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Joseph Michael Stephan — 17 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 16 patents #367 of 4,722Top 8%
ECElectronic Theatre Controls: 1 patents #54 of 101Top 55%
Eden Prairie, MN: #157 of 1,491 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #4,335 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Joseph Michael Stephan has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in February 2024. Joseph Michael Stephan ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Joseph Michael Stephan in Eden Prairie, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2015.peak 42013: 1 patents20132015: 4 patents20152016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents20182020: 1 patents20202022: 1 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D1015615 Lens tube for a light fixture Zack Zlevor, Jon Rasche 2024-02-20
11798580 Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a laser heater Nils Jan Gokemeijer, James Gary Wessel, Tyler Lenn Perry 2023-10-24 $18,864,000
11763847 Heat-assisted magnetic recording head, and related methods David J. Ellison, James Dillon Kiely, Neil Zuckerman, Edwin F. Rejda 2023-09-19 $22,910,000
11651785 Mounting supports that create a bond pad gap for a hard disk slider Robert A. Newman, Lars H. Ahlen, Aaron Michael Collins 2023-05-16 $32,703,000
11355144 Mounting supports that create a bond pad gap for a hard disk slider Robert A. Newman, Lars H. Ahlen, Aaron Michael Collins 2022-06-07 $19,362,000
10737291 Slider having angled or curvilinear sidewalls Daniel Richard Buettner, Andrew David Habermas, Daniel Sullivan 2020-08-11 $10,924,000
10058890 Methods of forming an air bearing surface on a slider and related sliders Daniel Richard Buettner, Andrew David Habermas, Daniel Sullivan 2018-08-28 $11,792,000
10049689 Methods of forming magnetic devices with variable overcoats Douglas H. Cole, Daniel Richard Buettner 2018-08-14 $8,644,000
9830937 Horizontal cavity surface emitting laser assembly features for heat assisted magnetic recording Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Jon Paul Hurley, Scott Eugene Olson, Ralph Kevin Smith 2017-11-28 $16,502,000
9792935 Magnetic devices with variable overcoats Edwin F. Rejda, The Ngoc Nguyen, Neil Zuckerman, Gary J. Kunkel, Douglas H. Cole +2 more 2017-10-17 $7,759,000
9460746 Creating a sub-micron pattern proximate a near-field transducer using in-slider waveguide and laser Daniel Richard Buettner, Douglas H. Cole, The Ngoc Nguyen 2016-10-04 $12,068,000
9431035 Method of shaping a trailing edge of a slider Gordon Jones, Edwin F. Redja 2016-08-30 $26,206,000
9196274 Slider cavity feature for gimbal attachment Gordon Jones, Douglas H. Cole, Christopher Unger 2015-11-24 $6,807,000
9171561 Assemblies and methods for slider electrical connection containing through circuit electrical connections Jason Bryce Gadbois, Bradley Jay Ver Meer, Scott Matzke, Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama, Christopher Unger 2015-10-27 $9,742,000
9165584 Air bearing surface having temperature/humidity compensation feature Igor V. Sytine, Jeremy Adam Thurn 2015-10-20 $5,122,000
8982923 Capping method for laser diode protection Douglas H. Cole, Lijuan Zhong, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Scott Eugene Olson, Tanya Jegeris Snyder +1 more 2015-03-17 $29,690,000
8532157 Capping method for laser diode protection Douglas H. Cole, Lijuan Zhong, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Scott Eugene Olson, Tanya Jegeris Snyder +1 more 2013-09-10 $19,733,000