Thomas P. Nolan
57Patents
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75Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 22, 1991 → Jan 23, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7384699B2 | Magnetic recording media with tuned exchange coupling and method for fabricating same | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US7282278B1 | Tilted recording media with L10 magnetic layer | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US7175925B2 | Perpendicular magnetic recording media with improved crystallographic orientations and method of manufacturing same | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US8507114B2 | Recording layer for heat assisted magnetic recording | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US8119263B2 | Tuning exchange coupling in magnetic recording media | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US7211340B2 | Thin film structures providing strong basal plane growth orientation and magnetic recording media comprising same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US8685547B2 | Magnetic recording media with enhanced writability and thermal stability | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7314675B1 | Magnetic media with high Ms magnetic layer | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US7531248B1 | Perpendicular recording magnetic media having a granular magnetic recording layer and an amorphous soft underlayer | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US9697857B1 | Three dimensional data storage media | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US9779771B1 | Capping layer for magnetic recording stack | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US8709619B2 | Low-coupling oxide media (LCOM) | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9520151B2 | Multiple layer FePt structure | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Active |
| US7033685B2 | High coercivity perpendicular magnetic recording media on polymer substrates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US9779770B1 | 3DMR media with multiple write field levels | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7279240B2 | Laminated perpendicular magnetic recording media with uncorrelated grains | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7247396B2 | Highly oriented perpendicular magnetic recording media | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US9142240B2 | Apparatus including a perpendicular magnetic recording layer having a convex magnetic anisotropy profile | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US10636444B2 | Heat assisted magnetic recording with exchange coupling control layer | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US5105196A | Loran-C alignment method | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US9502065B1 | Data media with tuned thermal conductivity and magnetic permeability | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7867637B2 | Low coupling oxide media (LCOM) | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9799362B1 | Three dimensional data storage medium with a tuned recording layer | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9734857B2 | Stack including a magnetic zero layer | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9443544B1 | Recording layer for heat assisted magnetic recording | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.