Inventor · Newport Beach, CA, US

Kenneth E. Knapp

24Patents
23h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 2, 1998 → Apr 29, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6201673A System for biasing a synthetic free layer in a magnetoresistance sensor Physics 207 Expired
US6330137A Magnetoresistive read sensor including a carbon barrier layer and method for making same Physics 182 Expired
US6198608A MR sensor with blunt contiguous junction and slow-milling-rate read gap Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 181 Expired
US7023658B1 Submicron track-width pole-tips for electromagnetic transducers Physics 178 Expired
US6421212B1 Thin film read head structure with improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 174 Expired
US6833979B1 Structure and method for redeposition free thin film CPP read sensor fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 174 Expired
US6700759B1 Narrow track width magnetoresistive sensor and method of making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Expired
US6417999B1 Magnetoresistive head stabilized structure and method of fabrication thereof Physics 165 Expired
US6433970B1 Structure and method for redeposition free thin film CPP read sensor fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 164 Expired
US6333830A Low resistance coil structure for high speed writer Physics 161 Expired
US6487056B1 Thin film read head structure with improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Expired
US6735850B1 Thin film read head structure with improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 158 Expired
US7111382B1 Methods for fabricating redeposition free thin film CPP read sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US6233125A CPP magnetoresistive device and method for making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 155 Expired
US6118638A CPP magnetoresistive device and method for making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 155 Expired
US7134185B1 Method of making narrow track width magnetoresistive sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Expired
US6687977B2 CPP magnetoresistive device and method for making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 153 Expired
US6762910B1 Data storage and retrieval apparatus with thin film read head having inset extra gap insulation layer and method of fabrication Physics 151 Expired
US6469877B1 Spin valve device with improved exchange layer defined track width and method of fabrication Physics 151 Expired
US6532823B1 Insulator layers for magnetoresistive transducers Physics 150 Expired
US6204999A Method and system for providing a write head having a conforming pole structure Physics 149 Expired
US6816345B1 Magnetoresistive sensors having submicron track widths and method of making Physics 149 Expired
US8298329B2 Nano-crystalline dental ceramics Chemistry; Metallurgy 30 Active
US6994550B2 Vapor deposited titanium and titanium-nitride layers for dental devices Human Necessities 2 Expired

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