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Examiner: Olson, Jason


Primary examiner statistics: 84 patents; average approval time: 84 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 276 patents; average approval time: 978 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8184392 Calibrating servos
8184390 Data pattern dependent amplitude adjustment
8184104 Multiply tasked touchpad remote control
8179626 Adaptive shock detection
8179380 Method and apparatus for implementing a capacitive touch slider
8174786 Equalization and detection
8174465 Stereoscopic image display apparatus
8174785 Method and apparatus for detecting rapid off track following and ...
8169729 Magnetic recording/reproducing using a patterned medium
8159769 Heat-assisted magnetic recording with shaped magnetic and thermal...
8159465 Zooming techniques for touch screens
8154534 Detection of an incident light distribution
8154811 Measuring reader/writer offset in a tape drive head
8139300 Magnetic recording medium evaluation apparatus and evaluation met...
8134792 Preamplifier and method for synchronization with bit patterned me...
8134796 Embedded track information for patterned media
8130459 Converting timing errors into symbol errors to handle write mis-s...
8130461 Systems and methods for compensating for crosstalk between nearby...
8125474 Display device
8120568 Source driver structure for display and output control circuit th...
8116022 Magnetic recording apparatus, magnetic recording medium, and meth...
8115745 Apparatus and method for interactive display with tactile feedbac...
8116021 Synchronized rewriting of data
8111473 Method to evaluate a data storage device using magnetic spacing l...
8102614 Storage system, related data processing apparatus, and I/O method
8094397 System, method, and computer program product for characterizing m...
8094404 Propagation self servo write system and method for storage device...
8085486 Method for interfacing non-volatile medium control system compone...
8077415 Preamp circuit including a loopback mode for data storage devices
8077425 Magnetic disk apparatus and information reproducing method
8068304 Calibrating servos
8068301 Magnetic media formed by a thin film planar arbitrary gap pattern...
8068302 Method of formatting magnetic media using a thin film planar arbi...
8068300 Thin film planar arbitrary gap pattern magnetic head
8064157 Burst patterns for magnetic disks and magnetic disk devices
8059350 Patterned magnetic recording disk with patterned servo sectors ha...
8054571 Thermally assisted magnetic recording head and magnetic recording...
8054570 Recording head and data recording and reproducing apparatus
8054572 Data storage drive overwrite protection of non-worm cartridges
8035911 Cartridge drive diagnostic tools

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7457069 Magnetic disk drive with flying height control, control method, a...
7457067 Method of controlling a recording current, and magnetic disk devi...
7457066 Method and apparatus for phase-shift null-burst-pattern
7457071 Locating an initial servo track in order to servo write a disk dr...
7457077 Method and apparatus for optimally write reordering
7450332 Free-fall detection device and free-fall protection system for a ...
7440218 Charge remover for magnetic disk
7436617 Controller, state estimator and methods for use therewith
7375923 High speed and high capacity data storage array
7375910 Data storage cartridge having a plurality of cartridge memories
7372658 Correction table creation method for head position control, head ...
7365932 Disk drive comprising an optical sensor for vibration mode compen...
7362534 System for detecting a change in head-to-disk contact status in a...
7362527 Method and apparatus for retrieving data
7359138 Method of feedback control for active damping of slider air beari...
7359132 Equalization preamble region in digital data storage (DDS) format
7359134 Data save processing method for disk storage device and disk stor...
7359139 Detecting fly height of a head over a storage medium
7349168 Data storage medium library, data storage medium magazine, host d...
7345842 Method and system for optimized servo track writing motor current...
7336434 Predictive failure analysis of thermal flying height control syst...
7333282 Data storage device and data storage device control method
7330330 Systems for self-servowriting in multiple portions with multiple ...
7330331 Repeatable runout estimation in a noisy position error signal env...
7330327 Servo writing a disk drive by writing discontinuous spiral tracks...
7324299 Disk drive that positions a head at multiple head-to-disk spacing...
7321476 Method and system for determining contact potential in a hard dis...
7317590 Fly on demand in situ clearance measurement concept in hard disk ...
7312942 Mobile communication terminal and method of reducing power consum...
7312945 Techniques for adjusting for actuator non-linearities in a data s...
7310197 Simultaneous measurement of contact potential and slider body cle...
7310198 Measurement of slider body clearance in a magnetic disk drive usi...
7310195 System and method for adjusting head-to-disk spacing in a disk dr...
7301721 Falling sensor and the information processing device making use o...
7301715 Preamplifier fly height control (FHC) driver and sensing circuit
7301722 Wave torque retract of disk drive actuator
7298574 Servo writing a disk drive using correction values that attenuate...
7298566 Data storage device and control method therefor involving flying ...
7295395 Sensing a prior transducer position by a motion pattern
7292402 Systems and methods for multipass servowriting with a null burst ...
 
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