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Garry E. Korbel — 11 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 10 patents #639 of 4,722Top 15%
MPMagnetic Peripherals: 1 patents #58 of 149Top 40%
New Prague, MN: #14 of 70 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #6,919 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Garry E. Korbel has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in April 2010. Garry E. Korbel ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Garry E. Korbel in New Prague, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2000.peak 41992: 1 patents19921995: 1 patents19952000: 4 patents20002004: 2 patents20042005: 2 patents20052010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7692394 Power supply output control apparatus and method Christopher L. Hill 2010-04-06 $12,653,000
6977477 Systems, apparatus, and methods for motor control Donald R. Bloyer, Matthew Hastings 2005-12-20 $14,833,000
6876114 Apparatus for reducing spindle motor magnetic drag Ralph James Knotts 2005-04-05 $8,208,000
6747838 Thermal performance of an integrated amplifier in a disc drive Ranjeet K. Pancholy, Hakam D. Hussein 2004-06-08 $11,324,000
6731453 Optimizing thermal performance of an integrated circuit in a disc drive Brian Pollock 2004-05-04 $5,728,000
6166503 Disc drive spindle motor with programmable current control Christopher L. Hill 2000-12-26
6028411 Circuit and method for modulating the commutation frequency of a disc drive motor Andrew R. Motzko 2000-02-22 $61,097,000
6016043 Method and apparatus for controlling a motor in a disc drive by modulating the commutation angle Andrew R. Motzko, John M. Baker, Stuart K. Francis 2000-01-18 $38,271,000
6011375 Disc drive spindle motor with programmable current control Christopher L. Hill 2000-01-04 $19,300,000
5446606 Disc drive with separate landing and takeoff zones Mark Brunner, Jonathan E. Hall 1995-08-29 $27,328,000
5093595 Spindle motor having reduced torque ripple 1992-03-03