Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Charles Lin

16Patents
7h-index
13Co-inventors
63Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 2, 1975 → May 19, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4012781A Magnetoresistive read head assembly for servo operation Physics 62 Expired
US3975772A Double shielded magnetorestive sensing element Physics 57 Expired
US4232477A Inflatable hassock-shaped toy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US7382589B2 CPP with elongated pinned layer Physics 31 Expired
US6729014B2 Magnetic assist read track-width definition for a lead overlay top spin-valve GMR head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5635037A Method of texture by in-situ masking and etching for thin film magnetic recording medium Physics 20 Expired
US7784731B2 Transmission device for a twin-rotor helicopter Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active
US7978441B2 CPP with elongated pinned layer Physics 5 Active
US6821717B2 Process to form narrow write track for magnetic recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6943992B2 Inverted write head for vertical recording Physics 2 Expired
US7072151B2 Magnetic assist read track-width definition for a lead overlay top spin-valve GMR head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7170720B2 CPP read head for high density and shield noise suppression Physics 1 Expired
US7106558B2 Biased spin valve head with canted adjacent layer and current channeling layer Physics 1 Expired
US6776883B2 Process of manufacturing a magnetic read head Physics 1 Expired
US7909579B2 Rotor head for a twin-rotor helicopter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7919139B2 CPP with elongated pinned layer Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.