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Mark L. Watson — 21 Patents

STStorage Technology: 11 patents #31 of 682Top 5%
WTWestern Digital Technologies: 6 patents #554 of 3,180Top 20%
Oracle: 4 patents #3,163 of 14,854Top 25%
Louisville, CO: #40 of 788 inventorsTop 6%
Colorado: #1,830 of 40,980 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Mark L. Watson has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Storage Technology. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in October 2023. Mark L. Watson ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Mark L. Watson in Louisville, CO, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11776572 Magnetic tape having alternating sections for use in ultra-high areal density tape storage systems James N. Malina 2023-10-03 $5,774,000
11688420 Hybrid dedicated and dynamic servo for tape James N. Malina, Masahito Kobayashi, Derrick E. Burton, Robert G. Biskeborn 2023-06-27 $9,761,000
11532330 Data storage device compensating for magnetic tape distortion when shingle writing data tracks Robert G. Biskeborn, Trevor W. Olson 2022-12-20 $4,719,000
11386925 Data storage device compensating for head/tape wear James N. Malina, William B. Boyle, David W. Chew 2022-07-12 $9,261,000
11373683 Data storage device using laterally offset read element to compensate for tape stretch Diane L. Brown, David J. Seagle 2022-06-28 $10,229,000
11295772 Data storage device compensating for tape distortion Trevor W. Olson 2022-04-05 $6,555,000
8014102 Data storage tape for minimized damage Steven Michael Kientz 2011-09-06 $34,663,000
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 $19,735,000
7505221 Multiple section read/write head 2009-03-17 $9,697,000
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 $7,978,000
6744594 Servo write head with gaps for writing high and low frequency transitions Edward V. Denison, Mark Hennecken, Steven G. Trabert 2004-06-01 $20,359,000
6477009 Read module with hybird closure Richard Welland Crowell 2002-11-05 $8,270,000
6191925 Dual element read with shaped elements 2001-02-20 $5,967,000