Inventor · Boulder, CO, US

Robert Dale Murphy

24Patents
12h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 28, 1989 → Apr 13, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5189571A Adaptive settle time minimization for a hard disk drive Physics 35 Expired
US6304398A Dual modulo gray code positioning system Physics 30 Expired
USD544041S1 Bag toss game target assembly General 23 Expired
US6520222B2 Fuel dispensing nozzle having a dripless spout Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US7237777B2 Bag toss game target assemblies Human Necessities 22 Expired
US5132855A Adaptive velocity profile selection based on torque constant measurement Physics 22 Expired
US6785075B2 Self-writing servo and clock fields on a recording medium Physics 22 Expired
US5835300A Dynamic compensation of servo burst measurement offsets in a disc drive Physics 21 Expired
US9213646B1 Cache data value tracking Physics 18 Active
US6724558B2 Servo writing in a disc drive with substantially identical heads having read and write elements in a radial offset position Physics 16 Expired
US6590427B2 Phase frequency detector circuit having reduced dead band Electricity 15 Expired
US8327076B2 Systems and methods of tiered caching Physics 13 Active
US6611391B1 Variable format timing runout compensation Physics 12 Expired
US6421199B1 Method and apparatus for minimizing once per revolution positional errors in a disc drive Physics 12 Expired
US5249254A Hard disc drive for use in a multiple drive data storage system and method of operation Physics 11 Expired
US6590735B1 Continuously adaptive seek deceleration profiling Physics 4 Expired
US9207947B1 Fast boot in hybrid drives Physics 3 Active
US10528116B2 Fast resume from hibernate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6414814B1 Method and apparatus for minimizing once per revolution positional errors in single disc servo track writing Physics 2 Expired
US9282277B2 Storage device and controller to selectively activate a storage media Electricity 1 Active
US9436408B2 Direct hinting for a memory device Physics 1 Active
US11005825B2 Sensor nodes and host forming a tiered ecosystem that uses public and private data for duplication Electricity 0 Active
US9946479B2 Direct hinting for a memory device Physics 0 Active
US11924173B2 Sensor nodes and host forming a tiered ecosystem that uses public and private data for duplication Electricity 0 Active

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