Inventor · Apple Valley, MN, US

James E. Durnin

13Patents
7h-index
22Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 3, 1986 → Jun 8, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.