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Daniel Rugar — 22 Patents

IBM: 20 patents #5,465 of 70,183Top 8%
Stanford University: 3 patents #905 of 5,197Top 20%
Palo Alto, CA: #1,121 of 9,675 inventorsTop 15%
California: #25,951 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Daniel Rugar has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in December 2024. Daniel Rugar ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Daniel Rugar in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1992.peak 31986: 1 patents19861988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents1991: 2 patents19911992: 3 patents1993: 1 patents19931996: 3 patents1998: 3 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002002: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12185644 Quantum circuit with trench capacitor Li-Wen Hung, Elbert E. Huang, Harry Jonathon Mamin, Martin O. Sandberg, Joseph Finley 2024-12-31 $22,533,000
8164333 Magnetic resonance force detection apparatus and associated methods Harry Jonathon Mamin, Tjerk Hendrik Oosterkamp 2012-04-24 $8,319,000
6489776 Non-contact mechanical resonance method for determining the near surface carrier mobility in conductors Timothy Stowe, Thomas Kenny 2002-12-03 $15,579,000
6055220 Optical disk data storage system with improved solid immersion lens Harry Jonathon Mamin, Bruce David Terris 2000-04-25 $26,364,000
5856617 Atomic force microscope system with cantilever having unbiased spin valve magnetoresistive strain gauge Bruce Alvin Gurney, Harry Jonathon Mamin, Virgil S. Speriosu 1999-01-05 $44,477,000
5856967 Atomic force microscopy data storage system with tracking servo from lateral force-sensing cantilever Harry Jonathon Mamin, Benjamin W. Chui, Thomas Kenny 1999-01-05 $44,477,000
5822285 Atomic force microscopy disk data storage system with nonradial tracking lines Bruce David Terris 1998-10-13 $13,371,000
5804710 Atomic force microscope system with multi-directional voice coil actuator for controlling the stylus Harry Jonathon Mamin, Bruce David Terris 1998-09-08 $9,023,000
5729026 Atomic force microscope system with angled cantilever having integral in-plane tip Harry Jonathon Mamin, Robert Ried, Bruce David Terris 1998-03-17 $18,535,000
5537372 High density data storage system with topographic contact sensor Thomas R. Albrecht, Harry Jonathon Mamin 1996-07-16 $6,072,000
5535187 High capacity run-length-limited coding system employing asymmetric and even-spaced codes Constantin Michael Melas, Pantas Sutardja, Roger William Wood 1996-07-09 $6,020,000
5497359 Optical disk data storage system with radiation-transparent air-bearing slider Harry Jonathon Mamin, Bruce David Terris 1996-03-05 $15,621,000
5266896 Mechanical detection and imaging of magnetic resonance by magnetic moment modulation John A. Sidles, Costantino S. Yannoni 1993-11-30 $8,625,000
5173694 Binary data encoding and decoding using a rate 2/5 (2,18,2) code Robert T. Lynch, Todd C. Weigandt 1992-12-22 $13,419,000
5122663 Compact, integrated electron beam imaging system Tai-Hon Philip Chang, Harry Jonathon Mamin 1992-06-16 $19,901,000
5084783 Focus-error detection using prism-enhanced spot size monitoring Anthony G. Dewey, Wilfried Lenth 1992-01-28 $23,396,000
5043578 Writing atomic scale features with fine tip as source of deposited atoms Peter Güthner, Harry Jonathon Mamin 1991-08-27 $9,455,000
5017010 High sensitivity position sensor and method Harry Jonathon Mamin 1991-05-21 $24,582,000
4916688 Data storage method using state transformable materials John S. Foster, Kurt A. Rubin 1990-04-10 $9,309,000
4872078 Method and apparatus for encoding and direct overwriting of magneto-optic data Ulrich Gerber 1989-10-03 $18,174,000
4760565 High speed track access for optical disks using acousto-optic deflector Victor B. Jipson 1988-07-26 $27,796,000
4567767 Method and apparatus for very low temperature acoustic microscopy Clavin F. Quate, John S. Foster 1986-02-04