Komag, Inc.
117Patents
0Active
117Granted
44Portfolio score
Filing activity: Aug 21, 1984 → Apr 7, 2006
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6150015A | Ultra-thin nucleation layer for magnetic thin film media and the method for manufacturing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 120 | Expired |
| US6086730A | Method of sputtering a carbon protective film on a magnetic disk with high sp.sup.3 content | Physics | 119 | Expired |
| US6429984B1 | Circuit and method for refreshing data recorded at a density sufficiently high to undergo thermal degradation | Physics | 115 | Expired |
| US7147790B2 | Perpendicular magnetic discrete track recording disk | Physics | 112 | Expired |
| US7119990B2 | Storage device including a center tapped write transducer | Physics | 111 | Expired |
| US6857937B2 | Lapping a head while powered up to eliminate expansion of the head due to heating | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 110 | Expired |
| US6628466B2 | Circuit and method for refreshing data recorded at a density sufficiently high to undergo thermal degradation | Physics | 102 | Expired |
| US6482330B1 | Method for manufacturing a data storage card | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 100 | Expired |
| US6159076A | Slurry comprising a ligand or chelating agent for polishing a surface | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 99 | Expired |
| US6164118A | Calibration disk having discrete bands of calibration bumps | Physics | 99 | Expired |
| US6068891A | Method for laser texturing a glass ceramic substrate and the resulting substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 99 | Expired |
| US6381090B1 | Hard disk drive head-media system having reduced stiction and low fly height | Physics | 97 | Expired |
| US6117499A | Micro-texture media made by polishing of a selectively irradiated surface | Physics | 94 | Expired |
| US6391213B1 | Texturing of a landing zone on glass-based substrates by a chemical etching process | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 91 | Expired |
| US6363599B1 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk including a glass substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 90 | Expired |
| US6248395A | Mechanical texturing of glass and glass-ceramic substrates | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 89 | Expired |
| US6290573A | Tape burnish with monitoring device | Physics | 89 | Expired |
| US6408677B1 | Calibration disk having discrete bands of composite roughness | Physics | 88 | Expired |
| US6939120B1 | Disk alignment apparatus and method for patterned media production | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 87 | Expired |
| US7196860B2 | Circuit and method for refreshing data recorded at a density sufficiently high to undergo thermal degradation | Physics | 87 | Expired |
| US7161753B2 | Modulation of sidewalls of servo sectors of a magnetic disk and the resultant disk | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US6149696A | Colloidal silica slurry for NiP plated disk polishing | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 86 | Expired |
| US6967798B2 | Magnetic recording disk having DTR patterned CSS zone | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US6156404A | Method of making high performance, low noise isotropic magnetic media including a chromium underlayer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 85 | Expired |
| US6548821B1 | Method and apparatus for inspecting substrates | Physics | 84 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.