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Samnathan Murthy — 11 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 11 patents #566 of 4,701Top 15%
Campbell, CA: #424 of 2,187 inventorsTop 20%
California: #56,011 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Samnathan Murthy has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in June 2003. Samnathan Murthy ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Samnathan Murthy in Campbell, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6583952 In-hub spindle motor with separate fluid dynamic bearings Alan Lyndon Grantz, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold, Mohamed Mizanur Rahman 2003-06-24 $13,465,000
6296390 Single plate hydrodynamic bearing with extended single journal bearing Etoli Wolff, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold 2001-10-02
6280088 Crowned conical bearing Hans Leuthold, Matt L. Shumway, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Roger A. Addy, Norbert Parsoneault +1 more 2001-08-28
6144523 Simplified conical bearing with independent flow paths Alan Lyndon Grantz, Steve Parsoneault, Roger A. Addy, Peter Riegler, Mohamed Mizanur Rahman 2000-11-07 $82,623,000
6118620 In-hub spindle motor with separate fluid dynamic bearings Alan Lyndon Grantz, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold, Mohamed Mizanur Rahman 2000-09-12 $27,587,000
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
6019516 Crowned conical bearing Hans Leuthold, Matt L. Shumway, Alan Lyndon Grantz, Roger A. Addy, Norbert Steven Parsoneault +1 more 2000-02-01 $13,695,000
5946958 Device for manufacturing a groove bearing Wesley R. Clark, Roger A. Addy, David Jennings 1999-09-07 $27,636,000
5940246 Disc drive hydro bearing lubricant with electrically conductive, non-metallic additive Raquib Uddin Khan, Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold 1999-08-17 $26,611,000
5793129 Low distortion interference fits for spindle motor assembly Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold, David Jennings 1998-08-11 $42,245,000
5666716 Low distortion interference fits for spindle motor assembly Norbert Steven Parsoneault, Hans Leuthold, David Jennings 1997-09-16 $32,882,000