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Lance E. Stover — 40 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 38 patents #100 of 4,701Top 3%
TETenksolar: 2 patents #5 of 11Top 50%
Minnetonka, MN: #21 of 1,057 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #1,294 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Lance E. Stover has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in September 2017. Lance E. Stover ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Lance E. Stover in Minnetonka, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9773933 Space and energy efficient photovoltaic array Dallas W. Meyer, Lowell J. Berg, Kurt Korkowski, Thomas L. Murnan, Orville Dodd 2017-09-26
9202495 Method and apparatus for detecting proximity contact between a transducer and a medium Dongming Liu, Lin Zhou 2015-12-01 $2,829,000
9087530 Methods of manufacturing a transducer Ladislav R. Pust, Lars H. Ahlen, Edwin F. Rejda, David Christopher Seets, Dian Song +1 more 2015-07-21 $7,806,000
8829330 Highly efficient solar arrays Dallas W. Meyer, Lowell J. Berg, Orville Dodd, Thomas L. Murnan 2014-09-09
8351158 Top bond pad for transducing head interconnect Jianxin Zhu, David Allen Sluzewski, Joel William Hoehn, Kevin J. Schulz 2013-01-08 $24,082,000
8124441 Programmable resistive memory cell with filament placement structure Insik Jin, Christina Hutchinson, Richard Larson, Jaewoo Nam, Andrew David Habermas 2012-02-28 $16,299,000
8124952 Programmable resistive memory cell with filament placement structure Insik Jin, Christina Hutchinson, Richard Larson, Jaewoo Nam, Andrew David Habermas 2012-02-28 $16,299,000
8097870 Memory cell with alignment structure Christina Hutchinson, Insik Jin 2012-01-17 $8,033,000
7929248 Top bond pad for transducing head interconnect Jianxin Zhu, David Allen Sluzewski, Joel William Hoehn, Kevin J. Schulz 2011-04-19 $12,526,000
7898266 Probe with electrostatic actuation and capacitive sensor Wayne A. Bonin, Dadi Setiadi 2011-03-01 $6,164,000
7897955 Programmable resistive memory cell with filament placement structure Insik Jin, Christina Hutchinson, Richard Larson, Jaewoo Nam, Andrew David Habermas 2011-03-01 $6,164,000
7755867 Controlled air bearing (CAB) for magnetic spacing control Youping Mei 2010-07-13 $15,934,000
7387871 Mask complementary multiple exposure technique Jianxin Zhu 2008-06-17 $20,588,000
7277257 Transducer-level microactuator for a magnetic recording system Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Kyle Bartholomew, Wayne A. Bonin, Jeremy Adam Thurn, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou 2007-10-02 $42,783,000
7144484 Ion mill shutter system Edwin F. Rejda, Joel William Hoehn, Shanlin Hao, Todd A. Luse, James R. Peterson 2006-12-05 $40,256,000
7068457 System and method for electrostatic fly height control Jason W. Riddering, Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Daniel Paul Burbank 2006-06-27 $42,991,000
7064933 Structures for pole-tip actuation Declan Macken, Jeremy Adam Thurn, Ned Tabat, John R. Pendray 2006-06-20 $8,118,000
7002779 Thermal pole-tip recession/slide shape variation reduction Jianxin Zhu, Gordon Jones 2006-02-21 $11,510,000
6975472 Head with heating element and control regime therefor Jane Gates, Ladislav R. Pust, John L. Brand 2005-12-13 $17,216,000
6870707 Disc head slider having vertically contoured features and method of fabricating vertically contoured features on a slider Lanshi Zheng, Jianxin Zhu, Weimin Qian, Lowell J. Berg, Moshe Olim 2005-03-22 $28,535,000
6732421 Method for producing magnetoresistive heads ion bombardment etch to stripe height Jane Gates, Jeffery K. Berkowitz 2004-05-11 $5,911,000
6731463 Wafer fabrication for thermal pole tip expansion/recession compensation Jane Gates, Youping Mei, James R. Peterson, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Wayne A. Bonin +1 more 2004-05-04 $5,728,000
6658714 Compliant clamping mechanism for accurate alignment of a group of miniature parts Youping Mei, Jianxin Zhu 2003-12-09 $8,536,000
6650519 ESD protection by a high-to-low resistance shunt Brian William Karr, Michael B. Hintz 2003-11-18 $14,109,000
6603639 Slider for disc storage system Andreas A. Polycarpou, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Daniel Paul Burbank, Jing Gui, Jorge V. Hanchi +1 more 2003-08-05 $11,339,000