James E. Durnin
13Patents
7h-index
22Co-inventors
62Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 3, 1986 → Jun 8, 2004
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6545970B2 | Near field magneto-optical head having read and write pinhole apertures | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US4852973A | Diffraction free arrangement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6775100B1 | Laser assisted track width definition and radial control with magnetic recording | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US5675568A | Laser power control in an optical recording system to compensate for variations in mark length resulting from a wobbled groove | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4887885A | Diffraction free arrangement | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6324129A | Near field magneto-optical head having read and write pinhole apertures | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6688743B1 | Method and apparatus to determine fly height of a recording head | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5500266A | Spin-coating compensation for an optical storage medium with a substrate groove profile gradient | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6473383B1 | Single source optical disc data storage system | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6868048B1 | Data storage system having thermally activated readout | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6396115B1 | Detector layer for an optics module | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6466525B1 | Optical disc data storage system | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US7518827B2 | Laser assisted track width definition and radial control with magnetic recording | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.