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Mark A. Shows — 10 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 9 patents #723 of 4,722Top 20%
STSeagate Technologies: 1 patents #14 of 110Top 15%
Fremont, CA: #1,783 of 9,298 inventorsTop 20%
California: #61,378 of 386,348 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Mark A. Shows has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in January 2006. Mark A. Shows ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Mark A. Shows in Fremont, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2001.peak 22001: 2 patents20012002: 2 patents20022003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6982071 Thin-film magnetic recording media with dual intermediate layer structure for increased coercivity Xiaoding Ma, Kevin J. Grannen, Jing Gui, Jeffrey A. McCann 2006-01-03 $24,982,000
6844031 Method & apparatus for multilayer deposition utilizing a common ion beam source Paul Stephen McLeod 2005-01-18 $21,195,000
6733590 Method and apparatus for multilayer deposition utilizing a common beam source Paul Stephen McLeod 2004-05-11 $5,911,000
6689425 Nitrogen-doped hydrogenated carbon films by ion beam deposition Xiaoding Ma, Kevin J. Grannen, Jing Gui, Jeffrey A. McCann 2004-02-10 $11,048,000
6569294 Sputtering target assembly and method for depositing a thickness gradient layer with narrow transition zone Alexander Boris Khazanov, Shanghsien Rou, Jie Yu, Paul Stephen McLeod, Kuo Hsing Hwang +1 more 2003-05-27 $8,584,000
6526909 Biased ion beam deposition of high density carbon Kevin J. Grannen, Jeffrey A. McCann, Xiaoding Ma, Jing Gui 2003-03-04 $8,137,000
6482301 Target shields for improved magnetic properties of a recording medium Qixu Chen, Charles Leu, Paul Stephen McLeod, Rajiv Yadav Ranjan 2002-11-19
6468405 Sputtering target assembly and method for depositing a thickness gradient layer with narrow transition zone Shanghsien Rou, Alexander Boris Khazanov, Jie Yu, Paul Stephen McLeod, Kuo Hsing Hwang +1 more 2002-10-22
6312798 Magnetic recording medium having a nitrogen-doped hydrogenated carbon protective overcoat Xiaoding Ma, Kevin J. Grannen, Jing Gui, Jeffrey A. McCann 2001-11-06
6286453 Shield design for IBC deposition Kevin J. Grannen, Jeffrey A. McCann, Xiaoding Ma, Jing Gui 2001-09-11