Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

David Druist

23Patents
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44Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 29, 2004 → Jul 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7186348B2 Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US10720570B2 Magnetic sensor using spin hall effect Physics 17 Active
US8159866B2 Method and system for providing dual magnetic tunneling junctions usable in spin transfer torque magnetic memories Electricity 12 Active
US10460754B2 Slider and suspension arm interconnection for magnetic storage device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8456882B2 Method and system for providing dual magnetic tunneling junctions usable in spin transfer torque magnetic memories Electricity 6 Active
US8956201B2 Correcting current crowding in row bar and vias for single pad bonding Electricity 5 Active
US8422285B2 Method and system for providing dual magnetic tunneling junctions usable in spin transfer torque magnetic memories Physics 5 Active
US9053721B1 Magnetic read sensor with independently extended pinned layer and seed layer Physics 4 Active
US7362542B2 Slider with underpass lead configured as a cooling plate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US8956200B2 Wafer grounding design for single pad lapping Physics 3 Active
US8169754B2 Dedicated noncorrosive smear detector Physics 3 Active
US8739391B2 Silver alloy electrical lapping guides (ELGs) for fabrication of disk drive sliders with magnetoresistive sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7729084B2 Formation of low resistance damascene coils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9129660B2 Transducer resistor shunt structure for low-cost probing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7536778B1 Method of fabrication for slider with underpass leads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US8704547B2 Method and system for providing spin transfer based logic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7882618B2 Fabricating magnetic read heads with a reduced scratch exposure region Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7742258B2 Magnetic transducer with milling mask Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8397371B2 Process of manufacturing low resistance damascene coils Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7243411B2 Method for protecting write head coil during write pole/shaping Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US12094501B1 Hard disk drive slider split pad configuration Physics 0 Active
US8248100B2 Method and system for providing spin transfer based logic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9275665B2 Slider with high frequency voltage ground and low frequency DC voltage isolation Electricity 0 Active

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