Inventor
GAERTNER MARK A
US52 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
41 patentsUS6295577B1Sep 25, 2001
Disc storage system having a non-volatile cache to store write data in the event of a power failure
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC208 citations98
US6170042B1Jan 2, 2001
Disc drive data storage system and method for dynamically scheduling queued commands
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC126 citations97
US6339811B1Jan 15, 2002
Rotationally optimized seek initiation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC70 citations94
US7318121B2Jan 8, 2008
Synchronized mirrored data in a data storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC30 citations92
US6996668B2Feb 7, 2006
Synchronized mirrored data in a data storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC22 citations92
US9842060B1Dec 12, 2017
Cache over-provisioning in a data storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC24 citations91
US6445531B1Sep 3, 2002
Disc drive method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting seek operations
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC32 citations88
US10176886B1Jan 8, 2019
Multi-level data block error detection code
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC13 citations84
US10108481B1Oct 23, 2018
Early termination error recovery
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC13 citations83
US10424328B1Sep 24, 2019
Reduced latency I/O in multi-actuator device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC13 citations82
US10102145B1Oct 16, 2018
Out of order LBA processing
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC8 citations78
US7644206B2Jan 5, 2010
Command queue ordering by positionally pushing access commands
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC9 citations76
US10803893B1Oct 13, 2020
Data transfer scheduling for fairness and balance
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations73
US11275684B1Mar 15, 2022
Media read cache
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations72
US10587590B2Mar 10, 2020
Tracking of data erasures
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations72
US11164598B1Nov 2, 2021
Managing data associated with overwritten portions of previously-written tracks
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations71
US11023352B2Jun 1, 2021
Wear mitigation in a data storage system through data migration
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC4 citations71
US10720200B2Jul 21, 2020
Reduced latency I/O in multi-actuator device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC5 citations71
US10534716B2Jan 14, 2020
Limiting access operations in a data storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations70
US11222658B1Jan 11, 2022
Power latency control in data storage devices
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations68
US11119797B2Sep 14, 2021
Active drive API
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations66
US10831403B2Nov 10, 2020
Probabalistic command aging and selection
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations65
US12117885B2Oct 15, 2024
Electronic device power consumption grading
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations62
US11966623B2Apr 23, 2024
Increased aerial density capability in storage drives using encoded data portions written to media surfaces with different aerial density capabilities
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations62
US11721364B1Aug 8, 2023
Adaptive read clearance for improving reader reliability
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations62
US9384793B2Jul 5, 2016
Dynamic granule-based intermediate storage
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations61
US11074014B1Jul 27, 2021
Managing adjacent track interference in a data storage device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations58
US11462245B1Oct 4, 2022
Vibration-induced on-cylinder limit adjustment
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations57
US12182444B2Dec 31, 2024
Efficient scheduling of data storage disc input/output
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations56
US10861490B1Dec 8, 2020
Multi-controller data storage devices and methods
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations54
US11994950B2May 28, 2024
Secondary key allocation to storage drive failure domains
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations52
US11893268B2Feb 6, 2024
Opportunistic command scheduling
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations52
US10529375B2Jan 7, 2020
Wear mitigation system for a magnetic recording medium
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations52
US11934673B2Mar 19, 2024
Workload amplification metering and management
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
US10747678B2Aug 18, 2020
Storage tier with compressed forward map
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
US9921774B2Mar 20, 2018
Data storage management in a memory device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
US7346740B2Mar 18, 2008
Transferring speculative data in lieu of requested data in a data transfer operation
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations51
US11960767B2Apr 16, 2024
Outer codes for data storage devices
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations50
US9740406B2Aug 22, 2017
Dynamic granule-based intermediate storage
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations50
US9588886B2Mar 7, 2017
Staging sorted data in intermediate storage
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations50
US9588887B2Mar 7, 2017
Staging sorted data in intermediate storage
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations50
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
4 patentsUS5859738AJan 12, 1999
Head positioning in storage system during periods of inactivity
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY29 citations89
US6040952AMar 21, 2000
System and method for formatting disc surfaces
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY15 citations81
US6191912B1Feb 20, 2001
System and method for formatting disc surfaces
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY8 citations73
US6072648AJun 6, 2000
System and method for formatting disc surfaces
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY1 citations62
AT & T GLOBAL INF SOLUTION
1 patentFRIENDSHUH LUKE W
1 patentGOSS RYAN J
1 patentKANKANI NAVNEETH
1 patentGAERTNER MARK A
1 patentShowing the top 50 of 52 patents by PatentIndex Score.