Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Patrick Rush Webb

31Patents
7h-index
37Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 2000 → Nov 10, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6862798B2 Method of making a narrow pole tip by ion beam deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6306266A Method of making a top spin valve sensor with an in-situ formed seed layer structure for improving sensor performance Physics 23 Expired
US7079355B2 Magnetic transducer with a write head having a multi-layer coil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6744607B2 Exchange biased self-pinned spin valve sensor with recessed overlaid leads Physics 16 Expired
US6804879B2 Method of fabricating a magnetic transducer with a write head having a multi-layer coil Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6437950B1 Top spin valve sensor that has an iridium manganese (IrMn) pinning layer and an iridium manganese oxide (IrMnO) seed layer Physics 10 Expired
US7380332B2 Magnetic head coil system and damascene/reactive ion etching method for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7212380B2 Magnetic write head with recessed overcoat Physics 7 Expired
US7097923B2 Method for forming thin film heads using a tri-layer anti-reflection coating for photolithographic applications and a structure thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6996894B2 Methods of making magnetic heads with improved contiguous junctions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7631417B2 Use of anti-reflective seed layers for the fabrication of perpendicular thin film heads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US6859998B2 Method of fabricating a narrow projection such as a write pole extending from a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6621660B2 Thin film magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6901653B2 Process for manufacturing a magnetic head coil structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6948231B2 Method of depositing material into high aspect ratio features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7085111B2 Low resistance antiparallel tab magnetoresistive sensor Physics 3 Expired
US7362543B2 Magnetoresistive/inductive write head assembly formed with seed layers having a uniform thickness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6785101B2 Overlaid lead giant magnetoresistive head with side reading reduction Physics 2 Expired
US7149062B2 Spin valve structure with Si seed layer and reduced PtMn antiferromagnetic layer thickness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7536777B2 Use of metal capped seed layers for the fabrication of perpendicular thin film heads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7355813B2 Method of fabricating a narrow projection such as a write pole extending from a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6927940B2 Method for seed layer removal for magnetic heads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7313858B2 Method for manufacturing a magnetic head coil structure and/or pole tip structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US6878240B2 Apparatus and method for obtaining symmetrical junctions between a read sensor and hard bias layers Electricity 1 Expired
US7228618B2 Method for fabricating a magnetic head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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