Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

John I. Kim

12Patents
6h-index
30Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 17, 1991 → Aug 3, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5277749A Methods and apparatus for relieving stress and resisting stencil delamination when performing lift-off processes that utilize high stress metals and/or multiple evaporation steps Electricity 69 Expired
US7952831B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with notched trailing shield Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US6539610B1 Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7788797B2 Method of making a perpendicular magnetic recording write head with notched trailing shield Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US6723252B1 Magnetic head P1 magnetic pole notching with reduced polymer deposition Physics 6 Expired
US8066893B2 Method for creating a magnetic write pole having a stepped perpendicular pole via CMP-assisted liftoff Physics 6 Active
US6764551B2 Process for removing dopant ions from a substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US7123443B2 Self-aligned void filling for mushroomed plating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US6631546B1 Self-aligned void filling for mushroomed plating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7340824B2 Method for fabricating a magnetic head having an improved magnetic shield Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8551347B2 Methods for creating a stepped perpendicular magnetic pole via milling and/or metal liftoff Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US7254884B2 Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer using feed-forward and feedback Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

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