Alan Johnston
9Patents
6h-index
23Co-inventors
59Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 23, 1997 → Nov 5, 2009
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6807027B2 | Ruthenium as non-magnetic seedlayer for electrodeposition | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US7233457B2 | Head for perpendicular recording with reduced erasure | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6456460B1 | Track width definition by patterning of shared pole for integrated thin film/magnetoresistive head | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US6222702A | Magnetic read element shield having dimensions that minimize domain wall movement | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5986856A | Magnetoresistive sensor with improved stability | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6597545B2 | Shield design for magnetoresistive sensor | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US8194508B2 | Waveform based bit detection for bit patterned media | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7835110B2 | MEMS disc drive | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7826171B2 | Interconnect architecture for disc drive array | Physics | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.