HZ

Howard Gordon Zolla

HG HGST: 28 patents #46 of 1,677Top 3%
IBM: 10 patents #10,888 of 70,183Top 20%
HB Hgst Netherlands, B.V.: 5 patents #155 of 972Top 20%
WT Western Digital Technologies: 3 patents #968 of 3,180Top 35%
SO Solopower: 1 patents #10 of 19Top 55%
📍 San Jose, CA: #1,070 of 32,062 inventorsTop 4%
🗺 California: #8,766 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #60,323 of 4,157,543Top 2%
47
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 47 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12183372 System controlled RF signal source architecture with transducer near pole-tip for microwave assisted magnetic recording John Contreras, Yunfei Ding, Joey M. Poss 2024-12-31
12094499 Cap layer able to be reactive ion etched for RSB DFL read elements Rong Cao 2024-09-17
9837106 Two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) disk drive with multiple sensors and circuitry for selection of an active pair of associated amplifiers John Contreras 2017-12-05
9373344 Two side by side MIMO read sensors fabricated by self-aligned processing Patrick M. Braganca, Jordan Asher Katine, Neil Leslie Robertson 2016-06-21
9299370 MIMO read head with soft bias and split shield Sharat Batra, Neil Smith, Petrus Antonius Van Der Heijden 2016-03-29
9218831 Side-by-side magnetic multi-input multi-output (MIMO) read head Patrick M. Braganca, Jordan Asher Katine, Hsin-wei Tseng 2015-12-22
9042059 Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor structure with multiple stacked sensors and improved center shield Jordan Asher Katine, Stefan Maat, Neil Smith, Alexander M. Zeltser 2015-05-26
8323408 Methods and apparatus to provide group VIA materials to reactors for group IBIIIAVIA film formation Douglas W. Young, Bulent M. Basol 2012-12-04
8222087 Seed layer for a heat spreader in a magnetic recording head James Mac Freitag 2012-07-17
8045299 Method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors Robert E. Fontana, Jr. 2011-10-25
7839607 Method to reduce corner shunting during fabrication of CPP read heads Robert E. Fontana, Jr., Ying Hong, Wipul Pemsiri Jayasekara 2010-11-23
7742258 Magnetic transducer with milling mask Tsung-Yuan Chen, David Druist, Quang Le, Kim Y. Lee, Chun-Ming Wang 2010-06-22
7712207 Method of manufacturing a wrap around shield for a perpendicular write pole using a laminated mask with an endpoint detection layer Aron Pentek, Yi Zheng 2010-05-11
7649712 Self aligned wrap around shield for perpendicular magnetic recording Quang Le, Nian-Xiang Sun 2010-01-19
7627942 Method for using CVD process to encapsulate coil in a magnetic write head Richard Hsiao, Wipul Pemsiri Jayasekara 2009-12-08
7623319 Electrical connection structure for magnetic heads and method for making the same Mustafa Pinarbasi 2009-11-24
7574791 Method to fabricate side shields for a magnetic sensor Satoru Araki, Robert Beach, Marie-Claire Cyrille, Wipul Pemsiri Jayasekara, Quang Le +2 more 2009-08-18
7565732 Method of manufacturing a write pole Quang Le, Nian-Xiang Sun 2009-07-28
7545608 Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with impedance adjustment Satoru Araki, John Contreras, Klaas B. Klaassen, Ramona Marie Patterson, David J. Seagle 2009-06-09
7530158 CPP read sensor fabrication using heat resistant photomask Satoru Araki, Robert Beach, Ying Hong, Thomas L. Leong, Timothy J. Minvielle 2009-05-12
7506429 Method of constructing a magnetic sensor Edward Hin Pong Lee, Kim Y. Lee, Tsann Lin, Chun-Ming Wang 2009-03-24
7449790 Methods and systems of enhancing stepper alignment signals and metrology alignment target signals Yi Zheng, Nian-Xiang Sun, Hamid Balamane 2008-11-11
7375931 Magnetic recording head with ESD shunt trace Wipul Pemsiri Jayasekara 2008-05-20
7365408 Structure for photolithographic applications using a multi-layer anti-reflection coating James B. Kruger, Clint D. Snyder, Patrick Rush Webb 2008-04-29
7362543 Magnetoresistive/inductive write head assembly formed with seed layers having a uniform thickness Richard Hsiao, Quang Le, Paul P. Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen, Mustafa Pinarbasi +1 more 2008-04-22