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Seagate Technologies LLC

38Patents
18Active
38Granted
46Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 27, 1994 → May 31, 2019 · 6 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7520389B2 Package structure for soft mounting direct connect storage device Physics 62 Active
US6480361B1 Movable load ramps and crash stop for a disc drive Physics 42 Expired
US6731442B2 Method and apparatus for detecting media defects Physics 32 Expired
US6862151B2 Method and apparatus for read error recovery Physics 30 Expired
US6473270B1 Actuator shock snubber Physics 26 Expired
US6519110B2 Disk drive pass-through connector Physics 23 Expired
US5562965A Vapor lubrication of fractionated lubricant on thin film discs Physics 21 Expired
US5715418A Autonomous high speed linear space address mode translation for use with a computer hard disc system Physics 18 Expired
US6472866B2 Head stack assembly (HSA) with shunt testing access port Physics 15 Expired
US8254167B2 Joint encoding of logical pages in multi-page memory architecture Physics 15 Active
US7695547B2 Desiccant Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US5833067A Disk caddy and lid with barrier means Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US8037348B2 Vibration-aware data reassignment Physics 13 Active
US6080352A Method of magnetizing a ring-shaped magnet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6129612A Advanced mechanical texture process for high density magnetic recording media Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6674608B1 Damped protective cover to improve disc drive acoustics Physics 10 Expired
US6826250B2 Clock divider with error detection and reset capabilities Physics 9 Expired
US5918289A Sample container for multisample dynamic headspace sampler Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5808838A Miniature head disc drive system voice coil with single coil and dual stationary magnets Physics 7 Expired
US9262084B2 Non-volatile memory channel control using a general purpose programmable processor in combination with a low level programmable sequencer Physics 5 Active
US10453547B2 Monitoring a memory for retirement Physics 5 Active
US6424481B1 Five and one-quarter inch form factor combination DAT tape drive and cassette magazine loader Physics 4 Expired
US6252738A Spindle motor having a taper for heat shrink clamp ring Physics 4 Expired
US9626996B2 Block copolymer self-assembly for pattern density multiplication and rectification Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6155914A Apparatus for the application of an advanced texture process Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired

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