Inventor · Fishkill, NY, US

James K. Howard

58Patents
24h-index
58Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 24, 1975 → Jun 18, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4333808A Method for manufacture of ultra-thin film capacitor Chemistry; Metallurgy 149 Expired
US5452163A Multilayer magnetoresistive sensor Physics 93 Expired
US4488262A Electronically programmable read only memory Electricity 92 Expired
US4437139A Laser annealed dielectric for dual dielectric capacitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US5315468A Magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic layer for exchange bias Physics 63 Expired
US4652499A Magnetic recording medium with a chromium alloy underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US5051288A Thin film magnetic recording disk comprising alternating layers of a CoNi or CoPt alloy and a non-magnetic spacer layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US4809109A Magnetoresistive read transducer and method for making the improved transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US4017890A Intermetallic compound layer in thin films for improved electromigration resistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US4825325A Magnetoresistive read transducer assembly Physics 44 Expired
US4471405A Thin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structure Electricity 44 Expired
US5227212A Magnetic recording disk, magnetoresistive read head, inductive write head combination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5436778A Magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic exchange bias Physics 42 Expired
US4789598A Thin film medium for horizontal magnetic recording having an improved cobalt-based alloy magnetic layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US4778582A Process for making a thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disk with a hydrogenated carbon overcoat Chemistry; Metallurgy 36 Expired
US4940511A Method for making a magnetoresistive read transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5268806A Magnetoresistive transducer having tantalum lead conductors Physics 34 Expired
US4755897A Magnetoresistive sensor with improved antiferromagnetic film Physics 34 Expired
US4423087A Thin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US4749628A Multilayered vertical magnetic recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5989728A Thin film magnetic recording medium having high coercivity Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5066552A Low noise thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disk Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US4654276A Magnetic recording medium with an underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US4154874A Method for forming intermetallic layers in thin films for improved electromigration resistance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US5476680A Method for manufacturing granular multilayer mangetoresistive sensor Physics 24 Expired

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