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Lee Walter — 27 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 17 patents #336 of 4,701Top 8%
EDEnergy Conversion Devices: 5 patents #45 of 231Top 20%
Eastman Kodak: 3 patents #2,892 of 8,114Top 40%
SSSovonics Solar Systems: 2 patents #7 of 19Top 40%
Bloomfield Hills, MI: #47 of 1,072 inventorsTop 5%
Michigan: #2,576 of 86,293 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Lee Walter has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in December 2010. Lee Walter ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Lee Walter in Bloomfield Hills, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7855858 Microactuator with self-assembled monolayer encapsulant Mehmet Hancer, Marsha A. Huha, John S. Wright 2010-12-21 $12,167,000
7746600 Encapsulant for a disc drive component Mehmet Hancer, Marsha A. Huha, John S. Wright 2010-06-29 $15,701,000
7199979 Head gimbal assembly using slider and gimbal features Shanlin Hao, Moshe Olim 2007-04-03 $45,869,000
6930861 Encapsulant for microactuator suspension Marsha A. Huha, John S. Wright 2005-08-16 $7,578,000
6859345 Bending microactuator having a two-piece suspension design Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Peter Crane, Markus Mangold 2005-02-22 $18,154,000
6785086 Transducer-level microactuator with dual-axis control Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Barry D. Wissman, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer 2004-08-31 $5,781,000
6765766 Bonding tub improved electromagnetic microactuator in disc drives Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Peter Crane, Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Barry D. Wissman +1 more 2004-07-20 $4,683,000
6733681 Laterally supported handle wafer for through-wafer reactive-ion etch micromachining Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Wayne A. Bonin, Barry D. Wissman, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer 2004-05-11 $5,911,000
6697232 Bonded transducer-level electrostatic microactuator for disc drive system Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Wayne A. Bonin, Barry D. Wissman, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou 2004-02-24 $14,507,000
6683758 Fabrication method for integrated microactuator coils Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Wayne A. Bonin, Barry D. Wissman, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer +2 more 2004-01-27 $16,555,000
6683757 Slider-level microactuator for precise head positioning Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Barry D. Wissman, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer 2004-01-27 $16,555,000
6674614 Method of fabricating electrically isolated metal MEMS beams and microactuator incorporating the MEMS beam Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou 2004-01-06 $9,492,000
6671132 Microactuator magnetic circuit Peter Crane, Derek A. Lewis, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou 2003-12-30 $12,211,000
6661617 Structure and fabrication process for integrated moving-coil magnetic micro-actuator Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Wayne A. Bonin, Barry D. Wissman, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou 2003-12-09 $8,536,000
6643099 Transducer formed on a sacrificial metal substrate Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Barry D. Wissman 2003-11-04 $12,338,000
6593163 Double-sided trench fill for electrical isolation of microelectromechanical system structures Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Barry D. Wissman, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer 2003-07-15 $9,971,000
6387778 Breakable tethers for microelectromechanical system devices utilizing reactive ion etching lag Wayne A. Bonin, Zine-Eddine Boutaghou, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Barry D. Wissman, Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer 2002-05-14
5926200 Reusable color dye closed loop donor web system for thermal printers 1999-07-20 $8,270,000
5879775 Protective inorganic and DLC coatings for plastic media such as plastic cards Bradford D. West 1999-03-09 $9,183,000
5500279 Laminated metal structure and metod of making same Steven J. Adamson 1996-03-19 $5,083,000
4745000 Method of fabricating electrostatic drums using microwave energy Stanford R. Ovshinsky, David D. Allred, Stephen J. Hudgens 1988-05-17 $869,000
4701343 Method of depositing thin films using microwave energy Stanford R. Ovshinsky, David D. Allred, Stephen J. Hudgens 1987-10-20 $893,000
4664937 Method of depositing semiconductor films by free radical generation Stanford R. Ovshinsky, David D. Allred, Stephen J. Hudgens 1987-05-12 $454,000
4615905 Method of depositing semiconductor films by free radical generation Stanford R. Ovshinsky, David D. Allred, Stephen J. Hudgens 1986-10-07
4517223 Method of making amorphous semiconductor alloys and devices using microwave energy Stanford R. Ovshinsky, David D. Allred, Stephen J. Hudgens 1985-05-14