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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Richard Hsiao, San Jose, CA (US);
James D. Jarratt, San Jose, CA (US);
Emo Hilbrand Klaassen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ian Robson Mcfadyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J. Moran, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Hsiao, San Jose, CA (US);
James D. Jarratt, San Jose, CA (US);
Emo Hilbrand Klaassen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ian Robson McFadyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J. Moran, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B005/127 ; H04R031/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive read head which reduces electrostatic discharge and allows measurement of gap resistances in the head.