Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Thomas P. Nolan

57Patents
8h-index
75Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 22, 1991 → Jan 23, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.