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Examiner: Evans, Jefferson


Primary examiner statistics: 1217 patents; average approval time: 1216 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 259 patents; average approval time: 781 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8116043 Method and system for providing a magnetic transducer having an i...
8116037 Disk drive including head-slider configured to suppress lubricant...
8107191 Perpendicular magnetic recording head having a coil enclosing a s...
8102617 Method for transporting a tape cartridge within a tape library st...
8094418 Vertically stacked DFH heater design for protrusion shape control
8085506 Disk drive gimbal having a stable pitch static attitude and relat...
8085509 Write head with common mode termination resistor
8085512 CPP-type magnetoresistance effect element having a pair of free l...
8081403 Magnetic element having a smaller critical dimension of the free ...
8081404 Magnetoresistive element including an amorphous reference layer, ...
8081398 Thin-film magnetic head having function of adjusting closure heig...
8077436 CPP-type magnetoresistance effect element having three magnetic l...
8072705 Method and system for providing a magnetic writer using a BARC
8068317 Magnetic tunnel transistor with high magnetocurrent
8068312 Perpendicular magnetic write head with stitched notched trailing ...
8064168 Head stack assembly with flexure tail retention features
8054577 Tape roller guide with integral recording head
8054585 Gimbal with assymmetric dynamic stiffness
8054582 Air bearing at opposite side of linear tape to support tape into ...
8049994 Air bearing slider-disk interface for single-sided recording on a...
8045290 Tape head layout having offset read and write element arrays
8045292 Perpendicular magnetic recording head with the return yoke layer ...
8045296 Aligned coverlay and metal layer windows for integrated lead susp...
8035920 Perpendicular magnetic recording head having coil portions above ...
8031441 CPP device with an enhanced dR/R ratio
8027122 Dual sided tape storage device and dual sided tape drive
8023233 Tunneling magnetic sensing element including free magnetic layer ...
8023224 Apparatus to prevent sticking of spindle motor and hard disk driv...
8018688 Head stack assembly with spacers to partition drive arms
8018680 Vertical magnetic recording head device with the return yoke laye...
8018690 CPP magnetic recording head with self-stabilizing vortex configur...
8014102 Data storage tape for minimized damage
8009388 Method for increasing storage capacity and a transducer configura...
8009385 High density array system with active movable media drawers
7995307 Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with trailing shield ...
7990659 Magnetic head with protective films
7990652 Perpendicular magnetic write head with stepped write pole for red...
7986493 Discrete track magnetic media with domain wall pinning sites
7983010 Perpendicular magnetic recording head and perpendicular magnetic ...
7978443 Tunnel magnetoresistive effect element having a tunnel barrier la...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5652683 Magnetic tape cartridge drive with automatic loading
5627700 Floating type magnetic head having flush rear reference surface
5617274 Low profile integral flexure for closely packed disks in a disk d...
5557490 Method of manufacturing an actuator arm with a steel sleeve for t...
5546253 Digitial output magnetoresistive (DOMR) head and methods associat...
5546249 Tape loading apparatus with loading post driving device
5541789 Magnetic recording apparatus with magnetic head on slider having ...
5541787 Head disc assembly with printed circuit cable connector adapted f...
5541796 Cassette case board and release part for recording medium cassett...
5539592 System and method for monitoring friction between head and disk t...
5539600 Write protection for memory diskettes
5539599 Fastener for flexible disk cartridges
5539598 Electrostatic protection for a shielded MR sensor
5535077 Magnetoresistive head having magnetically balanced magnetoresisti...
5535080 Magnetic head connecting structure having temporarily retaining p...
5532892 Soft adjacent layer biased magnetoresistive device incorporating ...
5532889 Winchester drive card including an actuator arm body, actuator ar...
5528434 Disc clamp with integrated stiffener for hard disc drives
5523906 Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having mechanism for causi...
5523912 Magnetic head positioner for magnetic disk apparatus which can pr...
5521779 Rotary magnetic head apparatus which includes a device for electr...
5519555 Magnetic head including PbO-V2 O5 -P2<...
5519556 Magnetic head having separate fusion glass and laminating glass w...
5517375 Apparatus for coupling a spindle shaft to a cover plate of a hard...
5513057 Magnetic head with wear resistant layer having alignment mark, an...
5506736 Memory arrangement for tape cassettes used in recording and/or ...
5502607 Recording or reproducing apparatus
5502606 Rotary magnetic head device having plural magnetic heads which ar...
5497279 Tape cartridge and recording reproduction apparatus for the tape ...
5493467 Yoke spin valve MR read head
5493466 Composite thin film recording/reproducing head with MR reproducin...
5490019 Magnetic tape driving system having rotating member with increase...
5490028 Thin film magnetic head including an integral layered shield stru...
5490021 Support device with a uniformly sealing locking-piece, and data s...
5490029 Compliant tape guide for data cartridges
5488527 Magnetic head including a magnetic recording medium slide surface...
5488524 Self adaptive head for semi-contact recording
5486965 Rotary information recording/reproducing apparatus carriage actua...
5485334 Magnetoresistive device and method having improved Barkhausen noi...
5485326 Compact cassette recorder capable of loading digital or analogue ...
 
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