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William D. Jensen — 14 Patents

RRRead Rite: 8 patents #28 of 255Top 15%
W(Western Digital (Fremont): 5 patents #136 of 473Top 30%
SSStmicroelectronics Sa: 2 patents #2,467 of 4,662Top 55%
ASAgere Systems: 1 patents #984 of 1,849Top 55%
Fremont, CA: #1,260 of 9,298 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
William D. Jensen has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Read Rite. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in February 2007. William D. Jensen ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list William D. Jensen in Fremont, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7183623 Trimmed integrated circuits with fuse circuits David W. Kelly, Ronen Malka 2007-02-27 $36,649,000
7110289 Method and system for controlling MRAM write current to reduce power consumption Kyusik Sin, Hugh C. Hiner, Xizeng Shi, Hua-Ching Tong, Matthew R. Gibbons +4 more 2006-09-19
7012832 Magnetic memory cell with plural read transistors Kyusik Sin, Matthew R. Gibbons, Hugh C. Hiner, Xizeng Stone Shi, Roberto Bez +2 more 2006-03-14
6775902 Method of making a magnetic head with aligned pole tips Yiming Huai, Durga P. Ravipati, Mark D. Thomas, Carlos Corona 2004-08-17 $9,302,000
6721138 Inductive transducer with stitched pole tip and pedestal defining zero throat height Yingjian Chen, Xizeng Shi, Hugh C. Hiner, Zi-Wen Dong, Francis H. Liu +4 more 2004-04-13 $7,897,000
6683763 Method and system for providing a self-aligned electrical contact for a TMR element Hugh C. Hiner, Kyusik Sin, Xizeng Shi 2004-01-27 $30,492,000
6504676 Magnetic head with low stack height and self-aligned pole tips Hugh C. Hiner, Billy W. Crue, Jr., Lien-Chang Wang, Durga P. Ravipati 2003-01-07 $1,245,000
6487040 Thin film magnetic head with self-aligned pole tips Yun-Lin Hsiao, Lien-Chang Wang, Durga I. Ravipati, Hugh C. Hiner 2002-11-26 $1,673,000
6396660 Magnetic write element having a thermally dissipative structure Mark D. Thomas, Zhupei Shi, Billy W. Crue, Jr. 2002-05-28 $6,859,000
6173486 Thin film magnetic head with self-aligned pole tips Yun-Lin Hsiao, Lien-Chang Wang, Durga I. Ravipati, Hugh C. Hiner 2001-01-16 $13,918,000
6118629 Magnetic head with aligned pole tips and pole layers formed of high magnetic moment material Yiming Huai, Durga P. Ravipati, Mark D. Thomas, Carlos Corona 2000-09-12 $8,515,000
6043959 Inductive write head formed with flat yoke and merged with magnetoresistive read transducer Billy W. Crue, Jr., Mark D. Thomas, Eric R. Katz 2000-03-28 $5,845,000
6032353 Magnetic head with low stack height and self-aligned pole tips Hugh C. Hiner, Billy W. Crue, Jr., Lein-Chang Wang, Durga P. Ravipati 2000-03-07 $1,584,000
5966800 Method of making a magnetic head with aligned pole tips and pole layers formed of high magnetic moment material Yiming Huai, Durga P. Ravipati, Mark D. Thomas, Carlos Corona 1999-10-19 $1,344,000