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Mark F. Vallis
Also filed as: VALLIS MARK F
8 granted patents·1,273 citations·filing 2001–2005
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8 records- 0198US7149046B1Disk drive implementing wear prevention in a high frequency access band of tracksWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 12, 2006·146 cites·24 claims
- 0297US7050252B1Disk drive employing off-line sector verification and relocation of marginal sectors discovered during read error recovery procedureWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 23, 2006·172 cites·8 claims
- 0397US6968422B1Disk drive employing a modified rotational position optimization algorithm to account for external vibrationsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 22, 2005·142 cites·42 claims
- 0497US6710953B1Method and disk drive for improving data storage capacity of data tracks using push-down wedgesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 23, 2004·116 cites·18 claims
- 0596US6948165B1Method for installing an application program, to be executed during each bootload of a computer system for presenting a user with content options prior to conventional system startup presentation, without requiring a user's participation to install the programWESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 20, 2005·177 cites·9 claims
- 0696US6691213B1Computer system and method for accessing a protected partition of a disk drive that lies beyond a limited address range of a host computer's BIOSWESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 10, 2004·190 cites·13 claims
- 0795US7028174B1Disk drive employing a non-volatile serial semiconductor memory for storing a control program for a microprocessorWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 11, 2006·167 cites·33 claims
- 0895US6480932B1Computer system having a host computer coupled to a disk drive with a drive-selected-application partition for storing data for execution by the host computer in response to drive-determined conditionsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 12, 2002·163 cites·16 claims
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