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Robert E. Eaton

WT Western Digital Technologies: 6 patents #532 of 3,180Top 20%
HG HGST: 3 patents #567 of 1,677Top 35%
MA Maxtor: 1 patents #329 of 656Top 55%
ST Seagate Technology: 1 patents #2,726 of 4,626Top 60%
IBM: 1 patents #44,794 of 70,183Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #399,185 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12374362 Harmonic sensor phase error detection for data storage devices 2025-07-29
10553247 Data storage device calibrating data density based on amplitude-inverted or time-inverted read signal Mark A. Nichols 2020-02-04
9786309 Data storage device detecting minimum stable fly height of a head over a disk Bernhard E. Knigge, Noureddine Kermiche, Puneet Bhargava 2017-10-10
9786310 Data storage device detecting lasing threshold of laser by measuring protrusion effect Hans J. Richter, Andreas Moser 2017-10-10
9361939 Data storage device characterizing geometry of magnetic transitions 2016-06-07
9001453 Data storage device calibrating fly height actuator based on read mode touchdown resistance of touchdown sensor Bernhard E. Knigge, Jian Xu, Zhen Z. Ye 2015-04-07
8238051 Real time monitoring inconsistent operations in a hard disk drive Peter Michael Baumgart, Bernhard E. Knigge 2012-08-07
7808734 Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer Hai Chi Nguy, Jeffrey R. Williams 2010-10-05
7705588 Apparatus and method for testing magnetic disk drive components using drive-based parts Gang Herbert Lin, Tao Lin, Amir Ali Companieh, Rob Milby, Ron D. Carroll +1 more 2010-04-27
7697223 Monitoring a fly height of a magnetic transducer Hai Chi Nguy, Jeffrey R. Williams 2010-04-13
7199960 Disk drive with AC exciter for head/disk interface Erhard Schreck 2007-04-03
5661614 Method and apparatus for error recovery for unstable magnetorestrictive heads Albert John Wallash, Richard George Hirko 1997-08-26