David E. Fowler
31Patents
18h-index
35Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 22, 1981 → Jun 3, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7800858B1 | Differential head integrated touchdown sensors for hard disk drives | Physics | 207 | Active |
| US7796356B1 | Head integrated touchdown sensor for hard disk drives | Physics | 204 | Active |
| US8643980B1 | Micro-actuator enabling single direction motion of a magnetic disk drive head | Physics | 155 | Active |
| US8749920B1 | Magnetic recording head with dynamic fly height heating and having thermally controlled pole tip protrusion to control and protect reader element | Physics | 137 | Active |
| US5487989A | Ethanol production by recombinant hosts | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 83 | Expired |
| US4865061A | Decontamination apparatus for chemically and/or radioactively contaminated tools and equipment | Performing Operations; Transporting | 71 | Expired |
| US8797667B1 | Disk drive calibrating bias signal for touchdown sensor | Physics | 52 | Active |
| US5554520A | Ethanol production by recombinant hosts | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 51 | Expired |
| US8456643B2 | Method and system for mapping the shape of a head under operating conditions | Physics | 48 | Active |
| US8760814B1 | Disk drive head suspension assembly having a DLC coating between dimple and tongue | Physics | 47 | Active |
| US4443269A | Tool decontamination method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Expired |
| US5159455A | Multisensor high-resolution camera | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US6214070A | Disk drive filter | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US6760191B1 | Internal heat dissipater used to reduce slider and write pole thermal protrusion for thin film recording heads | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US4630625A | Tool decontamination apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US4781041A | Apparatus for cleaning garments and soft goods contaminated with nuclear, chemical and/or biological contaminants | Textiles; Paper | 25 | Expired |
| US5333855A | Baseball pitching analyzer | Human Necessities | 21 | Expired |
| US4797128A | Method of and apparatus for cleaning garments and soft goods contaminated with nuclear, chemical and/or biological contaminants | Textiles; Paper | 19 | Expired |
| US4503577A | Pipe and hose decontamination apparatus | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4842746A | Method of removing toxic agents for trichlorotrifluoroethane | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 15 | Expired |
| US4685972A | Process for removing PCB's from electrical apparatus | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 14 | Expired |
| US6654205B1 | Air bearing surface for reducing pressure gradients | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US8861317B1 | Heat assisted magnetic recording transducer having protective pads | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US4790337A | Apparatus for removing PCB's from electrical apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US4913178A | Process and apparatus for removing PCB's from electrical apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.