Thomas Roy Boonstra
21Patents
5h-index
35Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 2, 1998 → Feb 21, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8786987B2 | Biased two dimensional magnetic sensor | Physics | 28 | Active |
| US8400738B2 | Magnetic element with dual magnetic moments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Active |
| US6121156A | Contact monitor, method of forming same and method of analyzing contact-, via-and/or trench-forming processes in an integrated circuit | Electricity | 19 | Expired |
| US9406321B2 | Read head with multiple reader stacks | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US6518591B1 | Contact monitor, method of forming same and method of analizing contact-, via- and/or trench-forming processes in an integrated circuit | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US9934798B1 | Lateral spin valve reader with vertically-integrated two-dimensional semiconducting channel | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8191238B2 | Method for forming a magnetic writer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US9812157B1 | Lateral spin valve reader and fabrication method thereof | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8705212B2 | Magnetic element with enhanced coupling portion | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US9489967B2 | Method and apparatus for aligning a laser diode on a slider | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US9218823B2 | Read head with multiple reader stacks | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9165574B2 | Magnetic element with dual magnetic moments | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US10446176B1 | Lateral spin valve reader with vertically-integrated two-dimensional semiconducting channel | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US9704515B2 | Lateral spin valve reader with in-plane detector | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US8896971B2 | Aligned magnetic insulating feature | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US9065236B2 | Method and apparatus for aligning a laser diode on a slider | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9672849B2 | Multiple reader stacks disposed in close proximity | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US8771847B2 | Reader stop-layers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US9058823B2 | Protected transducer for dead layer reduction | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US7027270B2 | Spin valve sensor for high areal density applications | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US9542961B2 | Magnetoresistive sensor with stop-layers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.