RJ

Robert E. Fontana, Jr.

IBM: 102 patents #541 of 70,183Top 1%
HG HGST: 41 patents #20 of 1,677Top 2%
HB Hgst Netherlands, B.V.: 2 patents #341 of 972Top 40%
HB Hitachi Global Technologies Netherlands B.V.: 1 patents #2 of 42Top 5%
TI Texas Instruments: 1 patents #7,357 of 12,488Top 60%
📍 San Jose, CA: #105 of 32,062 inventorsTop 1%
🗺 California: #1,014 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #6,386 of 4,157,543Top 1%
148
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Showing 76–100 of 148 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7043823 Method of manufacturing a current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive device with oxidized free layer side regions Jeffrey R. Childress, Elizabeth Dobisz, Kuok San Ho, Ching Hwa Tsang, Son V. Nguyen 2006-05-16
7016167 Spin valve transistor with stabilization and method for producing the same Jeffrey S. Lille 2006-03-21
6999277 Magnetic head having thermally assisted write head with heater element, and protective sacrificial layer Jeffrey S. Lille 2006-02-14
6972935 Current-in-plane magnetoresistive sensor with longitudinal biasing layer having a nonmagnetic oxide central region and method for fabrication of the sensor Elizabeth Dobisz, James L. Nix, Neil Smith 2005-12-06
6949200 Planar magnetic head and fabrication method therefor Richard Hsiao, Yuexing Zhao 2005-09-27
6950260 Thermally assisted magnetic recording system and method of writing using magnetic and thermal gradients Kevin R. Coffey, Jan-Ulrich Thiele 2005-09-27
6888705 High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS) Kuok San Ho, Tao Pan, Ching Hwa Tsang 2005-05-03
6870717 Semiconductor slider with an integral spin valve transistor structure and method for making same without a bonding step Jeffrey R. Childress, Jeffrey S. Lille 2005-03-22
6847510 Magnetic tunnel junction device with bottom free layer and improved underlayer Jeffrey R. Childress, Kuok San Ho, Ching Hwa Tsang 2005-01-25
6821715 Fully undercut resist systems using E-beam lithography for the fabrication of high resolution MR sensors Jordan Asher Katine, Jennifer Liu, Scott A. MacDonald, Michael J. Rooks, Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini 2004-11-23
6819527 Magnetic head with lower coil traces connected to integrally formed vertical interconnects and upper coil traces through plural insulating layer arrangement Frederick Dill, Richard Hsiao, Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini 2004-11-16
6778364 Current-in-plane magnetoresistive sensor with longitudinal biasing layer having a nonmagnetic oxide central region and method for fabrication of the sensor Elizabeth Dobisz, James L. Nix, Neil Smith 2004-08-17
6757144 Flux guide read head with in stack biased current perpendicular to the planes (CPP) sensor Kashmira J. Carey, Kuok San Ho, Tao Pan 2004-06-29
6680832 CPP magnetoresistive sensors with in-stack longitudinal biasing and overlapping magnetic shield Kuok San Ho, Jordan Asher Katine, Jeffrey S. Lille, Ching Hwa Tsang 2004-01-20
6671139 In-stack longitudinal bias structure for CIP spin valve sensors with bias layer electrically insulated from free layer Kashmira J. Carey, Jeffrey R. Childress, Kuok San Ho, Ching Hwa Tsang 2003-12-30
6631055 Tunnel valve flux guide structure formed by oxidation of pinned layer Jeffrey R. Childress, Kuok San Ho, Ching Hwa Tsang 2003-10-07
6609948 Method of making an electronic lapping guide (ELG) for lapping a read sensor Richard Hsiao 2003-08-26
6603623 Inductive magnetic recording head with impedance matching elements Prakash Kasiraj, Klaassen Berend Klaassen, Mason Williams 2003-08-05
6577476 Flux guide structure for a spin valve transistor which includes a slider body semiconductor layer Jeffrey R. Childress, Jeffrey S. Lille 2003-06-10
6466257 Method and tool for measurement of roll static attitude of sliders in a magnetic recording head stack assembly Eric Baugh, Myron D. Flickner, Stephen A. O. Olson, Gurinder Singh 2002-10-15
6452761 Magneto-resistive and spin-valve sensor gap with reduced thickness and high thermal conductivity Matthew J. Carey, Jeffrey R. Childress, Bruce Alvin Gurney, Stuart Stephen Papworth-Parkin, Ren Xu 2002-09-17
6440639 High-aspect ratio resist development using safe-solvent mixtures of alcohol and water Jordan Asher Katine, Ernst Kratschmer, Michael J. Rooks, Ching Hwa Tsang, Raman Viswanathan 2002-08-27
6377423 Planar stitched write head having write coil insulated with inorganic insulation Frederick Dill, Richard Hsiao, Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini 2002-04-23
6344949 Flying height adjustment for air bearing sliders Thomas R. Albrecht, Prakash Kasiraj, Erno H. Klaassen, Robert N. Payne, Timothy C. Reiley 2002-02-05
6338939 Embedded dual coil fabrication process Thomas Carl Clarke, Richard Hsiao, Eric James Lee, Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini 2002-01-15