Inventor · Pittsburgh, PA, US

William C. Messner

9Patents
4h-index
15Co-inventors
54Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 18, 1998 → Jan 30, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6754016B2 Frequency modulation pattern for disk drive assemblies Physics 35 Expired
US6480323B1 Two-dimensional beam scanner Physics 11 Expired
US8695618B2 3D chemical pattern control in 2D fluidics devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7948708B2 Simultaneous bit pattern determination and head positional information detection on patterned media Physics 6 Active
US9170267B2 Fluid-pressure regulator and related methods and systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8289659B1 Systems and methods for magnetic head element translation Physics 2 Active
US8243397B2 Micromachined electrothermal rotary actuator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9625918B2 Fluid-pressure regulation systems and software Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11099210B2 Feedback correction in sub-resonant tapping mode of an atomic force microscope Physics 0 Active

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