Assignee
WD MEDIA INC
US·35 granted patents·4 pending applications·2,017 citations·filing 2003–2013
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
39 records- 0199US8038863B2Composite stamper for imprint lithographyWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 18, 2011·69 cites·4 claims
- 0299US7686991B2Method of aligning a die and stamping a substrate for nano-imprint lithographyWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 30, 2010·70 cites·22 claims
- 0398US7911736B2Storage device and method of using a head that has a concave surface when powered downWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 22, 2011·77 cites·6 claims
- 0498US7682546B2Disk alignment apparatus and method for patterned media productionWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 23, 2010·73 cites·17 claims
- 0598US7656615B2Perpendicular magnetic recording disk with a soft magnetic layer having a discrete track recording patternWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 2, 2010·72 cites·15 claims
- 0698US7608193B2Perpendicular magnetic discrete track recording diskWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 27, 2009·76 cites·10 claims
- 0798US7549209B2Method of fabricating a magnetic discrete track recording diskWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 23, 2009·108 cites·7 claims
- 0898US7425719B2Method and apparatus for selectively providing data from a test head to a processorWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 16, 2008·74 cites·44 claims
- 0998US7375362B2Method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating stray light in an optical test headWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted May 20, 2008·73 cites·31 claims
- 1097US7944165B1Inspection system with dual encodersWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2008·Granted May 17, 2011·73 cites·12 claims
- 1197US7758732B1Method and apparatus for applying a voltage to a substrate during platingWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 20, 2010·70 cites·13 claims
- 1297US7733605B2Magnetic recording disk having a transition zoneWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 8, 2010·72 cites·6 claims
- 1397US7686606B2Imprint embossing alignment systemWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 30, 2010·80 cites·11 claims
- 1497US7632087B2Composite stamper for imprint lithographyWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 15, 2009·73 cites·4 claims
- 1597US7597792B2Magnetic recording disk having DTR patterned CSS zoneWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 6, 2009·71 cites·6 claims
- 1697US7498062B2Method and apparatus for applying a voltage to a substrate during platingWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 3, 2009·87 cites·8 claims
- 1796US8003237B2Perpendicular magnetic recording disk and manufacturing method thereofWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 23, 2011·72 cites·13 claims
- 1896US7944643B1Patterns for pre-formatted information on magnetic hard disk mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 17, 2011·71 cites·25 claims
- 1996US7924519B2Eccentricity determination for a diskWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 12, 2011·82 cites·18 claims
- 2096US7910159B2Radial magnetic field reset system for producing single domain soft magnetic underlayer on perpendicular magnetic recording mediumWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 22, 2011·71 cites·16 claims
- 2196US7471484B2Patterned medium and recording headWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 30, 2008·81 cites·10 claims
- 2295US8354618B1Load chamber with dual heatersWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 15, 2013·74 cites·21 claims
- 2395US7569490B2Electrochemical etchingWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 4, 2009·76 cites·32 claims
- 2494US7998912B2Composite lubricant for hard disk mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 16, 2011·71 cites·24 claims
- 2593US7684152B2Method of mitigating eccentricity in a disk drive with DTR mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 23, 2010·72 cites·9 claims
- 2692US8800322B1Composite magnetic recording mediumWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 12, 2014·45 cites·4 claims
- 2792US8002901B1Temperature dependent pull speeds for drying of a wet cleaned workpieceWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 23, 2011·69 cites·18 claims
- 2883US9034492B1Systems and methods for controlling damping of magnetic media for heat assisted magnetic recordingWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 19, 2015·6 cites·42 claims
- 2977US10115428B1HAMR media structure having an anisotropic thermal barrier layerWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 30, 2018·4 cites·12 claims
- 3074US9120348B1Press system with embossing foil free to expand for nano-imprinting of recording mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 1, 2015·2 cites·13 claims
- 3172US9183867B1Systems and methods for forming implanted capping layers in magnetic media for magnetic recordingWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 10, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 3271US9096934B1Load lock with variable conductance valveWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 4, 2015·1 cites·22 claims
- 3362US2010300884A1Electro-deposited passivation coatings for patterned mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3461US9149978B1Imprinting method with embossing foil free to expand for nano-imprinting of recording mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 6, 2015·0 cites·4 claims
- 3556US8980076B1Electro-deposited passivation coatings for patterned mediaWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 17, 2015·0 cites·13 claims
- 3650US2010035085A1Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with improved magnetic anisotropy fieldWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3749US9153268B1Lubricants comprising fluorinated graphene nanoribbons for magnetic recording media structureWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 6, 2015·0 cites·10 claims
- 3841US2014234666A1Lubricants comprising pfpe terminated with benzene or functional benzene end groups for magnetic recording media structureWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3934US2014151360A1Heater assembly for disk processing systemWD MEDIA INC·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
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