Mark William Covington
53Patents
12h-index
57Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 2, 2001 → Mar 6, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7006375B2 | Hybrid write mechanism for high speed and high density magnetic random access memory | Physics | 157 | Expired |
| US6785092B2 | White head for high anisotropy media | Electricity | 93 | Expired |
| US8451555B2 | Recording head for heat assisted magnetic recording | Physics | 51 | Active |
| US7212367B2 | Ampere wire write head with confined magnetic fields | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US6809900B2 | Write head with magnetization controlled by spin-polarized electron current | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US7500255B2 | Data writing with plasmon resonator | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US8582249B2 | Magnetic element with reduced shield-to-shield spacing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Active |
| US6865109B2 | Magnetic random access memory having flux closure for the free layer and spin transfer write mechanism | Physics | 33 | Expired |
| US8400738B2 | Magnetic element with dual magnetic moments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Active |
| US6730395B2 | Magnetic tunnel junction using nanoparticle monolayers and applications therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US6954331B2 | Magnetic recording head including spatially-pumped spin wave mode writer | Physics | 19 | Expired |
| US7633699B2 | CPP reader with phase detection of magnetic resonance for read-back | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US6807032B1 | Magnetic read head wherein the shields are used as electrical leads and have a minimized anisotropic magneto-resistance effect | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US8553369B2 | Magnetic element with improved stability and including at least one antiferromagnetic tab | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US7818760B2 | Data writing with plasmon resonator | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US6687085B2 | Perpendicular write head with high magnetization pole material and method of fabricating the write head | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US9082958B2 | Tunneling magneto-resistive sensors with buffer layers | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US8582247B2 | Magnetic element with increased scissoring angle | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7595959B2 | Recording heads including a magnetically damped write pole and recording systems including such heads | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US8503135B2 | Magnetic sensor with enhanced magnetoresistance ratio | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US7576948B2 | Magnetic field read sensor based on the extraordinary hall effect | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US8711526B2 | Magnetic element with top shield coupled side shield lamination | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8811128B1 | Generating surface plasmons using electrical current | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8467154B2 | Magnetic sensors having perpendicular anisotropy free layer | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7825445B2 | Magnetoresistive memory elements with separate read and write current paths | Physics | 5 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.