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Morgan Hill, CA, United States of America

James Howard Eaton

This inventor holds 38 USPTO granted patents, plus 1 CIPO patent, primarily in Magnetic Tape Technology. Top assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Seagate Technology Incorporated. Active years: 1979-2014.

USPTO Granted Patents = 38

% Patents Active = 68.4

CIPO Patents = 1

Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.4

ph-index = 17

Forward Citations = 1,375(Granted Patents)

Location History:

Armonk, NY (US) (1979 - 1985)
Morgan Hill, CA (US) (1993 - 2014)

Company Filing History:

36 out of 166,325

International Business Machines Corporation

patents

1 out of 9,639

Hewlett-Packard Company

patents

1 out of 8,745

Seagate Technology Incorporated

patents

4. 2 out of 834,453

Other

patents

where one patent can have more than one assignee

Years Active: 1979-2014

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Areas of Expertise:

Tape Head

Magnetic Write Heads

Servo Bands

Recording Head

Optical Tape Sensor

Tape Drive

Linear Tape Recording

Thermal Connector

Timing Based Servo

Tape Cartridge

Gimbaled Guide

Tape Leader Pin

38 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 8675310 - Embedded chip tape head (2014-03-18),

2. 8264793 - Tape head with facing beams each having a head chip positioned in a recess thereof (2012-09-11),

3. 8054577 - Tape roller guide with integral recording head (2011-11-08),

4. 7593194 - Tape recording head promoting lateral motion (2009-09-22),

5. 7322096 - Method for fabricating magnetic write heads (2008-01-29),

6. 7266880 - Method of making a monolithic magnetic read-while-write head apparatus (2007-09-11),

7. 7193812 - Recording head compensation for tape shrinkage and expansion (2007-03-20),

8. 7102847 - Identification of laterally positioned servo bands employing differentiating characteristics of servo patterns (2006-09-05),

9. 7102846 - Identification of laterally positioned servo bands employing differentiating characteristics of servo patterns (2006-09-05),

10. 7092196 - Characteristic measurement of an actuation drive coil and associated damping mechanism (2006-08-15),

11. 7002763 - Identification of laterally positioned servo bands employing differentiating characteristics of servo patterns (2006-02-21),

12. 6947256 - Embedded wire planar write head system and method (2005-09-20),

13. 6937413 - Tape servo information with superimposed data information providing servo band identification (2005-08-30),

14. 6879457 - Timing based servo with fixed distances between transitions (2005-04-12),

15. 6759816 - Tape drive with non-contact optical tape tension sensor (2004-07-06),

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