Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Hal J. Rosen

55Patents
22h-index
51Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 25, 1988 → May 25, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5202875A Multiple data surface optical data storage system Physics 118 Expired
US6280813A Magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic films as the recording layer Physics 109 Expired
US5255262A Multiple data surface optical data storage system with transmissive data surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Expired
US4873430A Method and apparatus for optically measuring characteristics of a thin film by directing a P-polarized beam through an integrating sphere at the brewster's angle of the film Physics 76 Expired
US5373499A Multilayer optical disk and system having multiple optical paths include identical total disk substrate thickness Physics 54 Expired
US6686579B2 Digital pen using speckle tracking Physics 54 Expired
US5381401A Multiple data surface optical data storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US5499231A Optical disk drive with multiple data layer disk and system for focusing the optical beam Physics 46 Expired
US5555537A Optical data storage system with multiple write-once phase-change recording layers Physics 39 Expired
US5625609A Multiple data layer optical disk drive system with fixed aberration correction and optimum interlayer spacing Physics 39 Expired
US6624884B1 Surface inspection tool Physics 34 Expired
US6372330B1 Laminated magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled layers as the individual magnetic layers in the laminate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5446723A Multiple data surface optical data storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US8208228B2 Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive read head with multiple sensing elements for patterned-media Physics 27 Active
US8270256B1 Magnetic recording disk drive with shingled writing and wide-area thermal assistance Physics 27 Active
US5627817A Optical disk data storage system with multiple write-once dye-based data layers Physics 26 Expired
US5449590A Multiple data surface optical data storage system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5606546A Optical data storage medium with multiple writable data layers separated by dieletric layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US6704435B1 Surface inspection tool Physics 25 Expired
US7986491B2 Hard disk drive with disk separator for creating axial gaps between disks for access by read/write heads Physics 24 Active
US5986761A Laser-based inspection tool for disk defects and curvature Physics 24 Expired
US5615186A Multiple data surface data storage system with holographic filter element Physics 23 Expired
US5933230A Surface inspection tool Physics 21 Expired
US5487060A Multiple data surface data storage system and method Physics 19 Expired
US8416646B2 Magnetic recording disk drive with shingled writing and rectangular optical waveguide for wide-area thermal assistance Physics 17 Active

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