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Mark L. Watson

ST Storage Technology: 11 patents #31 of 682Top 5%
WT Western Digital Technologies: 6 patents #532 of 3,180Top 20%
Oracle: 4 patents #3,141 of 14,854Top 25%
Overall (All Time): #205,775 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11776572 Magnetic tape having alternating sections for use in ultra-high areal density tape storage systems James N. Malina 2023-10-03
11688420 Hybrid dedicated and dynamic servo for tape James N. Malina, Masahito Kobayashi, Derrick E. Burton, Robert G. Biskeborn 2023-06-27
11532330 Data storage device compensating for magnetic tape distortion when shingle writing data tracks Robert G. Biskeborn, Trevor W. Olson 2022-12-20
11386925 Data storage device compensating for head/tape wear James N. Malina, William B. Boyle, David W. Chew 2022-07-12
11373683 Data storage device using laterally offset read element to compensate for tape stretch Diane L. Brown, David J. Seagle 2022-06-28
11295772 Data storage device compensating for tape distortion Trevor W. Olson 2022-04-05
8014102 Data storage tape for minimized damage Steven Michael Kientz 2011-09-06
7660069 Technique for signal and transducer alignment in a tape drive Steven G. Trabert 2010-02-09
7551380 Method for writing a servo pattern in tape Steven G. Trabert 2009-06-23
7505221 Multiple section read/write head 2009-03-17
7436630 System and method for reducing micro-discharge events in a data storage device Kevin D. McKinstry, Jeffrey Glenn Villiard 2008-10-14
7352540 Giant magneto-resistive (GMR) transducer having separation structure separating GMR sensor from head-tape interface Francis Campos, April Lynn Alstrin 2008-04-01
7256969 Discrete step stabilization of narrow-track AMR read sensors Carl Stephen Arnold, Edward V. Denison, Carl A. Helms, Stein Klevdal, Kevin D. McKinstry 2007-08-14
7239465 Multiple section head assembly for dual azimuth recording Anand V. Lakshmikumaran, Jeffrey Glenn Villiard 2007-07-03
7123450 Transducer positioning device utilizing a guide member mounted with flexible members Jeffrey Glenn Villiard 2006-10-17
6985430 Transducer positioning device Jeffrey Glenn Villiard 2006-01-10
6970314 Multiple section read/write head for high track density, flexible media storage applications Herman C. Kluge, Joseph M. Schmalhorst 2005-11-29
6826020 Merged-pole magnetic head having inverted write elements Larry E. Daby 2004-11-30
6744594 Servo write head with gaps for writing high and low frequency transitions Edward V. Denison, Mark Hennecken, Steven G. Trabert 2004-06-01
6477009 Read module with hybird closure Richard Welland Crowell 2002-11-05
6191925 Dual element read with shaped elements 2001-02-20