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72 Patents All Time

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Showing 51–72 of 72 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7061601 System and method for double sided optical inspection of thin film disks or wafers 2006-06-13
6956660 System and method for measuring properties of an object using a phase difference between two reflected light signals Rusmin Kudinar 2005-10-18
6956658 System and method for measuring object characteristics using phase differences in polarized light reflections Rusmin Kudinar 2005-10-18
6930765 Multiple spot size optical profilometer, ellipsometer, reflectometer and scatterometer Hung Phi Nguyen 2005-08-16
6909500 Method of detecting and classifying scratches, particles and pits on thin film disks or wafers 2005-06-21
6897957 Material independent optical profilometer 2005-05-24
6781103 Method of automatically focusing an optical beam on transparent or reflective thin film wafers or disks Gale A. Lane 2004-08-24
6757056 Combined high speed optical profilometer and ellipsometer Rusmin Kudinar 2004-06-29
6751044 Method and apparatus for reading a clock track with a magneto-optical clock head using the transverse Kerr effect Richard LeSage, David S. McMurtrey, Peter R. Svendsen, W. Craig Tomalty 2004-06-15
6717671 System for simultaneously measuring thin film layer thickness, reflectivity, roughness, surface profile and magnetic pattern Rusmin Kudinar 2004-04-06
6704435 Surface inspection tool Wayne Isami Imaino, Anthony Juliana, Jr., Milton Russell Latta, Charles H. Lee, Wai Cheung Leung +2 more 2004-03-09
6665078 System and method for simultaneously measuring thin film layer thickness, reflectivity, roughness, surface profile and magnetic pattern in thin film magnetic disks and silicon wafers Rusmin Kudinar 2003-12-16
6624884 Surface inspection tool Wayne Isami Imaino, Anthony Juliana, Jr., Milton Russell Latta, Charles H. Lee, Wai Cheung Leung +2 more 2003-09-23
6392749 High speed optical profilometer for measuring surface height variation Rusmin Kudinar 2002-05-21
6268919 System and method for measuring thin film properties and analyzing two-dimensional histograms using and/not operations Rusmin Kudinar, Ronny Soetarman 2001-07-31
6229610 System and method for measuring thin film properties and analyzing two-dimensional histograms using substraction operation Rusmin Kudinar, Ronny Soetarman 2001-05-08
6198533 High temperature thin film property measurement system and method Rusmin Kudinar, Ronny Soetarman 2001-03-06
6130749 System and method for measuring thin film properties and analyzing two-dimensional histograms using a symmetry operation Rusmin Kudinar, Ronny Soetarman 2000-10-10
6031615 System and method for simultaneously measuring lubricant thickness and degradation, thin film thickness and wear, and surface roughness Rusmin Kudinar, Ronny Soetarman 2000-02-29
5777815 Disk drive with shock detection based on thermoresistive signal from magnetoresistive head Prakash Kasiraj, Timothy C. Reiley 1998-07-07
5586040 Process and apparatus for controlled laser texturing of magnetic recording disk Peter Michael Baumgart, Christopher S. Gudeman, Douglas J. Krajnovich, Thao A. Nguyen, Fior D. Sargent +2 more 1996-12-17
5539213 Process and apparatus for laser analysis of surface having a repetitive texture pattern Thao A. Nguyen, Fior D. Sargent 1996-07-23