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Robert J. Youngquist — 20 Patents

3M: 12 patents #1,322 of 11,543Top 15%
IMImation: 8 patents #30 of 622Top 5%
White Bear Lake, MN: #31 of 561 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #3,552 of 52,454 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Robert J. Youngquist has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in December 2001. Robert J. Youngquist ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Robert J. Youngquist in White Bear Lake, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6330123 Head assembly having a single pass servo writer Theodore A. Schwarz, Hung T. Tran 2001-12-11 $2,347,000
6134070 Encoded servo track configurations, servo writer and systems/method regarding same Hung T. Tran, Theodore A. Schwarz, Alan R. Olson, Richard W. Molstad, Gary D. Moeller +2 more 2000-10-17 $7,342,000
6091565 Head assembly having a single pass servo writer Theodore A. Schwarz, Hung T. Tran 2000-07-18 $11,745,000
6025967 Method of identifying magnetic tape characteristics Leroy A. Kuta, Michael J. Kelly 2000-02-15 $10,884,000
5946156 Tape servo system and methods, write/read heads, and servo track configurations regarding same Theodore A. Schwarz, Hung T. Tran 1999-08-31 $2,937,000
5675448 Track pitch error compensation system for data cartridge tape drives Richard W. Molstad, Bennett G. Dy 1997-10-07 $4,889,000
5661616 Track servo control method for data cartridge tape drives Hung T. Tran, George Chavez 1997-08-26 $11,185,000
5572378 Direct file access system for magnetic tape Theodore A. Schwarz, Robert E. Wolff 1996-11-05 $6,197,000
5450257 Head-tape alignment system and method Hung T. Tran, James S. Anderson, Christopher L. Hill, Durkee B. Richards 1995-09-12 $12,025,000
5434732 Balanced cantilevered head positioning mechanism for multitrack tape recorder Theodore A. Schwarz, Durkee B. Richards 1995-07-18 $10,779,000
5426543 Servo positioning system for magnetic recording media Bennett G. Dy, Richard W. Molstad 1995-06-20 $21,234,000
5390054 Method and system for minimizing the error rate of a digital recording system by predicting the optimal bias current Theodore A. Schwarz, Richard W. Molstad, Tim T. Ngo 1995-02-14 $6,976,000
5339202 Method and apparatus for amplitude compensated write equalization John E. Heinz, Michael E. Hamerly, Richard W. Molstad, Theodore A. Schwarz 1994-08-16 $7,771,000
5280402 Combined stepper motor and voice coil head positioning apparatus James S. Anderson, Noel L. Allen, Durkee B. Richards, Theodore A. Schwarz, Robert W. Tapani +1 more 1994-01-18 $14,639,000
5229895 Multi-track servo recording head assembly Theodore A. Schwarz 1993-07-20 $9,490,000
5008765 Method and apparatus for reading or writing on tape using a servo positioned multiple channel head 1991-04-16 $13,341,000
4791643 Single track orthogonal error correction system Richard W. Molstad 1988-12-13 $15,585,000
4473818 Bipolar digital to analog converter 1984-09-25 $10,175,000
4351007 Editor for combining digitally recorded audio signals 1982-09-21 $7,148,000
4292684 Format for digital tape recorder Michael J. Kelly 1981-09-29 $3,407,000