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Yung Yip — 31 Patents

IMImation: 30 patents #3 of 622Top 1%
STStorage Technology: 1 patents #370 of 682Top 55%
Afton, MN: #9 of 97 inventorsTop 10%
Minnesota: #1,884 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Yung Yip has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at Imation. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in June 2015. Yung Yip ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Yung Yip in Afton, MN, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9053249 Removable memory cartridge and docking station compatible with media drive expansion slots David M. Perry, Christopher Thomas Bukowski, Chris Zwettler, George P. Rambosek, Kellan Pauly +5 more 2015-06-09 $902,000
8867157 Perpendicular pole head for servo writing magnetic media Douglas W. Johnson, Larold L. Olson, Stephen J. Rothermel 2014-10-21 $379,000
7835108 Data storage tape recertification Douglas W. Johnson 2010-11-16 $2,874,000
7558899 Dongle configured to electrically couple a data storage device and a host computing device 2009-07-07 $1,959,000
7342748 System with matrix array of write heads and matrix array of magnetoresistive (MR) read heads James S. Anderson, Douglas W. Johnson, Denis J. Langlois, Richard W. Molstad 2008-03-11 $4,407,000
7265928 Data storage cartridge with worm write-protection 2007-09-04 $7,425,000
7206170 Thin film servo head apparatus with canted servo gaps 2007-04-17
7199958 Servo head with varying write gap width Mark P. Weber 2007-04-03 $2,915,000
7168081 Domain stabilized magneto-optic head 2007-01-23 $8,946,000
7142381 Servo writing devices for creating servo patterns with inherent track ID Richard W. Molstad 2006-11-28 $5,145,000
7139151 Band identification in time-based servopositioning formats Douglas W. Johnson 2006-11-21 $10,314,000
7095583 Dual mode servo pattern Douglas W. Johnson, Denis J. Langlois, Richard W. Molstad 2006-08-22 $7,956,000
7072133 Servo mark verify head Stephen J. Rothermel 2006-07-04
7054097 Tape guiding techniques for a dual actuator read-while-write recording system Douglas W. Johnson 2006-05-30 $2,702,000
7050264 Linear magnetic tape head with tape contact area projected minimal height above non-rotating contoured head surface Saeed Fahimi 2006-05-23 $3,825,000
7038872 Servo patterns with inherent track ID Richard W. Molstad 2006-05-02 $4,045,000
7038871 Multi-band servo patterns with inherent track ID Richard W. Molstad 2006-05-02 $4,045,000
7031097 Systems and methods for using noise measurement tracks with servopositioning signals Richard W. Molstad, Douglas W. Johnson 2006-04-18 $3,973,000
6999269 Two-sided data storage tape with servo information on both sides of the tape Douglas W. Johnson, Richard W. Molstad 2006-02-14 $3,946,000
6999258 Time-based servopositioning systems Richard W. Molstad 2006-02-14
6995934 Noise suppressed data storage media Alexander Roesler 2006-02-07 $8,190,000
6970312 Full amplitude time-based servopositioning signals Richard W. Molstad 2005-11-29 $8,027,000
6952317 Amplitude-based servo patterns for magnetic media Richard W. Molstad 2005-10-04 $8,789,000
6940672 Azimuthal transition layout for two-sided data storage tape Daniel P. Stubbs 2005-09-06 $8,727,000
6914756 Bidirectional read-while-write data recording system Richard W. Molstad, Tim T. Ngo 2005-07-05 $5,286,000