Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Neil D. Knutson

7Patents
3h-index
12Co-inventors
46Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 16, 2011 → Feb 15, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8665561B1 Method and system for providing enhanced thermal expansion for hard disk drives Physics 160 Active
US8670214B1 Method and system for providing enhanced thermal expansion for hard disk drives Physics 150 Active
US8749920B1 Magnetic recording head with dynamic fly height heating and having thermally controlled pole tip protrusion to control and protect reader element Physics 137 Active
US9564150B1 Magnetic read apparatus having an improved read sensor isolation circuit Physics 2 Active
US10522176B1 Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) read/write head with reversed read head and write head Physics 2 Active
US9441938B1 Test structures for measuring near field transducer disc length Physics 1 Active
US9042052B1 Magnetic writer having a partially shunted coil Physics 0 Active

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