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Robert E. Chapin — 15 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 15 patents #386 of 4,701Top 9%
Burnsville, MN: #45 of 632 inventorsTop 8%
Minnesota: #4,986 of 52,454 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Robert E. Chapin has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in April 2016. Robert E. Chapin ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Robert E. Chapin in Burnsville, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9321143 Lapping device with lapping control feature and method Marc Ronshaugen, Gordon Jones 2016-04-26 $5,533,000
8628377 Flexure assembly Richard Jonathan Goldsmith, Mark Allen Herendeen 2014-01-14 $21,947,000
5774304 Disc head slider having center rail with asymmetric edge steps Peter Crane 1998-06-30 $8,057,000
RE35800 Air bearing slider with relieved rail ends 1998-05-19
5343343 Air bearing slider with relieved rail ends 1994-08-30 $17,752,000
5317465 Negative pressure air bearing slider with a choke for restricting air flow Richard A. Strom 1994-05-31 $8,648,000
5274518 Negative pressure air bearing slider having converging isolation channels Richard A. Strom 1993-12-28 $8,740,000
5267109 Air bearing slider with relieved trailing edge Peter Crane 1993-11-30 $9,163,000
5218494 Negative pressure air bearing slider having isolation channels with edge step Richard A. Strom 1993-06-08 $6,009,000
5218495 Negative pressure air bearing slider with spoiler channels Richard A. Strom 1993-06-08 $6,009,000
5210666 Self-loading air bearing slider with a relieved leading edge Peter Crane 1993-05-11 $6,524,000
5200868 Negative pressure air bearing slider having an air bearing surface trailing a negative pressure cavity Richard A. Strom 1993-04-06 $5,641,000
5196973 Negative pressure air bearing slider having isolation channels which terminate prior to trailing edge Richard A. Strom 1993-03-23 $12,188,000
5128822 Configuration for negative pressure air bearing sliders Richard A. Strom 1992-07-07 $6,310,000
5062017 Hour-glass disk head slider Richard A. Strom, Peter Crane 1991-10-29 $4,109,000