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MENDONSA RIYAN ALEX
US53 patents
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Media certification with different recording widths
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Hard disc drive with internal access door
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Split ramp for data storage devices
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Storage system with actuated media player
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Data storage cartridge with magnetic head-disc interface (HDI)
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Zero skew disk drive with dual actuators
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Movable ramp with arm engaging bracket for an elevator drive on a magnetic disc recording device
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Zero skew elevator system
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Plasmonic transducer head for writing data to and reading data from an optical recording medium ultilizing a fluorescent dye
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Retractable ramp for data storage devices
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Adaptive manufacturing systems, methods, and devices such as hard disk drives
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Storage system with actuated media player
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Assembly that enables reduction in disk to disk spacing
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DNA backbone editing for DNA data storage
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Assembly that enables reduction in disk to disk spacing
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Assembly that enables reduction in disk to disk spacing
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Access schemes for drive-specific read/write parameters
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Hard disk drive with dynamically designated media zones for archiving and performance
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Fiber based optical media
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Movable magnetic particle memory device
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High-density archival storage using conventional hard disk drive architecture
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Selective screen electroplating
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Connectors using shape memory alloy
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Jukebox data storage system with inert environment
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Calibratable brake crawler for multi-disk drives
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Magnetically repositionable cassettes within a data storage drive
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Shape memory alloy based actuator latch
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Moveable ramp for data storage device
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Atomic layer deposition systems, methods, and devices
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Drive controller-override mechanism
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Cartridge-external preamplifier for read/write control of media library
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Storage system with actuated media player
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Compensating for interference via a multi-reader system
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Cartridge data storage with information-theoretic security
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Access schemes for drive-specific read/write parameters
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Multi-revolution hard disk drives with reduced servo overhead
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Wear leveling and grouping of drives based on position in chassis
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Mechanical magnetoresistance device
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Multidimensional optical storage media having light confinement layers and reading methodology therefor
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Wireless data storage devices and systems
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Rotating ramp with retraction capability for a disk drive
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Storage devices for external data acquisition
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Air gapped data storage devices and systems
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Gel electrophoresis for DNA purification
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Adjusting HGA z-height via HSA elevator using head/actuator feedback
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On-cartridge encryption key storage for cartridge-based library
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