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Cal E. Hardie — 6 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 6 patents #987 of 4,722Top 25%
Minneapolis, MN: #1,134 of 6,114 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #11,902 of 52,454 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Cal E. Hardie has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in March 2000. Cal E. Hardie ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Cal E. Hardie in Minneapolis, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1998.peak 21996: 1 patents19961998: 2 patents19981999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6036813 Method of making anisotropic conductive adhesive interconnects for head attachment in rigid disc drive device for manufacturing a groove bearing Kevin J. Schulz, David Alan Zoz 2000-03-14 $34,407,000
5995325 Transducer signal wire termination Mark Maggio, Tom Metzner, Steven S. Eckerd, Loren Skarky, Yoshiki Midori +1 more 1999-11-30 $26,525,000
5896246 Suspension fabricated from silicon Richard August Budde, Kevin J. Schultz, Daniel E. Glumac, Patrick J. Ryan 1999-04-20 $31,929,000
5812343 Base plate with improved swage performance and reduced mass Richard August Budde 1998-09-22 $86,512,000
5711063 Method of forming a suspension fabricated from silicon Richard August Budde, Kevin J. Schultz, Daniel E. Glumac, Patrick J. Ryan 1998-01-27 $15,406,000
5555619 Method of electrically connecting a transducer to a preamplifier Mark Maggio, Tom Metzner, Steven S. Eckerd, Loren Skarky, Yoshiki Midori +1 more 1996-09-17 $15,847,000