Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Laurence S. Samuelson

20Patents
8h-index
11Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 28, 1992 → Jul 14, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5796551A Landing pads for air bearing sliders and method for making the same Physics 54 Expired
US5490025A Air bearing slider with debris deflecting features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5490026A Negative pressure slider with optimized leading pocket for profile control Physics 33 Expired
US5509554A Sacrificial structure masking method for disk drive slider assemblies and sliders made thereby Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5438467A Negative pressure air bearing design Physics 14 Expired
US5610784A Negative pressure slider with optimized leading pocket for profile control Physics 14 Expired
US5650892A Negative pressure slider with optimized leading pocket for profile control Physics 14 Expired
US5798889A Negative pressure air bearing Physics 12 Expired
US5587858A Negative pressure slider with optimized leading pocket for profile control Physics 7 Expired
US5825587A Shallow etch air bearing surface features for optimized transducer spacing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5583722A Negative pressure slider with optimized leading pocket for profile control Physics 6 Expired
US6449126B1 Negative pressure air bearing slider Physics 5 Expired
US6055130A Slider with negative pressure air bearing Physics 4 Expired
US5532890A Negative pressure slider with optimized leading pocket for profile control Physics 4 Expired
US5796550A Method and apparatus for providing diverging rail edge geometry for air bearing slider Physics 3 Expired
US6330133A Trailing edge rail shaping Physics 3 Expired
US7136776B2 Method for evaluating processes for manufacturing components Physics 2 Expired
US7548793B2 On-line process specification adjusting and component disposing based on predictive model of component performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US6421908B1 Method of making shallow etch air bearing surface features for optimized transducer spacing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US7846305B2 Method and apparatus for increasing uniformity in ion mill process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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