Steven Carter Wills

This inventor holds 14 USPTO granted patents, primarily in Tape Servo Systems. Top assignee: International Business Machines Corporation. Active years: 1998-2009.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Steven Carter Wills. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/steven-carter-wills

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Calculating rank

USPTO Granted Patents = 14

% Patents Active = 35.7

Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.1

ph-index = 8

Forward Citations = 183(Granted Patents)

Company Filing History:

14 out of 166,483

International Business Machines Corporation

patents

Years Active: 1998-2009

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Areas of Expertise:

Noise Reduction

Servo Calibration

Magnetic Tape

Transducers

Tension Control

Servo Performance

Optical Sensing

Error Detection

Bi-Directional Drives

Track Measurement

Indexed Positions

14 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 7623318 - Noise reduction in same-gap servo in frequency-based servo tape systems (2009-11-24),

2. 6865052 - Apparatus and method to calibrate servo sensors in a noisy environment (2005-03-08),

3. 6842304 - Measurement of write track width for magnetic tape head (2005-01-11),

4. 6839197 - Apparatus and method to calibrate one or more transducers in a noisy environment (2005-01-04),

5. 6833973 - Apparatus and method to calibrate a servo sensor (2004-12-21),

6. 6831806 - Apparatus and method to calibrate a servo sensor (2004-12-14),

7. 6831805 - Apparatus and method to read and/or write information to a magnetic tape medium (2004-12-14),

8. 6817560 - Combined tension control for tape (2004-11-16),

9. 6712302 - Delta velocity tension control for tape (2004-03-30),

10. 6525898 - Detection of indexed servo positions displaced from servo track edges (2003-02-25),

11. 6305629 - Servo error detection of bi-directional reel-to-reel tape drives using fine line tachometers (2001-10-23),

12. 5872672 - System and method for monitoring and analyzing tape servo performance (1999-02-16),

13. 5844814 - Optical position sensing device and method for sub-micron measurement (1998-12-01),

14. 5828514 - Servo error detection in a noisy environment (1998-10-27),

Title: The Inventor Steven Carter Wills

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Profile summary based on public USPTO records.

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