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Xiaoding Ma — 32 Patents

STSeagate Technology: 31 patents #147 of 4,701Top 4%
STSeagate Technologies: 1 patents #14 of 110Top 15%
Fremont, CA: #472 of 9,298 inventorsTop 6%
California: #15,919 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #110,428 of 4,157,543Top 3%
32 Patents All Time
Xiaoding Ma has been granted 32 US patents while listed as an inventor at Seagate Technology. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in August 2020. Xiaoding Ma ranks #110,428 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.7%). Patent records list Xiaoding Ma in Fremont, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 32 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10748571 Mechanically balanced and magnetically unbalanced device Samuel Lewis Tanaka, ChunWai Joseph Tong, Jerry Kueirweei Chour, Thomas Larson Greenberg 2020-08-18 $11,292,000
10614850 Coating a near field transducer with a dielectric material from magnetic recording medium Paul M. Jones, Martin Blaber, Yuhang Cheng 2020-04-07 $8,058,000
10373637 Granularity in overlying magnetic and non-magnetic layers Bin Lu, Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Ganping Ju, Yingguo Peng, Yinfeng Ding 2019-08-06 $17,077,000
10151025 Helmholtz coil assisted PECVD carbon source Christopher L. Platt, Zhaohui Fan, Samuel Lewis Tanaka, Chun Wai Joseph Tong, Thomas Larson Greenberg 2018-12-11 $6,723,000
10109465 Coil filament for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition source Romulo Ata, Zhaohui Fan, Samuel Lewis Tanaka, Christopher L. Platt 2018-10-23 $11,575,000
9984714 Apparatuses and methods for absorbing optical energy Paul M. Jones, Timothy J. Klemmer, Ruoxi Yang, Martin Blaber, Zhaohui Fan +10 more 2018-05-29 $11,807,000
9984713 Heat assisted magnetic recording media with enhanced tuning exchange coupling Antonio Javier Zambano, Connie Chunling Liu, Zhaohui Fan, Jerry Kueirweei Chour 2018-05-29 $11,807,000
9842616 Selective heat-assisted removal of head over-coat and media over-coat Florin Zavaliche, Paul M. Jones, Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Zhaohui Fan, Bing Zhang +4 more 2017-12-12 $10,172,000
9734856 Apparatuses and methods for absorbing optical energy Paul M. Jones, Timothy J. Klemmer, Ruoxi Yang, Martin Blaber, Zhaohui Fan +10 more 2017-08-15 $16,190,000
9299379 Reduced spacing recording apparatus Kaizhong Gao, Bin Lu, Bogdan Florin Valcu 2016-03-29 $8,108,000
8715840 Reduced spacing recording apparatus Kaizhong Gao, Bin Lu, Bogdan Florin Valcu 2014-05-06 $20,405,000
8586703 Low profile lubricant with cyclophosphazene ring attached Jiping Yang, Michael Joseph Stirniman, Jing Gui 2013-11-19 $36,116,000
8114470 Reduced spacing recording apparatus Kaizhong Gao, Bin Lu, Bogdan Florin Valcu 2012-02-14 $18,185,000
7354618 Oxygen plasma post-deposition treatment of magnetic recording media Chung-Hee Chang, Michael Joseph Stirniman, Jeffrey Shane Reiter, Samuel D. Harkness, IV, Rajiv Yadav Ranjan 2008-04-08 $17,299,000
7175926 Dual-layer carbon-based protective overcoats for recording media by filtered cathodic ARC deposition Michael Joseph Stirniman, Jing Gui 2007-02-13 $19,577,000
6982071 Thin-film magnetic recording media with dual intermediate layer structure for increased coercivity Kevin J. Grannen, Jing Gui, Jeffrey A. McCann, Mark A. Shows 2006-01-03 $24,982,000
6878418 Method for making zone-bonded lubricant layer for magnetic hard discs Michael Joseph Stirniman, Jing Gui 2005-04-12 $10,668,000
6824836 Protection overcoat for recording media Jing Gui, Michael Joseph Stirniman 2004-11-30 $14,453,000
6800349 Zone bonded lubrication for hard disk recording media Raj Thangaraj, Huan Tang, Michael Joseph Stirniman 2004-10-05 $10,324,000
6767592 Method for thin film protective overcoat Jing Gui, Michael Joseph Stirniman 2004-07-27 $13,700,000
6689425 Nitrogen-doped hydrogenated carbon films by ion beam deposition Kevin J. Grannen, Jing Gui, Jeffrey A. McCann, Mark A. Shows 2004-02-10 $11,048,000
6673429 Magnetic recording media with a multiple-layer lubricant Michael Joseph Stirniman, Huan Tang, Jing Gui 2004-01-06 $9,492,000
6660413 Component of a magnetic recording medium with sealing layer for corrosion protection Raj Thangaraj, Kueir-Weei Chour, Huan Tang, Jing Gui 2003-12-09 $8,536,000
6656614 Method for manufacturing magnetic media with textured CSS landing zone formed by ion implantation, and media obtained thereby Xinwei Li, Huan Tang, Jing Gui 2003-12-02 $18,315,000
6638608 Protection overcoat for recording media Jing Gui, Michael Joseph Stirniman 2003-10-28 $26,330,000