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Terry McDaniel — 30 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 16 patents #350 of 4,701Top 8%
Micron: 8 patents #1,732 of 6,374Top 30%
IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
QUQuinta: 1 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
JPMorgan Chase: 1 patents #1,555 of 3,779Top 45%
RRRead Rite: 1 patents #170 of 255Top 70%
California: #17,345 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Terry McDaniel has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in March 2014. Terry McDaniel ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Terry McDaniel in معلمی نژاد, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8674404 Additional metal routing in semiconductor devices James E. Green, Mark Fischer 2014-03-18 $9,836,000
8149652 Compensating the effects of static head-media spacing variations and nonlinear transition shift in heat assisted magnetic recording Mehmet Fatih Erden, Priyadarshee Deeptarag Mathur, William Albert Challener, Edward Charles Gage, Wei Peng +1 more 2012-04-03 $18,806,000
7859112 Additional metal routing in semiconductor devices James E. Green, Mark Fischer 2010-12-28 $2,833,000
7595521 Terraced film stack Robert J. Hanson, Alex J. Schrinsky 2009-09-29 $10,038,000
7518827 Laser assisted track width definition and radial control with magnetic recording Karl A. Belser, Edward Charles Gage, James E. Durnin, Lori G. Swanson, Christina Hutchinson 2009-04-14 $10,827,000
7515372 Compensating the effects of static head-media spacing variations and nonlinear transition shift in heat assisted magnetic recording Mehmet Fatih Erden, Priyadarshee Deeptarag Mathur, William Albert Challener, Edward Charles Gage, Wei Peng 2009-04-07 $18,404,000
7473613 Terraced film stack Robert J. Hanson, Alex J. Schrinsky 2009-01-06 $3,803,000
7468533 Terraced film stack Robert J. Hanson, Alex J. Schrinsky 2008-12-23 $4,004,000
7394622 Magnetic recording media with discrete tracks of magnetic material in a magnetically soft underlayer Edward Charles Gage, Gary C. Rauch, Rene Johannes Marinus van de Veerdonk, Hans J. Richter, Mark H. Kryder 2008-07-01 $22,937,000
7262053 Terraced film stack Robert J. Hanson, Alex J. Schrinsky 2007-08-28 $1,732,000
6868048 Data storage system having thermally activated readout Karl A. Belser, Edward Charles Gage, Randall H. Victora, James E. Durnin, Charles Frederick Brucker 2005-03-15 $10,397,000
6798729 Optical head using micro-machined elements Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., Joseph D. Drake, Jeffrey P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, John Heanue +2 more 2004-09-28 $8,723,000
6794238 Process for forming metallized contacts to periphery transistors Richard H. Lane 2004-09-21 $1,886,000
6784501 Process for forming metalized contacts to periphery transistors Richard H. Lane 2004-08-31 $1,044,000
6781785 Method and system for utilizing circular marks in position error signal patterns Karl A. Belser, Li-Ping Wang 2004-08-24 $430,201,000
6775100 Laser assisted track width definition and radial control with magnetic recording Karl A. Belser, Edward Charles Gage, James E. Durnin, Lori G. Swanson, Christina Hutchinson 2004-08-10 $5,607,000
6714370 Write head and method for recording information on a data storage medium Thierry Valet 2004-03-30 $10,245,000
6706358 Storage disk comprising depressions and /or raised features John H. Jerman, Karl A. Belser 2004-03-16 $10,286,000
6700838 Planar coil structure for magneto-optical head 2004-03-02 $10,886,000
6414911 Flying optical head with dynamic mirror Jeffrey P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., John Heanue, Kurt E. Petersen +1 more 2002-07-02
6373792 Reduction of a temperature in a lubricant interface Karl A. Belser, Jill Berger, John H. Jerman 2002-04-16
6360035 Optical head using micro-machined elements Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., Joseph D. Drake, Jeffrey P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, John Heanue +2 more 2002-03-19
6226233 Magneto-optical system utilizing MSR media Jeffrey P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, John Heanue, Jeff Drazan, Kurt E. Petersen +2 more 2001-05-01
6044056 Flying optical head with dynamic mirror Jeffrey P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., John Heanue, Kurt E. Petersen +1 more 2000-03-28 $47,100,000
5903525 Coil for use with magneto-optical head Yugang Wang 1999-05-11 $7,910,000