Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

David Treves

36Patents
26h-index
31Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 15, 1994 → Dec 10, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7147790B2 Perpendicular magnetic discrete track recording disk Physics 112 Expired
US6068891A Method for laser texturing a glass ceramic substrate and the resulting substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US6164118A Calibration disk having discrete bands of calibration bumps Physics 99 Expired
US7161753B2 Modulation of sidewalls of servo sectors of a magnetic disk and the resultant disk Physics 86 Expired
US7549209B2 Method of fabricating a magnetic discrete track recording disk Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Active
US6548821B1 Method and apparatus for inspecting substrates Physics 84 Expired
US6103404A Laser textured magnetic disk comprising NiNb Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired
US6566674B1 Method and apparatus for inspecting substrates Physics 77 Expired
US6299947A Method of forming a magnetic hard disk with elliptical shaped laser bumps Physics 76 Expired
US8496466B1 Press system with interleaved embossing foil holders for nano-imprinting of recording media Physics 75 Active
US7425719B2 Method and apparatus for selectively providing data from a test head to a processor Physics 74 Expired
US8492009B1 Electrochemical etching of magnetic recording layer Physics 73 Active
US7608193B2 Perpendicular magnetic discrete track recording disk Physics 73 Active
US7184139B2 Test head for optically inspecting workpieces Physics 72 Expired
US8565050B1 Heat assisted magnetic recording media having moment keeper layer Physics 72 Active
US8402638B1 Press system with embossing foil free to expand for nano-imprinting of recording media Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Active
US7375362B2 Method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating stray light in an optical test head Physics 72 Expired
US7944643B1 Patterns for pre-formatted information on magnetic hard disk media Physics 71 Active
US7656615B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording disk with a soft magnetic layer having a discrete track recording pattern Physics 71 Active
US7239970B2 Robotic system for optically inspecting workpieces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US7302148B2 Test head for optically inspecting workpieces Physics 70 Expired
US7292329B2 Test head for optically inspecting workpieces comprising a lens for elongating a laser spot on the workpieces Physics 70 Expired
US7305119B2 Test head for optically inspecting workpieces Physics 70 Expired
US8787124B1 Systems and methods for extracting Curie temperature distribution in heat assisted magnetic recording media Physics 61 Active
US5948288A Laser disk texturing apparatus Physics 38 Expired

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