Kenneth E. Knapp
24Patents
23h-index
26Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 2, 1998 → Apr 29, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.