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Richard W. Molstad — 34 Patents

IMImation: 28 patents #4 of 622Top 1%
3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
Sony: 1 patents #17,321 of 25,231Top 70%
Windom, MN: #35 of 2,819 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #1,653 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #100,737 of 4,157,543Top 3%
34 Patents All Time
Richard W. Molstad has been granted 34 US patents while listed as an inventor at Imation. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in September 2009. Richard W. Molstad ranks #100,737 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.4%). Patent records list Richard W. Molstad in Windom, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2006.peak 101988: 1 patents19881993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 3 patents1997: 1 patents19972000: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 3 patents2005: 5 patents20052006: 10 patents2007: 2 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 34 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7595950 Robust data storage techniques for two-sided data storage tape Larold L. Olson, Brian D. Findlay, C. Thomas Jennings, Douglas W. Johnson, Denis J. Langlois 2009-09-29 $4,937,000
7495859 Interleaved servo pattern Mark P. Weber, Richard E. Jewett, Douglas W. Johnson, Alan R. Olson 2009-02-24 $3,479,000
7342748 System with matrix array of write heads and matrix array of magnetoresistive (MR) read heads Yung Yip, James S. Anderson, Douglas W. Johnson, Denis J. Langlois 2008-03-11 $4,407,000
7204446 Data storage tape guiding systems using tapered guides Douglas W. Johnson, James S. Anderson, Robert W. Tapani 2007-04-17 $3,570,000
7173794 Accessing both sides of data storage tape Douglas W. Johnson, Robert W. Tapani 2007-02-06 $9,427,000
7142381 Servo writing devices for creating servo patterns with inherent track ID Yung Yip 2006-11-28 $5,145,000
7095583 Dual mode servo pattern Douglas W. Johnson, Denis J. Langlois, Yung Yip 2006-08-22 $7,956,000
7079343 Time-based sectored servo data format Douglas W. Johnson, Durkee B. Richards 2006-07-18 $8,231,000
7046466 Dual density recording for direction-dependent linear media Tim T. Ngo, Takanori Sato 2006-05-16
7038871 Multi-band servo patterns with inherent track ID Yung Yip 2006-05-02 $4,045,000
7038872 Servo patterns with inherent track ID Yung Yip 2006-05-02 $4,045,000
7035040 Sequenced time-based servo techniques Alan R. Olson 2006-04-25 $4,070,000
7031097 Systems and methods for using noise measurement tracks with servopositioning signals Douglas W. Johnson, Yung Yip 2006-04-18 $3,973,000
6999269 Two-sided data storage tape with servo information on both sides of the tape Douglas W. Johnson, Yung Yip 2006-02-14 $3,946,000
6999258 Time-based servopositioning systems Yung Yip 2006-02-14
6970312 Full amplitude time-based servopositioning signals Yung Yip 2005-11-29 $8,027,000
6952317 Amplitude-based servo patterns for magnetic media Yung Yip 2005-10-04 $8,789,000
6914756 Bidirectional read-while-write data recording system Tim T. Ngo, Yung Yip 2005-07-05 $5,286,000
6873487 Hybrid servopositioning systems 2005-03-29 $4,598,000
6842305 Time-based servo for magnetic storage media Michael J. Kelly, Douglas W. Johnson 2005-01-11 $8,314,000
6781778 Time-based sectored servo data format Douglas W. Johnson, Durkee B. Richards 2004-08-24 $8,021,000
6754022 High-speed current driver 2004-06-22 $2,493,000
6735039 Linear positioning encoding in amplitude-based servopositioning systems 2004-05-11 $3,477,000
6542321 Bidirectional read-while-write data recording system Tim T. Ngo, Yung Yip 2003-04-01 $5,725,000
6542325 Time-based servo for magnetic storage media Michael J. Kelly, Douglas W. Johnson 2003-04-01 $5,725,000