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Samuel W. Yuan

RR Read Rite: 14 patents #7 of 240Top 3%
HG HGST: 12 patents #153 of 1,677Top 10%
W( Western Digital (Fremont): 3 patents #181 of 473Top 40%
Google: 2 patents #10,498 of 22,993Top 50%
University of California: 1 patents #8,022 of 18,278Top 45%
IBM: 1 patents #44,794 of 70,183Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #105,921 of 4,157,543Top 3%
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Showing 25 most recent of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12375280 Location-based access to controlled access resources Anurag Acharya, Alexandre A. Verstak 2025-07-29
11558193 Location-based access to controlled access resources Anurag Acharya, Alexandre A. Verstak 2023-01-17
9142233 Heat assisted magnetic recording writer having a recessed pole Matthew R. Gibbons, Hongxing Yuan, Brad V. Johnson, Michael V. Morelli, Lisha Wang +3 more 2015-09-22
9082423 Magnetic recording write transducer having an improved trailing surface profile Feng Liu, Zhigang Bai, Weimin Si, Yugang Wang, Fenglin Liu +1 more 2015-07-14
8947985 Heat assisted magnetic recording transducers having a recessed pole Michael V. Morelli, Lisha Wang, Zhigang Bai, Hongxing Yuan, Yunfei Li +2 more 2015-02-03
8276257 Method for making coplanar write head pole tips Terence Lam, Vladimir Nikitin, Changqing Shi 2012-10-02
7870659 Method for defining a perpendicular magnetic head Vladimir Nikitin 2011-01-18
7692893 Side-by-side magnetic head configuration with flared pole tip layer and read sensor sharing same plane Vladimir Nikitin 2010-04-06
7525760 Laminated write gap to improve writer performance Wen-Chien David Hsiao, Terence T. L. Lam, Bernd Lamberts, Yinshi Liu, Terry Wayne Olson +1 more 2009-04-28
7500302 Process for fabricating a magnetic recording head with a laminated write gap Wen-Chien David Hsiao, Terence T. L. Lam, Yinshi Liu, Michael Ming Hsiang Yang 2009-03-10
7330336 Dual polarity bias for prolonging the life of a heating element in magnetic data storage devices Jih-Shiuan Luo 2008-02-12
7133241 Method and apparatus for optimizing record quality with varying track and linear density by allowing overlapping data tracks Xiaodong Che, Wen-Chien David Hsiao, Yansheng Luo, Xiaoyu Sui 2006-11-07
7085100 Magnetic head having a bilayer pole tip Tom Harris, Wen-Chien David Hsiao, Gautam Khera, David Lee, Edward Hin Pong Lee +1 more 2006-08-01
7079355 Magnetic transducer with a write head having a multi-layer coil Richard Hsiao, Quang Le, Edward Hin Pong Lee, Paul P. Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen +3 more 2006-07-18
7035047 Magnetic recording heads having thin thermally conductive undercoating Wen-Chien David Hsiao, Peter Beverley Powell Phipps, Yong Shen, John Jaekoyun Yang 2006-04-25
6859347 Magnetic transducer with electrically conductive shield for reducing electromagnetic interference Richard Hsiao, Klaas B. Klaassen, Edward Hing Pong Lee, Timothy J. Moran, Vladimir Nikitin +1 more 2005-02-22
6804879 Method of fabricating a magnetic transducer with a write head having a multi-layer coil Richard Hsiao, Quang Le, Edward Hin Pong Lee, Paul P. Nguyen, Son V. Nguyen +3 more 2004-10-19
6687083 Enhanced low profile magnet write head Wenchein Hsiao, Edward Hin Pong Lee, Neil Leslie Robertson, Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini, Joseph Smyth 2004-02-03
6459552 Thin film read head with coplanar pole tips Francis H. Liu, Hua-Ching Tong 2002-10-01
6392850 Magnetoresistive transducer having a common magnetic bias using assertive and complementary signals Hua-Ching Tong, Francis H. Liu, Minshen Tan, Robert Earl Rottmayer, Jian Zhu 2002-05-21
6219205 High density giant magnetoresistive transducer with recessed sensor Robert Earl Rottmayer 2001-04-17
6073338 Thin film read head with coplanar pole tips Francis H. Liu, Hua-Ching Tong 2000-06-13
5923505 Magnetoresistive sensor having a pinned soft magnetic layer Derek J. Kroes, Marcos M. Lederman 1999-07-13
5883763 Read/write head having a GMR sensor biased by permanent magnets located between the GMR and the pole shields Robert Earl Rottmayer, Matthew J. Carey 1999-03-16
5859754 Magnetoresistive transducer having a common magnetic bias using assertive and complementary signals Hua-Ching Tong, Francis H. Liu, Minshen Tan, Robert Earl Rottmayer, Jian Zhu 1999-01-12