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Thomas William Clinton
Also filed as: CLINTON THOMAS W · CLINTON THOMAS WILLIAM
29 granted patents·8 pending applications·489 citations·filing 1997–2022
97Inventor score
Files withSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC17HGST Netherlands BV5NTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC5CLINTON THOMAS W2CLINTON THOMAS WILLIAM2
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37 records- 0197US6665136B2Recording heads using magnetic fields generated locally from high current densities in a thin film wireSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 16, 2003·83 cites·26 claims
- 0296US8289650B2HAMR recording head having a sloped wall poleSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 16, 2012·34 cites·19 claims
- 0395US8405932B2HAMR recording head having a sloped wall poleSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 26, 2013·28 cites·20 claims
- 0495US7212367B2Ampere wire write head with confined magnetic fieldsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·56 cites·30 claims
- 0594US8854930B1Slider embedded photodetector for optical power monitoring in heat assisted magnetic recordingHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 7, 2014·22 cites·20 claims
- 0693US7936597B2Multilevel magnetic storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted May 3, 2011·46 cites·29 claims
- 0793US7593184B2Rotating write field generated by circulating domain walls in a magnetic ring: a DC-driven high-frequency oscillatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 22, 2009·15 cites·10 claims
- 0893US7500255B2Data writing with plasmon resonatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 3, 2009·37 cites·16 claims
- 0992US9048031B2Method of and printable compositions for manufacturing a multilayer carbon nanotube capacitorNTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 2, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 1092US7818760B2Data writing with plasmon resonatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 19, 2010·11 cites·20 claims
- 1191US7149055B2Inductive write head driven only by an ampere wireSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 12, 2006·28 cites·21 claims
- 1290US11626137B1Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head containing a near-field transducer with diffusion barrier and method of making thereofWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 11, 2023·5 cites·19 claims
- 1385US9147415B2HAMR head spot-size converters with secondary index confinementHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 29, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 1484US9159339B2Wire and wire lead designs for a wire-assisted magnetic write deviceSCHOLZ WERNER·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 13, 2015·8 cites·18 claims
- 1584US8908482B1Sacrificial protection layer for preventing ion mill damage to HAMR optical componentsHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 9, 2014·6 cites·20 claims
- 1682US6917493B2Ampere head with perpendicular magnetic fieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 12, 2005·17 cites·28 claims
- 1781US9311935B2Method and apparatus for magnetic recording head having a waveguideHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 12, 2016·5 cites·18 claims
- 1880US7898849B2Compound cell spin-torque magnetic random access memorySEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 1, 2011·8 cites·16 claims
- 1977US6985318B2Method and apparatus for precessional switching of the magnetization of storage medium using a transverse write fieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 10, 2006·11 cites·23 claims
- 2076US8144425B2Magnetic recording head with compact yokeCLINTON THOMAS W·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 27, 2012·3 cites·9 claims
- 2174US8023317B2Magnetic random access memory with dual spin torque reference layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 20, 2011·2 cites·20 claims
- 2272US5930165AFringe field superconducting systemUS NAVY·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 27, 1999·31 cites·27 claims
- 2369US8526224B2Compound cell spin-torque magnetic random access memorySEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 3, 2013·2 cites·17 claims
- 2465US8199565B2Magnetic random access memory with dual spin torque reference layersCLINTON THOMAS W·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 12, 2012·1 cites·19 claims
- 2564US6414870B1Magnetoquenched superconductor valve with bilayer ferromagnetic film for uniaxial switchingUS NAVY·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 2, 2002·13 cites·18 claims
- 2664US2014139975A1Multilayer Carbon Nanotube CapacitorNTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2761US7859892B2Magnetic random access memory with dual spin torque reference layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 28, 2010·1 cites·17 claims
- 2861US2016086741A1Multilayer Carbon Nanotube CapacitorNTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 2958US2011204020A1Method of and Printable Compositions for Manufacturing a Multilayer Carbon Nanotube CapacitorNTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3058US2011205688A1Multilayer Carbon Nanotube CapacitorNTHDEGREE TECH WORLDWIDE INC·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3156US8116124B2Compound cell spin-torque magnetic random access memoryCLINTON THOMAS WILLIAM·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 14, 2012·1 cites·19 claims
- 3252US6903891B1Photoconductive optical write driver for magnetic recordingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 7, 2005·1 cites·35 claims
- 3347US2008112087A1WAMR writer with an integrated spin momentum transfer driven oscillator for generating a microwave assist fieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3445US2015121685A1Coupled spot-size-converter arrays for wafer-level optical metrologyHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3544US8325513B2Compound cell spin-torque magnetic random access memoryCLINTON THOMAS WILLIAM·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 4, 2012·0 cites·16 claims
- 3642US2010271018A1Sensors for minute magnetic fieldsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3735US2003127424A1Method of fabricating magnetic recording heads using asymmetric focused-Ion-beam trimmingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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