James K. Howard
58Patents
24h-index
58Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 24, 1975 → Jun 18, 2003
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.