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Michael B. Hintz
Also filed as: HINTZ MICHAEL · HINTZ MICHAEL B · HINTZ MICHAEL BERRY
22 granted patents·10 pending applications·628 citations·filing 1993–2022
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32 records- 0196US6700753B2Spin valve structures with specular reflection layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 2, 2004·83 cites·9 claims
- 0295US5540966ADual layer optical medium having partially reflecting thin film layerMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 30, 1996·61 cites·27 claims
- 0394US5640382ADual layer optical medium having partially reflecting metal alloy layerIMATION CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 17, 1997·95 cites·26 claims
- 0493US5458941AOptical recording medium exhibiting eutectic phase equilbriaMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 17, 1995·61 cites·19 claims
- 0592US5478456ASputtering targetMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 26, 1995·68 cites·23 claims
- 0689US6278592B1GMR spin valve having a bilayer TaN/NiFeCr seedlayer to improve GMR response and exchange pinning fieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 21, 2001·60 cites·20 claims
- 0788US5353268AThermomagnetic recording system employing a medium having high storage density and direct-overwrite capability as a result of along-track isocoercivityMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 4, 1994·47 cites·24 claims
- 0881US6953629B2NiCr and NiFeCr seed layers for perpendicular magnetic recording mediaIMATION CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 11, 2005·18 cites·21 claims
- 0980US6650519B1ESD protection by a high-to-low resistance shuntSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 18, 2003·14 cites·20 claims
- 1079US8298478B2Method of preparing an electrodeHINTZ MICHAEL B·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 30, 2012·9 cites·13 claims
- 1179US6030556AOptical disc stampers and methods/systems for manufacturing the sameIMATION CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 29, 2000·33 cites·57 claims
- 1278US11413466B2Battery assembly for medical deviceMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 16, 2022·1 cites·9 claims
- 1376US6795279B2Spin valve structures with specular reflection layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 21, 2004·16 cites·19 claims
- 1475US12311187B2Battery assembly for medical deviceMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2022·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1565US5460853ASystem and method for multilayer film production on tape substrateMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 24, 1995·26 cites·3 claims
- 1661US5679429ADual layer optical medium having partially reflecting thin film layerIMATION CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 21, 1997·11 cites·38 claims
- 1760US7068030B2Magnetic field strength detectorIMATION CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 27, 2006·10 cites·17 claims
- 1856US2015129087A1Method of making porous nitrogenized titanium coatings for medical devicesMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 1952US8916004B2Thermal nitriding process for components of implantable medical devicesHINTZ MICHAEL B·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 23, 2014·1 cites·19 claims
- 2051US2010274307A1Methods of preparing an electrodeMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2148US2010318140A1Volumetric energy density electrodesMEDTRONIC INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2247US2007184308A1Magnetic recording medium with reservoirs and method of manufactureIMATION CORP·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2346US5736240AAmorphous rare earth oxidesMINNESOTA MINING & MFG·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 7, 1998·7 cites·25 claims
- 2446US2006273785A1Magnetic field sensing deviceLINDBLOM STEVEN L·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2546US2020208807A1Specialty Punt Illumining Light ToolHINTZ MICHAEL·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 2644US2006234089A1Multi-layered sputtered thin metal film recording medium comprising a tungsten seed layer and a chromium-titanium-tungsten intermediate layerIMATION CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2743US5993930ADual layer optical medium having multilayered spacer layer between reflecting layersIMATION CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 30, 1999·4 cites·25 claims
- 2838US2022268438A9Specialty Punt Illumining Light ToolHINTZ MICHAEL·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 2936US2006273419A1Magnetic field sensing deviceLINDBLOM STEVEN L·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3036US2002067683A1Temperature sensitive patterned media transducersIMATION CORP·Filed 2000·Application pending·0 cites
- 3132US5648163AMagneto-optic recording medium having magneto-optic film layers separated by yttrium oxideIMATION CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 15, 1997·2 cites·12 claims
- 3229US6098880AShaped magnetoresistive readersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 8, 2000·1 cites·10 claims
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