Inventor · Los Altos, CA, US

Bruce Lairson

15Patents
10h-index
23Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 19, 1990 → Aug 23, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5822153A Hard disk drive having contact write and recessed magnetorestive read head Physics 85 Expired
US6565719B1 Magnetic disk comprising a first carbon overcoat having a high SP3 content and a second carbon overcoat having a low SP3 content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US6682807B2 Magnetic disk comprising a first carbon overcoat having a high SP3 content and a second carbon overcoat having a low SP3 content Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Expired
US6950277B1 Concave trailing edge write pole for perpendicular recording Physics 64 Expired
US5909340A Hard disk drive having contact write and recessed magnetoresistive read head Physics 52 Expired
US6507187B1 Ultra-sensitive magnetoresistive displacement sensing device Physics 33 Expired
US5603766A Method for producing uniaxial tetragonal thin films of ternary intermetallic compounds Electricity 28 Expired
US6890667B1 Soft underlayer structure for magnetic recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5834085A Grain isolated multilayer perpendicular recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5363794A Uniaxial thin film structures formed from oriented bilayers and multilayers Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US6995950B2 Transverse biased shields for perpendicular recording to reduce stray field sensitivity Physics 9 Expired
US5270291A Method of reducing decay of magnetic shielding current in high T.sub.c superconductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7378164B1 Soft underlayer structure for magnetic recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US9606459B2 Monolithic EUV transparent membrane and support mesh and method of manufacturing same Physics 1 Active
US11827387B2 Monocrystal silicon carbide grids and radiation detection systems comprising thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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