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Michael C. McGrath — 26 Patents

HIHayes Lemmerz International: 5 patents #22 of 187Top 15%
ASAvatar Systems: 5 patents #1 of 13Top 8%
HIHayes Wheels International: 4 patents #3 of 32Top 10%
IHIo-Mega Holding: 4 patents #62 of 308Top 25%
MAMaxtor: 3 patents #132 of 656Top 25%
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 1 patents #13,641 of 21,451Top 65%
STSeagate Technology: 1 patents #2,962 of 4,722Top 65%
Maplewood, MN: #28 of 510 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #2,446 of 52,454 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Michael C. McGrath has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Avatar Systems. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in August 2019. Michael C. McGrath ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Michael C. McGrath in Maplewood, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1997.peak 41994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1996: 3 patents19961997: 4 patents1998: 4 patents19981999: 1 patents2000: 3 patents20002001: 2 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 2 patents20072009: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10385973 Self-healing mate line for modular paneling 2019-08-20
8270119 Disk drive having reduced magnetic flux leakage 2012-09-18
7576953 Disk drive latch with external coil 2009-08-18 $21,155,000
7222411 Method of interconnecting a load/unload ramp assembly with a base plate of a disk drive 2007-05-29
7203019 Latch apparatus for latching an actuator arm assembly in a disk drive Yanning Liu, Yanchu Xu, David M. Tung, Mark Heimbaugh 2007-04-10
7008195 Compressor spring locator Stephen McGrath 2006-03-07
6927943 Attachment method and apparatus for load/unload ramp of a dynamic load disk drive 2005-08-09 $20,088,000
6315367 Light weight cast wheel and apparatus for casting same Garth Lawrence, John D. Nitz, Douglas P. Mason, Romulo A. Prieto 2001-11-13 $323,000
6268982 Combination load ramp and unlatching mechanism for a removable disk cartridge James D. Fahey, David Taylor 2001-07-31 $7,660,000
6137771 Shutterless data recording cartridge and drive for using same James D. Fahey, David Taylor 2000-10-24 $5,638,000
6088191 Disk hub for a removable cartridge and spindle motor for using same James D. Fahey, David Taylor 2000-07-11 $17,810,000
6039410 Electronic trailer brake controller Charles L. Robertson, Michael A. Hedding 2000-03-21 $5,229,000
5949147 Short circuit safety audible monitor Michael A. Hedding, Charles L. Robertson 1999-09-07 $2,702,000
5800025 Electronic trailer brake controller with sleep mode Wayne M. Groleau, Michael A. Hedding, Brian Stockford, David R. Sullivan 1998-09-01 $5,822,000
5798888 Disk hub for a removable cartridge and spindle motor for using same James D. Fahey, David Taylor 1998-08-25 $18,609,000
5785393 Electronic trailer brake controller with pendulum zero adjust Wayne M. Groleau, Michael A. Hedding, Brian Stockford, David R. Sullivan 1998-07-28
5782542 Electronic trailer brake controller with remote manual control Wayne M. Groleau, Michael A. Hedding, Brian Stockford, David R. Sullivan 1998-07-21 $8,771,000
D379798 Remote manual switch Matthew J. Knox 1997-06-10
5636095 Removable disk to drive engagement Joseph C. Cardona, Dan Cautis 1997-06-03
5620236 Electronic trailer brake controller Wayne M. Groleau, Michael A. Hedding, Brian Stockford, David R. Sullivan 1997-04-15
5615930 Electronic trailer brake controller Michael A. Hedding 1997-04-01
5535081 Immobilizer for a data storage disk in a cartridge using an overcenter spring Kenneth Nelson, Timothy O. Avery 1996-07-09
5513055 Motor support assembly for a disk drive 1996-04-30
5481420 Data storage device with removable cartridge having shutter unlocking and disk unrestraining arrangements Joseph C. Cardona 1996-01-02
D364858 Disk cartridge Joseph C. Cardona 1995-12-05