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Dan S. Kercher
Also filed as: KERCHER DAN S · KERCHER DAN SAYLOR
12 granted patents·5 pending applications·33 citations·filing 2001–2013
86Inventor score
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17 records- 0183US7604836B2Release layer and resist material for master tool and stamper toolHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 20, 2009·5 cites·10 claims
- 0269US7517463B1Perpendicular pole with bilayer gapHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 14, 2009·5 cites·20 claims
- 0368US8920948B2Substrate patterning in perpendicular storage mediaFOLKS LIESL·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 30, 2014·2 cites·9 claims
- 0468US8541116B2Patterned perpendicular magnetic recording disk drive and medium with patterned exchange bridge layer below the data islandsHELLWIG OLAV·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 24, 2013·2 cites·21 claims
- 0567US8105753B2System, method and apparatus for pattern clean-up during fabrication of patterned media using forced assembly of moleculesDAI QING·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 31, 2012·2 cites·25 claims
- 0667US6495944B2Electrostatic microactuator with viscous liquid dampingIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 17, 2002·15 cites·18 claims
- 0764US9190093B2Reduced adjacent track errors in bit-patterned mediaHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 17, 2015·1 cites·7 claims
- 0862US8871528B2Medium patterning method and associated apparatusRUBIN KURT A·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 28, 2014·1 cites·26 claims
- 0954US8481245B2System, method and apparatus for pattern clean-up during fabrication of patterned media using forced assembly of moleculesDAI QING·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 9, 2013·0 cites·22 claims
- 1054US2013319850A1Nanoimprint lithography method for making a bit-patterned media magnetic recording disk using imprint resist with enlarged feature sizeHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 1152US8338006B2Magnetic recording disk having pre-patterned surface features and planarized surfaceDAI QING·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 25, 2012·0 cites·5 claims
- 1252US2010034966A1System, method and apparatus for planarizing media topography via soaking in dilute non-functionalized polymer solutionHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 1349US2012325771A1System and method of fabricating mediaBIAN XIAOPING·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 1448US8821736B1Method for making a perpendicular magnetic recording disk with template layer formed of nanoparticles embedded in a polymer materialHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 2, 2014·0 cites·24 claims
- 1548US2012138567A1Nanoimprint lithography method for making a patterned magnetic recording disk using imprint resist with enlarged feature sizeHIRANO TOSHIKI·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 1644US8262975B2Self-releasing resist material for nano-imprint processesBEST MARGARET E·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 11, 2012·0 cites·15 claims
- 1744US2012012554A1System and method of fabricating mediaBIAN XIAOPING·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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