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Brian Johnson — 59 Patents

WTWestern Digital Technologies: 19 patents #157 of 3,180Top 5%
LILittelfuse: 11 patents #16 of 421Top 4%
Igt: 8 patents #304 of 1,260Top 25%
BLBritish Aerospace Public Limited: 3 patents #13 of 380Top 4%
DGDivicom Gmbh: 2 patents #3 of 19Top 20%
Amazon: 2 patents #7,232 of 19,158Top 40%
ADAnalog Devices: 2 patents #1,092 of 1,990Top 55%
BSBrave Software: 2 patents #5 of 10Top 50%
CTComputer Network Technology: 2 patents #11 of 44Top 25%
HAHarmonic: 1 patents #63 of 123Top 55%
BSBrocade Communications Systems: 1 patents #286 of 504Top 60%
ATAmerican Institute Of Taxidermy: 1 patents #2 of 4Top 50%
Laguna Hills, CA: #14 of 557 inventorsTop 3%
California: #6,060 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #40,067 of 4,157,543Top 1%
59 Patents All Time
Brian Johnson has been granted 59 US patents while listed as an inventor at Western Digital Technologies. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in April 2025. Brian Johnson ranks #40,067 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.96%). Patent records list Brian Johnson in Laguna Hills, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 59 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12272388 Data storage device with adaptive control of current balancer to mitigate rotational vibration (RV) noise Peng Huang, Christopher Larsen 2025-04-08
12266385 Data storage device having dual actuators and method for emergency power off retract (EPOR) of dual actuators Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami, Hiroki Watanabe 2025-04-01
12254909 VCM PWM to linear mode transition offset optimization to improve PES Jaesoo Byoun, Hideaki Ito, Gaku Ikedo, Naoyuki Kagami 2025-03-18
12198722 Enhancing spin up and spin down times for data storage devices Ryan Mayo 2025-01-14
12148446 Power improvement for minimum switching frequency operation Nathaniel Dupler, Ryan Mayo 2024-11-19 $28,753,000
12093977 Attention application user classification privacy Brendan Eich, Luke Mulks, Benjamin Livshits, Yan Zhu, Mandar Shinde +1 more 2024-09-17
11978482 Data storage device with closed loop extended park mode during spin down operation Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami 2024-05-07 $16,486,000
11948603 Optimize power, RTV, and coupled PES during seek operations Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami, Yasunori Fukuyama 2024-04-02 $38,332,000
11862202 Data storage device with smart ISOFET threshold voltage automatic tuning Jaesoo Byoun, Hideaki Ito, Gaku Ikedo, Naoyuki Kagami 2024-01-02 $11,123,000
11837264 Data storage device having dual actuators and method for data egress throttling during emergency power off retract (EPOR) Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami, Hiroki Watanabe 2023-12-05 $9,808,000
11823710 Dual spindle motors and dual spindle motor control for data storage Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami 2023-11-21 $18,044,000
11763844 Data storage device having dual actuators and method for emergency power off retract (EPOR) of dual actuators Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami, Hiroki Watanabe 2023-09-19 $12,644,000
11763629 Activity agent Cameron A. Filipour, Vincent P. Smith, Mark S. Ross, Craig Schaefer 2023-09-19
11763843 VCM PWM to linear mode transition offset optimization to improve PES Jaesoo Byoun, Hideaki Ito, Gaku Ikedo, Naoyuki Kagami 2023-09-19 $12,644,000
11749303 Data storage device with soft on-disk activation of fine actuators Jaesoo Byoun, Gaku Ikedo, Hideaki Ito, Naoyuki Kagami 2023-09-05 $14,700,000
11544737 Attention application user classification privacy Brendan Eich, Luke Mulks, Benjamin Livshits, Yan Zhu, Mandar Shinde +1 more 2023-01-03
11126248 Data storage device detecting supply current limit Robert P. Ryan, Ryan Mayo, Shrey Khanna 2021-09-21 $9,659,000
11054377 Pulsed wave guide liquid quality measurement Efrem Fesshaie, Rimantas Misevicius 2021-07-06 $30,757,000
10714286 Magnetically activated switch having magnetostrictive material 2020-07-14 $11,909,000
10714133 Data storage device capable of overriding a servo command to avoid an overcurrent condition Ryan Mayo, Jaesoo Byoun 2020-07-14 $11,627,000
10446975 Male connector for non-arcing electrical coupling 2019-10-15 $1,913,000
10324140 Zero sequence sensing apparatus and method Daniel Gilman, Kip M. Larson 2019-06-18 $2,855,000
10254240 Pulsed wave guide liquid quality measurement Efrem Fesshaie, Rimantas Misevicius 2019-04-09 $34,181,000
10242706 Data storage device detecting spindle motor position at increased resolution using mutual inductive sense Timothy A. Ferris, Jaesoo Byoun 2019-03-26 $17,515,000
10242698 Data storage device regulating BEMF power voltage during power failure Jaesoo Byoun, Timothy A. Ferris 2019-03-26 $17,515,000