Stan Shepherd
12Patents
9h-index
26Co-inventors
64Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 8, 2001 → May 18, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6738205B1 | Self-writing of servo patterns in disk drives | Physics | 183 | Expired |
| US7088533B1 | Method of self-servo writing in a disk drive using a spiral pattern | Physics | 81 | Expired |
| US7375918B1 | Method of self-servo writing in a disk drive using multiple timing windows | Physics | 67 | Active |
| US7551387B2 | Servo writing with offset compensation for prewritten reference | Physics | 25 | Active |
| US7414809B2 | Servo writing using radially overlapped servo segments | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US7728539B2 | Methods and apparatuses for measuring VCM BEMF at a VCM control update rate | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US7619846B2 | Self-servo writing using staged patterning | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US7561359B1 | Spiral servo patterns with absolute reference point | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7145745B1 | Multi-stage actuator disk drives, methods, and computer program products that compensate for repeatable runout based on estimated secondary actuator position | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7729076B2 | Angularly spaced spiral erase for media | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7304818B2 | Preconditioning an elastomeric stop member for use as a reference position | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8767337B2 | Disk-synchronized loading/unloading of magnetic head | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.