Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Xiaoping Bian

31Patents
8h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 30, 1997 → Mar 15, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6143388A Thin film disk with onset layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US6077586A Laminated thin film disk for longitudinal recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5789056A Thin film magnetic disk with chromium-titanium seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6174582A Thin film magnetic disk having reactive element doped refractory metal seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US7638210B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with exchange-coupled magnetic layers and improved coupling layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8168310B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording media with oxide-containing exchange coupling layer Physics 8 Active
US6872478B2 Magnetic thin film media with a pre-seed layer of CrTiAl Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6572989B2 Thin film magnetic recording disk with a chromium-nickel pre-seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6187408A Thin film magnetic disk with CoPtCrB layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6607842B2 Containing an AITa or AITi pre-seed layer, a CoCr onset layer and a CoCrPtB magnetic layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6846543B2 Thin film magnetic recording disk with ruthenium-aluminum layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7300713B2 Magnetic thin film media with an underlayer of CrMoZr, CrMoNb or CrMoMn Physics 5 Expired
US8721903B2 Method for planarizing a perpendicular magnetic recording disk for thermally-assisted recording (TAR) Physics 5 Active
US6593009B2 Magnetic thin film media with a pre-seed layer of CrTi Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6586116B1 Nonmetallic thin film magnetic recording disk with pre-seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7736767B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording medium having an interlayer formed from a NiWCr alloy Physics 4 Active
US6599642B2 High anisotropy alloy for thin film disk Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6596409B2 Onset layer for thin film disk with CoPtCrB alloy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7419730B2 Magnetic recording disk with antiferromagnetically coupled master layer including copper Physics 2 Expired
US6858331B1 Magnetic thin film media with a bi-layer structure of CrTi/Nip Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9852749B2 Near field transducer having an adhesion layer coupled thereto Physics 2 Active
US6413608B1 Seed layer and underlayer with high and low oxygen concentration portions for hand disk magnetic recording medium on a glass substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6852430B2 Magnetic thin film media with a pre-seed layer of CrTi Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9633677B2 Near field transducer having an adhesion layer coupled thereto Physics 1 Active
US8747628B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording media with oxide-containing exchange coupling layer Physics 1 Active

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