794057B2 Laminated antiferromagnetically coupled media for data storage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6838637B2 Method and apparatus for deflashing of integrated circuit packages Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.