John S. Best
39Patents
11h-index
41Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 9, 1973 → Aug 17, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4003426A | Heat or thermal energy storage structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 99 | Expired |
| US5500848A | Sector servo data recording disk having data regions without identification (ID) fields | Physics | 79 | Expired |
| US5615190A | Fixed- block architecture embedded servo disk drive without data identification (ID) regions | Physics | 70 | Expired |
| US5459853A | Efficient variable-block data storage system employing a staggered fixed-block-architecture array | Physics | 67 | Expired |
| US5909333A | Servo-writing system for use in a data recording disk drive | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US5073834A | Disk file or tape drive with high servo sample rate embedding additional servo sectors within individual data sectors | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US5073833A | Dual sector servo system for disk file with separate read and write heads | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US3990502A | Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US5438559A | Method for locating physical sectors in a fixed block architecture embedded servo disk file #14 | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US4556597A | Ion doped servo pattern for magnetic recording disk | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| USH1221H | High speed, small diameter disk storage system | General | 12 | Active |
| US9672863B1 | Disc gripper for storage discs | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US9741389B1 | High performance robotic optical storage system | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US8157514B2 | Components for gas turbine engines | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Active |
| US4547824A | Dual biasing for integrated inductive MR head | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US9741390B1 | Optical disc drive | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US4036285A | Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US3948313A | Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US3976125A | Thermal bleed for permafrost environments | Fixed Constructions | 7 | Expired |
| USRE31007E | Roof construction and method thereof | General | 5 | Expired |
| US4123295A | Mercury chalcogenide contact for semiconductor devices | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US3932997A | Method for suppressing the formation of ice in natural or man-made bodies of water | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Expired |
| US11175986B1 | Storage systems implementing offset erasure code stripes | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US4402060A | Gap tolerant merge element for contiguous-disk bubble devices | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US10031701B2 | Hierarchical processing for extended product codes | Electricity | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.