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Michael D. Kennedy — 32 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 17 patents #334 of 4,701Top 8%
ENEndocyte: 4 patents #14 of 47Top 30%
AMD: 2 patents #5,081 of 9,280Top 55%
Brookline, MA: #109 of 3,196 inventorsTop 4%
Massachusetts: #2,824 of 88,656 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Michael D. Kennedy has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2022. Michael D. Kennedy ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Michael D. Kennedy in Brookline, MA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11394270 Differential for an active core electric motor having pin with friction fit Shun-Cheng Hung, Jeremy Mayer, Balazs Palfai 2022-07-19
11005337 Removable differential for an active core electric motor Shun-Cheng Hung, Jeremy Mayer, Balazs Palfai 2021-05-11
8865128 Folate targeted enhanced tumor and folate receptor positive tissue optical imaging technology Karim N. Jallad, Philip S. Low, Dor Ben-Amotz 2014-10-21 $3,759,000
8858914 Folate targeted enhanced tumor and folate receptor positive tissue optical imaging technology Philip S. Low 2014-10-14 $7,690,000
8043603 Folate targeted enhanced tumor and folate receptor positive tissue optical imaging technology Philip S. Low 2011-10-25 $1,796,000
8043602 Folate targeted enhanced tumor and folate receptor positive tissue optical imaging technology Karim N. Jallad, Philip S. Low, Dor Ben-Amotz 2011-10-25 $1,796,000
RE42854 Single piece hub with integral upper and lower female cones Roger A. Addy, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Norbert Parsoneault, Wesley R. Clark, Matt L. Shumway +1 more 2011-10-18
7823290 Method of forming a hub for use in a disk drive motor Roger A. Addy, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Wesley R. Clark, Matt L. Shumway +1 more 2010-11-02 $4,037,000
7422371 Active hybrid FDB motor Alan Lyndon Grantz, Anthony Joseph Aiello, Paco Flores, Klaus Kloeppel 2008-09-09 $7,123,000
7390125 Single piece hub with integral upper and lower female cones Roger A. Addy, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Wesley R. Clark, Matt L. Shumway +1 more 2008-06-24 $19,407,000
7077206 Method and apparatus involving an integrated or otherwise combined exit guide and section mill for sidetracking or directional drilling from existing wellbores Neil D. Shappert 2006-07-18
7042125 Hydraulic fluid dynamic bearing incorporating an asymmetric journal bearing Jeffry Arnold LeBlanc, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Troy M. Herndon, Anthony Joseph Aiello, Robert Alan Notthingham 2006-05-09 $10,569,000
6946764 Conical hybrid FDB motor Jeffry Arnold LeBlanc, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Troy M. Herndon, Robert A. Nottingham, Anthony Joseph Aiello +2 more 2005-09-20 $14,569,000
6912795 Conical hydrodynamic bearing gauging apparatus and method Michael Whittome 2005-07-05 $10,958,000
6857189 Method and apparatus for assembling a hydrodynamic bearing Troy M. Herndon, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Alex Gredinberg, Kris Jearakul 2005-02-22 $18,154,000
6817767 Hybrid spindle bearing Mohamed Mizanur Rahman, Hans Leuthold 2004-11-16 $13,969,000
6799892 Hybrid spindle bearing Hans Leuthold, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Susan Immisch, Norbert Parsoneault, Mohamed Mizanur Rahman 2004-10-05 $10,324,000
6755570 Single piece hub with integral upper and lower female cones and method for making the same Roger A. Addy, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Norbert Parsoneault, Wesley R. Clark, Matt L. Shumway +1 more 2004-06-29 $5,468,000
6401821 Method and apparatus involving an integrated or otherwise combined exit guide and section mill for sidetracking or directional drilling from existing wellbores Neil D. Shappert 2002-06-11
6285527 Disc drive having hydrodynamic labyrinth seal and magnet shield Norbert Steven Parsoneault 2001-09-04
6181039 Centrifugal capillary seal for use with fluid dynamic bearings Alan Lyndon Grantz 2001-01-30
6065877 Thermal compensation for fluid dynamic bearing using bimetal parts Hans Leuthold, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Matt L. Shumway, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Etoli Wolff +4 more 2000-05-23 $25,183,000
6055126 Disc drive having hydrodynamic labyrinth seal and magnet shield Norbert Steven Parsoneault 2000-04-25 $20,076,000
5969903 Magnetic particle trap for hydrodynamic bearing Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold 1999-10-19 $20,348,000
5678929 Grooved hydrodynamic bearing arrangement including a porous lubricant reservoir Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Gregory I. Rudd, Raquib Uddin Khan 1997-10-21 $21,240,000