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Tandberg Data ASA

95Patents
2Active
95Granted
37Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 13, 1981 → Jun 25, 2012 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5542082A Data storage system connected to a host computer system and having removable data storage media and equipped to read a control program from the removable media into storage employing ID comparison scheme Physics 80 Expired
US4395010A Device for the setting up of a data display device on a work surface Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US6650496B2 Fully integrated matrix magnetic recording head with independent control Physics 55 Expired
US5452152A Tracking control on longitudinal azimuth tracks using an auxiliary read head Physics 52 Expired
US5375245A Apparatus for automatically reducing the power consumption of a CRT computer monitor Physics 49 Expired
US4609959A Device for positioning a magnetic head to various tracks of a magnetic tape Physics 45 Expired
US4679104A Method and arrangement for positioning a magnetic head to various tracks of a magnetic tape Physics 43 Expired
US5438469A Method and apparatus for coarse and fine positioning a magnetic head with three piezoelectric elements arranged in a tripod arrangement Physics 40 Expired
US5294803A System and a method for optically detecting an edge of a tape Physics 35 Expired
US4866548A Method and arrangement for precise positioning of a magnetic head to various tracks of a magnetic tape Physics 34 Expired
US5379165A Method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of a tape servo track seek algorithm by using longitudinally correlated waveforms of lateral tape movement unique to each tape cassette Physics 31 Expired
US5457586A Method and arrangement for positioning a magnetic head relative to the storage medium of a magnetic layer storage Physics 29 Expired
US5294791A System and a method for controlling position of a magnetic head relative to a servo track of a tape by optical detection of an edge of the tape Physics 29 Expired
US5357495A Stacker/autoloader system with intelligent media storage magazine control Physics 28 Expired
US5257148A Method and apparatus for positioning a magnetic head in a magnetic layer memory system using tracking by reading a spaced pair of corresponding subtracks Physics 28 Expired
US6972931B2 Write/read head assembly with wear parts Physics 28 Expired
US4476503A Method for the recognition of an edge of a magnetic medium and a device for implementation of the method Physics 26 Expired
US4622606A Magnetic tape recorder Physics 24 Expired
US5394277A Method for determining servo track pair position and longitudinal tape position for a tape using dedicated servo format Physics 22 Expired
US5343341A Method for seeking the center of a recorded data track Physics 22 Expired
US4639796A Arrangement for positioning a transducer to at least one track of a tape-shaped recording medium Physics 20 Expired
US5287008A Electrostatic discharge noise suppression method and system for electronic devices Electricity 19 Expired
US5162780A Trackball for data entry and control with optimized ball height Physics 18 Expired
US5235683A Method and apparatus for accessing peripheral storages with asychronized individual requests to a host processor Physics 17 Expired
US5881960A Method and apparatus for increased mechanical stability of a tape and cartridge Physics 16 Expired

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