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Wayne Isami Imaino — 81 Patents

IBM: 75 patents #933 of 70,183Top 2%
HGHGST: 4 patents #440 of 1,677Top 30%
Globalfoundries: 2 patents #1,397 of 4,424Top 35%
San Jose, CA: #395 of 32,062 inventorsTop 2%
California: #3,334 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #22,169 of 4,157,543Top 1%
81 Patents All Time

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Showing 26–50 of 81 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8542460 Head for tape drive with transversely varying contour Robert G. Biskeborn, Calvin S. Lo, Gary M. McClelland 2013-09-24
8488275 High areal density tape format and head Robert G. Biskeborn 2013-07-16
8446119 Controlling an electric motor by dynamic switching Allen Keith Bates, Nhan X. Bui, Reed A. Hancock, Daniel J. Winarski 2013-05-21
8416537 Recording head with tilted orientation David Berman, Robert G. Biskeborn, Michel Despont, Philipp Herget, Pierre-Olivier Jubert +2 more 2013-04-09
8310780 Method and apparatus for bipolar servo marks writing with high output Pierre-Olivier Jubert 2012-11-13
8288979 Motor control mechanism for electric vehicles Allen Keith Bates, Nhan X. Bui, Reed A. Hancock, Daniel J. Winarski 2012-10-16
8270114 Magnetically biased tilting roller bearing tape guidance Armando Jesus Argumedo, Nhan X. Bui, William M. Dyer, Reed A. Hancock, David H. F. Harper +1 more 2012-09-18
8228635 Friction engaged tilting roller bearing tape guidance Armando Jesus Argumedo, William M. Dyer, Kevin B. Judd 2012-07-24
8199434 High areal density tape format and head Robert G. Biskeborn 2012-06-12
8130461 Systems and methods for compensating for crosstalk between nearby writers Robert G. Biskeborn, Philipp Herget 2012-03-06
8054582 Air bearing at opposite side of linear tape to support tape into contact with head slider David Berman, William M. Dyer 2011-11-08
8014100 Planar servo write head Robert G. Biskeborn 2011-09-06
7961430 Tape path control system with precision-aligned conjugated rollers Robert G. Biskeborn 2011-06-14
7952832 High areal density tape format and head Robert G. Biskeborn 2011-05-31
7869163 Air bearing at opposite side of linear tape to support tape into contact with head slider David Berman, William M. Dyer 2011-01-11
7847496 Dynamic tape drive calibration Nhan X. Bui, Reed A. Hancock, Haiyu Zhao 2010-12-07
7791834 Magnetic head having a ratio of back gap width to front gap width in about a defined range Robert G. Biskeborn 2010-09-07
7649710 Moving magnet actuation of tape head Nhan X. Bui, Reed A. Hancock, David H. F. Harper 2010-01-19
7609475 Tape guide system and tape drive system implementing same Robert G. Biskeborn 2009-10-27
7538980 Actuator assembly David H. F. Harper 2009-05-26
7480117 High areal density tape head Robert G. Biskeborn 2009-01-20
7428120 System and method for deconvolution of multiple data tracks David Berman, W. Stanley Czarnecki, Icko E. T. Iben 2008-09-23
7253986 System and method for deconvolution of multiple data tracks David Berman, W. Stanley Czarnecki, Icko F. Iben 2007-08-07
7092196 Characteristic measurement of an actuation drive coil and associated damping mechanism James Howard Eaton, Darrell G. Follett, David H. F. Harper, Leif Stefan Kirschenbaum, Andrew McKee +1 more 2006-08-15
7075749 Apparatus and method to improve read/write speed of disk drive system Tatsuo Nakamoto, Shingo Tsuda 2006-07-11