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Walter R. Eppler — 25 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 24 patents #209 of 4,701Top 5%
IMImation: 1 patents #303 of 622Top 50%
Oil City, PA: #7 of 266 inventorsTop 3%
Pennsylvania: #2,479 of 74,527 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Walter R. Eppler has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in March 2024. Walter R. Eppler ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Walter R. Eppler in Oil City, PA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11939570 Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip for gene synthesis Tim Rausch, Gemma Mendonsa 2024-03-26 $143,008,000
11924173 Sensor nodes and host forming a tiered ecosystem that uses public and private data for duplication Mehmet Fatih Erden, Robert Dale Murphy, Greg D. Larrew 2024-03-05 $32,859,000
11908502 Partial pulse pairing for improved read signal quality Drew Michael Mader 2024-02-20 $31,595,000
11881239 Determining fly height using readback signal distortion Drew Michael Mader 2024-01-23 $48,401,000
11654436 Microwave heating device for lab on a chip Tim Rausch, Edward Charles Gage, Gemma Mendonsa 2023-05-23 $30,833,000
11643647 Methods of gene assembly and their use in DNA data storage Tim Rausch, Gemma Mendonsa 2023-05-09 $11,089,000
11223447 Multiple detector data channel and data detection utilizing different cost functions Mehmet Fatih Erden 2022-01-11 $29,934,000
11066661 Methods of gene assembly and their use in DNA data storage Tim Rausch, Gemma Mendonsa 2021-07-20 $37,280,000
11056134 Capacitively operated microwave assisted magnetic recording oscillator 2021-07-06 $54,607,000
11005825 Sensor nodes and host forming a tiered ecosystem that uses public and private data for duplication Mehmet Fatih Erden, Robert Dale Murphy, Greg D. Larrew 2021-05-11 $22,045,000
10490219 Using signals from perpendicular and longitudinal multitrack magnetic fields for error recovery and/or servo control Mehmet Fatih Erden 2019-11-26 $10,985,000
10410661 Head media spacing using multiple readers Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Puskal Prasad Pokharel, Gary Ernest Hillukka, Stephanie Hernandez 2019-09-10 $5,731,000
10339963 Determining thermal gradient of a HAMR hotspot using pseudo-random bit sequences recorded at a stepped laser power Drew Michael Mader, Ian J. Gilbert, Tim Rausch 2019-07-02 $18,722,000
10332547 Data stored using perpendicular and longitudinal magnetic fields over more than two adjacent tracks Mehmet Erden, Krishnan Subramanian 2019-06-25 $19,196,000
10332557 Multitrack servo marks with perpendicular and longitudinal magnetic fields Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Puskal Prasad Pokharel 2019-06-25 $19,196,000
10311897 Multitrack data stored using perpendicular and longitudinal magnetic fields Mehmet Fatih Erden, Stephanie Hernandez 2019-06-04 $9,112,000
10255945 Media storage areal density Mehmet Fatih Erden, Steven Douglas Granz, Peter S. Harllee, Stephanie Hernandez 2019-04-09 $9,279,000
9818447 Measuring transition shifts due to laser power variation in a heat-assisted magnetic recording device Xuan Zheng, Julius K. Hohlfeld, Heidi M. Olson 2017-11-14 $10,437,000
9620163 Measuring transition shifts due to laser power variation in a heat-assisted magnetic recording device Xuan Zheng, Julius K. Hohlfeld, Heidi M. Olson 2017-04-11 $16,692,000
8077417 Skip block writing for bit patterned media write synchronization Michael Mallary, Werner Scholz 2011-12-13 $14,243,000
7982994 Multi-level recording on shingled coherent magnetic media Mehmet Fatih Erden, Mourad Benakli 2011-07-19 $7,603,000
7885025 Generating PES using readback signal distortion Inci Ozgunes, Xiangjun Feng, Kevin A. Gomez, Mark David Bedillion, Stephen John Wrazien 2011-02-08 $9,124,000
7440384 Magnetic recording device for heat assisted magnetic recording 2008-10-21 $6,401,000
7215629 Magnetic recording device for heat assisted magnetic recording 2007-05-08 $16,998,000
6030556 Optical disc stampers and methods/systems for manufacturing the same James M. DePuydt, Michael B. Hintz 2000-02-29 $5,275,000