Inventor · Tucson, AZ, US

Mark Allan Taylor

18Patents
8h-index
25Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 28, 1994 → Feb 29, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7002763B2 Identification of laterally positioned servo bands employing differentiating characteristics of servo patterns Physics 30 Expired
US7119976B2 Planar servo format verifier head Physics 25 Expired
US6937413B2 Tape servo information with superimposed data information providing servo band identification Physics 24 Expired
US5504572A Electronic imaging apparatus for determining the presence of structure within opaque objects and methods of making the same Physics 15 Expired
US6940683B2 Matched filter detection for time based servo signals in a tape drive Physics 13 Expired
US7489465B2 Apparatus, system, and method for timing based servo tape formating Physics 11 Active
US7403350B2 Multiple servo sensor configuration for magnetic tape timing based servo Physics 10 Active
US7102847B2 Identification of laterally positioned servo bands employing differentiating characteristics of servo patterns Physics 9 Expired
US6934108B2 Servo pattern based tape tension control for tape drives Physics 6 Expired
US7433142B2 Using at least one servo channel to provide timing recovery and timing information to data channels Physics 6 Active
US7177114B1 Apparatus, system, and method for the velocity proportional clocking of time base servo tape storage devices Physics 3 Expired
US6755367B2 Sensing position of pin on tape inside cartridge shell Physics 2 Expired
US6739536B2 Optical detection of alignment and/or absence of tape cartridge leader pin Physics 2 Expired
US7102846B2 Identification of laterally positioned servo bands employing differentiating characteristics of servo patterns Physics 2 Expired
US7684140B2 Determining angular position of a tape reel using timing based servo format Physics 1 Active
US6906873B2 Apparatus and method to monitor leader pin position Physics 0 Expired
US7823173B2 Removable disk media including holographic optical disk stacked in a tape cartridge shell Physics 0 Active
US7684141B2 Determining a reel motor angle using an estimated interval to degrees translation factor Physics 0 Active

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