Inventor
BEST JOHN S
US30 patents
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IBM
22 patentsUS5615190AMar 25, 1997
Fixed- block architecture embedded servo disk drive without data identification (ID) regions
IBM105 citations99
US5500848AMar 19, 1996
Sector servo data recording disk having data regions without identification (ID) fields
IBM112 citations99
US5459853AOct 17, 1995
Efficient variable-block data storage system employing a staggered fixed-block-architecture array
IBM91 citations94
US5438559AAug 1, 1995
Method for locating physical sectors in a fixed block architecture embedded servo disk file #14
IBM39 citations92
US5073833ADec 17, 1991
Dual sector servo system for disk file with separate read and write heads
IBM38 citations92
US5073834ADec 17, 1991
Disk file or tape drive with high servo sample rate embedding additional servo sectors within individual data sectors
IBM45 citations92
US9741390B1Aug 22, 2017
Optical disc drive
IBM11 citations84
US9741389B1Aug 22, 2017
High performance robotic optical storage system
IBM10 citations84
US9672863B1Jun 6, 2017
Disc gripper for storage discs
IBM11 citations84
US4556597ADec 3, 1985
Ion doped servo pattern for magnetic recording disk
IBM21 citations81
US4547824AOct 15, 1985
Dual biasing for integrated inductive MR head
IBM12 citations74
US10430123B2Oct 1, 2019
Hierarchical data recovery processing for extended product codes
IBM3 citations73
US10186295B2Jan 22, 2019
Disc gripper for storage disc
IBM4 citations73
US10031701B2Jul 24, 2018
Hierarchical processing for extended product codes
IBM2 citations73
US9373353B2Jun 21, 2016
Negative select access mechanism
IBM4 citations69
US10546608B1Jan 28, 2020
Method and system for selecting and moving a single disc in an optical disc library
IBM1 citations62
US4402060AAug 30, 1983
Gap tolerant merge element for contiguous-disk bubble devices
IBM2 citations62
US10658001B1May 19, 2020
Method and system for selecting and moving a single disc in an optical disc library
IBM0 citations51
US11544387B2Jan 3, 2023
Hash protection within an object storage library
IBM0 citations50
US9454426B2Sep 27, 2016
Codes of length tn invariant under rotations of order n
IBM0 citations42
US10127941B2Nov 13, 2018
Optical disk drive guide
IBM0 citations41
US9117462B2Aug 25, 2015
Tape drive with overlapped operations
IBM0 citations41
DOW CHEMICAL CO
6 patentsUS4003426AJan 18, 1977
Heat or thermal energy storage structure
DOW CHEMICAL CO168 citations95
US3990502ANov 9, 1976
Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment
DOW CHEMICAL CO43 citations92
US4036285AJul 19, 1977
Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment
DOW CHEMICAL CO16 citations74
US3976125AAug 24, 1976
Thermal bleed for permafrost environments
DOW CHEMICAL CO10 citations74
US3948313AApr 6, 1976
Arrangement to control heat flow between a member and its environment
DOW CHEMICAL CO15 citations74
US3932997AJan 20, 1976
Method for suppressing the formation of ice in natural or man-made bodies of water
DOW CHEMICAL CO6 citations63