Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

G. Robert Gray

18Patents
11h-index
4Co-inventors
57Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1994 → Jul 26, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5909346A Thin magnetic film including multiple geometry gap structures on a common substrate Physics 58 Expired
US6417109B1 Chemical-mechanical etch (CME) method for patterned etching of a substrate surface Electricity 38 Expired
US5684660A Thin film coil head assembly with protective planarizing cocoon structure Physics 22 Expired
US5777824A Side-disposed thin film magnetic head and method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5490028A Thin film magnetic head including an integral layered shield structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5563754A Thin film magnetic head including a durable wear layer and gap structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5815909A Method of making a thin film magnetic head including protected via connections through an electrically insulative substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5801909A Thin film magnetic head including durable wear layer and non-magnetic gap structures Physics 15 Expired
US5621594A Electroplated thin film conductor coil assembly Physics 13 Expired
US5754377A Thin film magnetic head including an elevated gap structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5748417A Thin film magnetic head including layered magnetic side poles Physics 11 Expired
US5673474A Method of fabricating a thin film magnetic head including layered magnetic side poles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5853558A Method of fabricating a thin film conductor coil assembly Physics 9 Expired
US5737825A Method of making thin film magnetic head including a durable wear layer and gap structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5950301A Method for fabricating thin flim magnetic head including an elevated gap structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5544774A Method of eliminating pole recession in a thin film magnetic head Physics 7 Expired
US6069015A Method of fabricating thin film magnetic head including durable wear layer and non-magnetic gap structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6091581A Thin film magnetic head including a separately deposited diamond-like carbon gap structure and magnetic control wells Physics 4 Expired

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