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Weilu Xu — 14 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 12 patents #510 of 4,701Top 15%
NTN&K Technology: 2 patents #13 of 23Top 60%
San Jose, CA: #4,673 of 32,062 inventorsTop 15%
California: #43,920 of 386,348 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Weilu Xu has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in August 2019. Weilu Xu ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Weilu Xu in San Jose, CA, US.

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Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10384306 Laser cutting array with multiple laser source arrangement Ian J. Beresford, Joachim Walter Ahner, David M. Tung, Kuo Hsing Hwang 2019-08-20 $8,402,000
9865440 Sputtering shield Stan Kassela, Wei Xu, Lim Boon Leong, Liu Hao Jun, Chun Wai Joseph Tong +3 more 2018-01-09 $9,950,000
9418693 High density granular perpendicular recording media for mechanical reliability and corrosion resistance Miaogen Lu, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Michael Z. Wu, Shanghsien Rou, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang +1 more 2016-08-16 $13,828,000
9190095 Interlayer comprising chromium-containing alloy Shoutao Wang, Chung-Hee Chang, Xiaoguang Ma, Mark W. Johnson, Abebe Hailu +1 more 2015-11-17 $4,895,000
8993073 Applying bias voltage during formation of granular recording media Miaogen Lu, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Michael Z. Wu, Shanghsien Rou, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang +1 more 2015-03-31 $7,418,000
8696874 Seed layer comprising FCC structure Shoutao Wang, Chunghee Chang, Xiaoguang Ma, Mark W. Johnson, Abebe Hailu +1 more 2014-04-15 $16,579,000
8685547 Magnetic recording media with enhanced writability and thermal stability Bo Bian, Shoutao Wang, Abebe Hailu, Miaogen Lu, Charles Chen +2 more 2014-04-01 $11,329,000
8465854 Perpendicular magnetic recording media with thin soft magnetic underlayers and recording systems comprising same Li Tang, Youfeng Zheng, Shanghsien Rou, Connie Chunling Liu, Jianhua Xue +1 more 2013-06-18 $15,975,000
8110299 Granular perpendicular media interlayer for a storage device Shoutao Wang, Chunghee Chang, Xiaoguang Ma, Mark W. Johnson, Abebe Hailu +1 more 2012-02-07 $35,663,000
8025993 Recording media interlayer structure Abebe Hailu, Xiaoguang Ma, Chung-Hee Chang, Shoutao Wang, Charles Chen 2011-09-27 $7,526,000
6749729 Method and apparatus for workpiece biassing utilizing non-arcing bias rail Sam Vi Luong, Yao-Tzung Roger Shih 2004-06-15 $6,170,000
6641932 Magnetic thin film media with chromium capping layer Yuanda Cheng, Taesun Kim, Chung Shih, Liji Huang, Kueir Weii Chour +2 more 2003-11-04 $12,338,000
6392756 Method and apparatus for optically determining physical parameters of thin films deposited on a complex substrate Guoguang Li, Hongwei Zhu, Dale A. Harrison, Abdul Rahim Forouhi 2002-05-21
6091485 Method and apparatus for optically determining physical parameters of underlayers Guoguang Li, Hongwei Zhu, Dale A. Harrison, Abdul Rahim Forouhi 2000-07-18