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Reel/Frame:021172/0562   Pages: 11
Recorded: 07/01/2008
Attorney Dkt #:WD MEDIA, INC. (ISSUED)
Conveyance: MERGER (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS).
Total properties: 81
1
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/29/1991
Application #:
07485797
Filing Dt:
02/22/1990
Title:
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A THIN FILM MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
2
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/17/1991
Application #:
07626193
Filing Dt:
12/12/1990
Title:
HIGH-COERCIVITY THIN-FILM RECORDING MEDIUM
3
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/13/1993
Application #:
07664932
Filing Dt:
03/05/1991
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK MEDIUM COMPRISNG A MAGNETIC THIN FILM AND A CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING SURFACE NITROGEN ATOMS, A SPECIFIED CARBON STRUCTURE, AND OXYGEN ATOMS
4
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/29/1992
Application #:
07740436
Filing Dt:
08/05/1991
Title:
MAGNETRON SPUTTER GUN TARGET ASSEMBLY WITH DISTRIBUTED MAGNETIC FIELD
5
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/28/1998
Application #:
07964745
Filing Dt:
10/22/1992
Title:
THIN-FILM RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THIN CHROMIUM UNDERLAYER
6
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/22/1996
Application #:
08134216
Filing Dt:
10/08/1993
Title:
THIN CARBON OVERCOAT AND METHOD OF ITS MAKING
7
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/14/1998
Application #:
08168871
Filing Dt:
12/16/1993
Title:
MULTILAYER MAGNETIC MEDIUM WITH SOFT MAGNETIC INTERLAYER
8
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/21/1997
Application #:
08221875
Filing Dt:
04/01/1994
Title:
SPUTTERED CARBON OVERCOAT IN A THIN-FILM MEDIUM AND SPUTTERING METHOD
9
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/10/1998
Application #:
08252664
Filing Dt:
05/31/1994
Title:
MULTILAYERED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COERCIVITY GRADIENT
10
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/02/1997
Application #:
08372661
Filing Dt:
01/13/1995
Title:
METHOD OF PRODUCING A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
11
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/21/1997
Application #:
08408070
Filing Dt:
03/22/1995
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION
12
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/24/1996
Application #:
08497431
Filing Dt:
06/30/1995
Title:
LUBRICANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD
13
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/03/1998
Application #:
08511729
Filing Dt:
08/07/1995
Title:
METHOD FOR FORMING A THIN CARBON OVERCOAT IN A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
14
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/21/1997
Application #:
08552185
Filing Dt:
11/02/1995
Title:
LASER DISK TEXTURING APPARATUS
15
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/07/1998
Application #:
08575163
Filing Dt:
12/19/1995
Title:
TARGET ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN FORMING AN OVERCOAT IN A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
16
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/09/1999
Application #:
08657222
Filing Dt:
06/03/1996
Title:
METHOD FOR PREPARING A SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISK
17
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/17/1999
Application #:
08692088
Filing Dt:
08/06/1996
Title:
DISC-HANDLING APPARATUS
18
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/11/1997
Application #:
08736980
Filing Dt:
10/25/1996
Title:
CATHODE ASSEMBLY HAVING ROTATING MAGNETIC-FIELD SHUNT
19
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/07/1998
Application #:
08775987
Filing Dt:
01/03/1997
Title:
METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMPROVED MAGNETIC MEDIA INCLUDING SPUTTERING OF SELECTED OXIDES OR NITRIDES IN THE MAGNETIC LAYER, AND APPARATUS FOR SAME
20
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/13/1998
Application #:
08832028
Filing Dt:
04/02/1997
Title:
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THIN FILM MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING LOW MRT VALUE AND HIGH COERCIVITY
21
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/28/1999
Application #:
08887348
Filing Dt:
07/02/1997
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A MULTILAYER MAGNETIC RECORDING STRUCTURE INCLUDING A 10-30 ANGSTROM CO CR INTERLAYER
22
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/02/1999
Application #:
08902478
Filing Dt:
07/29/1997
Title:
SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING LASER BEAM ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTIC AND A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SUBSTRATE
23
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/02/1999
Application #:
08920294
Filing Dt:
08/28/1997
Title:
METHOD OF SPUTTERING SELECTED OXIDES AND NITRIDES FOR FORMING MAGNETIC MEDIA
24
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/21/2000
Application #:
08965099
Filing Dt:
11/06/1997
Title:
COLLOIDAL SILICA SLURRY FOR NIP PLATED DISK POLISHING
25
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/21/2000
Application #:
08984753
Filing Dt:
12/04/1997
Title:
ULTRA-THIN NUCLEATION LAYER FOR MAGNETIC THIN FILM MEDIA AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
26
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/30/2002
Application #:
09082789
Filing Dt:
05/21/1998
Title:
HARD DISK DRIVE HEAD-MEDIA SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED STICTION AND LOW FLY HEIGHT
27
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/12/2000
Application #:
09085764
Filing Dt:
05/28/1998
Title:
SLURRY COMPRISING A LIGAND OR CHELATING AGENT FOR POLISHING A SURFACE
28
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/03/2001
Application #:
09122303
Filing Dt:
07/24/1998
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA HAVING A CRTI UNDERLAYER DEPOSITED UNDER A SUBSTRATE BIAS
29
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/26/2000
Application #:
09164208
Filing Dt:
09/30/1998
Title:
CALIBRATION DISK HAVING DISCRETE BANDS OF CALIBRATION BUMPS
30
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/16/2001
Application #:
09165434
Filing Dt:
10/02/1998
Title:
LONGITUDINAL RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A DUAL UNDERLAYER
31
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/17/2001
Application #:
09186048
Filing Dt:
11/03/1998
Title:
METHOD FOR DRYING A SUBSTRATE
32
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/09/2001
Application #:
09234448
Filing Dt:
01/20/1999
Title:
METHOD OF FORMING A MAGNETIC HARD DISK WITH ELLIPTICAL SHAPED LASER BUMPS
33
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/26/2002
Application #:
09244704
Filing Dt:
02/04/1999
Title:
PATTERNED LASER ZONE TEXTURE
34
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/11/2002
Application #:
09259987
Filing Dt:
03/01/1999
Title:
DISK MARKING SYSTEM
35
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/17/2001
Application #:
09265597
Filing Dt:
03/10/1999
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
36
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/11/2000
Application #:
09298107
Filing Dt:
04/22/1999
Title:
METHOD OF SPUTTERING A CARBON PROTECTIVE FILM ON A MAGNETIC DISK WITH HIGH SP3 CONTENT
37
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/19/2001
Application #:
09316974
Filing Dt:
05/24/1999
Title:
MECHANICAL TEXTURING OF GLASS AND GLASS-CERAMIC SUBSTRATES
38
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/28/2002
Application #:
09318241
Filing Dt:
05/25/1999
Title:
METHOD OF MARKING DISKS
39
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/20/2003
Application #:
09337709
Filing Dt:
06/21/1999
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING SUBSTRATES
40
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/24/2001
Application #:
09353247
Filing Dt:
07/14/1999
Title:
SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR POLISHING A GLASS CERAMIC SUBSTRATE
41
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/06/2002
Application #:
09369646
Filing Dt:
08/06/1999
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
06/27/2002
Title:
A CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR REFRESHING DATA RECORDED AT A DENSITY SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO UNDERGO THERMAL DEGRADATION
42
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/27/2001
Application #:
09375166
Filing Dt:
08/16/1999
Title:
NON-ROTATIONAL DRESSER FOR GRINDING STONES
43
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/19/2002
Application #:
09410679
Filing Dt:
10/01/1999
Title:
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DATA STORAGE CARD
44
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/04/2001
Application #:
09421451
Filing Dt:
10/19/1999
Title:
BURNISHING TAPE HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD
45
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/30/2002
Application #:
09480872
Filing Dt:
01/10/2000
Title:
SPACER RINGS TO COMPENSATE FOR DISK WARPAGE
46
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/15/2003
Application #:
09549501
Filing Dt:
04/14/2000
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING SUBSTRATES
47
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/20/2003
Application #:
09604490
Filing Dt:
06/27/2000
Title:
MAGNETIC DISK COMPRISING A FIRST CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING A HIGH SP3 CONTENT AND A SECOND CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING A LOW SP3 CONTENT
48
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/31/2002
Application #:
09677644
Filing Dt:
10/03/2000
Title:
ULTRA-THIN NUCLEATION LAYER FOR MAGNETIC THIN FILM MEDIA AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
49
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/04/2004
Application #:
09703607
Filing Dt:
10/31/2000
Title:
MAGNETIC THIN FILM RECORDING MEDIA HAVING EXTREMELY LOW NOISE AND HIGH THERMAL STABILITY
50
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/04/2003
Application #:
09811120
Filing Dt:
03/17/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
03/27/2003
Title:
DISK CARRIER
51
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/03/2003
Application #:
09837536
Filing Dt:
04/17/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/04/2002
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING A SUBSTRATE
52
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/01/2004
Application #:
09895679
Filing Dt:
06/29/2001
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
11/22/2001
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
53
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/22/2003
Application #:
10055433
Filing Dt:
01/22/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/25/2002
Title:
HARD DISK DRIVE HEAD-MEDIA SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED STICTION AND LOW FLY HEIGHT
54
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/31/2005
Application #:
10075123
Filing Dt:
02/12/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
08/14/2003
Title:
MAGNETIC MEDIA WITH IMPROVED EXCHANGE COUPLING
55
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/27/2004
Application #:
10150373
Filing Dt:
05/17/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
09/26/2002
Title:
HARD DISK DRIVE HEAD-MEDIA SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED STICTION AND LOW FLY HEIGHT
56
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/22/2005
Application #:
10158776
Filing Dt:
05/30/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
04/22/2004
Title:
LAPPING A HEAD WHILE POWERED UP TO ELIMINATE EXPANSION OF THE HEAD DUE TO HEATING
57
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/30/2003
Application #:
10213337
Filing Dt:
08/05/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
01/09/2003
Title:
CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR REFRESHING DATA RECORDED AT A DENSITY SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO UNDERGO THERMAL DEGRADATION
58
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
09/06/2005
Application #:
10243380
Filing Dt:
09/12/2002
Title:
DISK ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PATTERNED MEDIA PRODUCTION
59
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/27/2004
Application #:
10255295
Filing Dt:
09/26/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
02/06/2003
Title:
MAGNETIC DISK COMPRISING A FIRST CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING A HIGH SP3 CONTENT AND A SECOND CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING A LOW SP3 CONTENT
60
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/06/2005
Application #:
10299028
Filing Dt:
11/18/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
05/20/2004
Title:
TEXTURING OF MAGNETIC DISK SUBSTRATES
61
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
12/12/2006
Application #:
10306315
Filing Dt:
11/27/2002
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
05/27/2004
Title:
PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC DISCRETE TRACK RECORDING DISK
62
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/10/2006
Application #:
10358075
Filing Dt:
02/03/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
04/22/2004
Title:
A STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING A CENTER TAPPED WRITE TRANSDUCER
63
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/21/2006
Application #:
10382635
Filing Dt:
03/05/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
09/09/2004
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK HAVING A SAFE ZONE
64
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
05/17/2005
Application #:
10442756
Filing Dt:
05/20/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
01/13/2005
Title:
SOFT MAGNETIC FILM FOR PERPENDICULAR RECORDING DISK
65
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/28/2006
Application #:
10623025
Filing Dt:
07/18/2003
Title:
MAGNETIC HEAD FOR PROXIMITY RECORDING
66
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
03/27/2007
Application #:
10660873
Filing Dt:
09/12/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
03/11/2004
Title:
CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR REFRESHING DATA RECORDED AT A DENSITY SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO UNDERGO THERMAL DEGRADATION
67
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
04/03/2007
Application #:
10701059
Filing Dt:
11/03/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
09/09/2004
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK HAVING A TRANSITION ZONE
68
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/17/2004
Application #:
10712548
Filing Dt:
11/12/2003
Title:
BALANCE RING
69
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/15/2005
Application #:
10728998
Filing Dt:
12/05/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/15/2004
Title:
MAGNETIC DISK COMPRISING A FIRST CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING A HIGH SP3 CONTENT AND A SECOND CARBON OVERCOAT HAVING A LOW SP3 CONTENT
70
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/22/2005
Application #:
10742362
Filing Dt:
12/19/2003
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
06/23/2005
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK HAVING DTR PATTERNED CSS ZONE
71
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/20/2007
Application #:
10761820
Filing Dt:
01/21/2004
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/21/2005
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING NOVEL UNDERLAYER STRUCTURE
72
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/28/2006
Application #:
10777424
Filing Dt:
02/12/2004
Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLISHING A WORKPIECE
73
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
06/12/2007
Application #:
10807702
Filing Dt:
03/23/2004
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
09/29/2005
Title:
PRESS DIE ALIGNMENT
74
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/23/2007
Application #:
10808089
Filing Dt:
03/23/2004
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
09/16/2004
Title:
MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM
75
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
08/29/2006
Application #:
10850137
Filing Dt:
05/19/2004
Title:
BALANCE RING
76
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
01/09/2007
Application #:
11046195
Filing Dt:
01/28/2005
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
08/03/2006
Title:
MODULATION OF SIDEWALLS OF SERVO SECTORS OF A MAGNETIC DISK AND THE RESULTANT DISK
77
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/04/2006
Application #:
11048153
Filing Dt:
02/01/2005
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
06/16/2005
Title:
MAGNETIC MEDIA WITH IMPROVED EXCHANGE COUPLING
78
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
10/16/2007
Application #:
11092486
Filing Dt:
03/28/2005
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
09/28/2006
Title:
DIE SET UTILIZING COMPLIANT GASKET
79
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
07/03/2007
Application #:
11112190
Filing Dt:
04/22/2005
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/13/2006
Title:
ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR OPTICALLY INSPECTING WORKPIECES
80
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
02/27/2007
Application #:
11113258
Filing Dt:
04/23/2005
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/13/2006
Title:
TEST HEAD FOR OPTICALLY INSPECTING WORKPIECES
81
Patent #:
Issue Dt:
11/06/2007
Application #:
11113261
Filing Dt:
04/23/2005
Publication #:
Pub Dt:
07/13/2006
Title:
TEST HEAD FOR OPTICALLY INSPECTING WORKPIECES COMPRISING A LENS FOR ELONGATING A LASER SPOT ON THE WORKPIECES
Assignor
1
Exec Dt:
09/05/2007
Assignee
1
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95131
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