Declan Macken
89Patents
15h-index
107Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 23, 1997 → Nov 2, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6791796B2 | Perpendicular writer with laminated main pole | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US6437949B1 | Single domain state laminated thin film structure | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US9202499B2 | Contact detection using laser modulation | Physics | 27 | Active |
| US6992865B2 | Headstack with semi-permanently deformable element for pole-tip recession adjustment | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US9030773B2 | Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US9558774B1 | Recording head with electrically removable component | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7061731B2 | High magnetic anisotropy hard magnetic bias element | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6813118B2 | Transducing head having improved studs and bond pads to reduce thermal deformation | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6781801B2 | Tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with spin polarized current injection | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US9042210B2 | Multi-purpose near-field transducer having a temperature coefficient of resistance | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US9607641B1 | Bond pad sharing for powering multiple writers of a recording head | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US9396745B2 | Multi-sensor reader with different readback sensitivities | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US7236333B2 | Domain wall free shields of MR sensors | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6807031B2 | Single domain state laminated thin film structure for use as a magnetic layer of a transducing head | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6222702A | Magnetic read element shield having dimensions that minimize domain wall movement | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US6169646A | Magnetoresistive shield incorporating seedlayer for anisotropy enhancement | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US9824705B1 | Pad sharing for contact sensor and bolometer with temperature compensation in heat-assisted magnetic recording device | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US5986856A | Magnetoresistive sensor with improved stability | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US9177577B2 | Multi-purpose near-field transducer having a temperature coefficient of resistance | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7130165B2 | Side shielded current in plane spin-valve | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US8837071B2 | Sensing temperature at a slider protrusion region | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7092208B2 | Magnetic transducers with reduced thermal pole-tip protrusion/recession | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US8937791B1 | Slider having heater with adjacent high thermal conductivity layer | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US8737009B2 | Resistance temperature sensors for head-media and asperity detection | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US7102853B2 | Negative thermal expansion dielectrics for thermal pole tip protrusion compensation | Physics | 12 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.