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Samuel D. Harkness, Iv
Also filed as: HARKNESS IV SAMUEL D · HARKNESS IV SAMUEL DACKE · HARKNESS SAMUEL D · HARKNESS SAMUEL D IV
54 granted patents·27 pending applications·625 citations·filing 1979–2025
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81 records- 0196US6777112B1Stabilized recording media including coupled discontinuous and continuous magnetic layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 17, 2004·69 cites·18 claims
- 0294US7384699B2Magnetic recording media with tuned exchange coupling and method for fabricating sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 10, 2008·44 cites·23 claims
- 0394US6589676B1Corrosion resistant magnetic thin film mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 8, 2003·53 cites·19 claims
- 0493US8119263B2Tuning exchange coupling in magnetic recording mediaNOLAN THOMAS PATRICK·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 21, 2012·21 cites·16 claims
- 0592US7175925B2Perpendicular magnetic recording media with improved crystallographic orientations and method of manufacturing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 13, 2007·40 cites·23 claims
- 0691US9914994B2System architecture for combined static and pass-by processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 13, 2018·14 cites·15 claims
- 0788US7235314B2Inter layers for perpendicular recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 26, 2007·23 cites·13 claims
- 0888US7192664B1Magnetic alloy containing TiO2 for perpendicular magnetic recording applicationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 20, 2007·26 cites·20 claims
- 0988US6403241B1CoCrPtB medium with a 1010 crystallographic orientationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 11, 2002·26 cites·15 claims
- 1087US7968792B2Quantum dot sensitized wide bandgap semiconductor photovoltaic devices & methods of fabricating sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 28, 2011·8 cites·27 claims
- 1187US7169488B2Granular perpendicular media with surface treatment for improved magnetic properties and corrosion resistanceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 30, 2007·25 cites·11 claims
- 1286US7736765B2Granular perpendicular magnetic recording media with dual recording layer and method of fabricating sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 15, 2010·19 cites·11 claims
- 1384US7531248B1Perpendicular recording magnetic media having a granular magnetic recording layer and an amorphous soft underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted May 12, 2009·15 cites·15 claims
- 1483US6316097B1Electroless plating process for alternative memory disk substratesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 13, 2001·41 cites·19 claims
- 1581US6495252B1Magnetic recording medium with superparamagnetic underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 17, 2002·45 cites·19 claims
- 1679US12283470B2Multifocal magnetron design for physical vapor deposition processing on a single cathodeINTEVAC INC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 22, 2025·0 cites·9 claims
- 1779US8043734B2Oxidized conformal capping layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 25, 2011·3 cites·3 claims
- 1878US7105240B2Perpendicular media with improved corrosion performanceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 12, 2006·12 cites·5 claims
- 1978US2024191341A1Stable ground anode aperture for thin film processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2075US8975513B2Quantum dot-sensitized wide bandgap semiconductor heterojunction photovoltaic devicesHARKNESS IV SAMUEL D·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 10, 2015·2 cites·36 claims
- 2175US6562488B1CoCrPtTaNbB alloy for magnetic recording mediumSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2000·Granted May 13, 2003·10 cites·23 claims
- 2274US7429427B2Granular magnetic recording media with improved grain segregation and corrosion resistanceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 30, 2008·9 cites·13 claims
- 2374US7026010B1Coupling enhancement for medium with anti-ferromagnetic couplingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 11, 2006·7 cites·11 claims
- 2473US8029924B2Thin film template for fabrication of two-dimensional quantum dot structuresSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 4, 2011·2 cites·13 claims
- 2573US6787251B1Recording medium with a varying composition underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·9 cites·19 claims
- 2671US8147996B2Perpendicular media with dual soft magnetic layersCHEN QIXU·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 3, 2012·2 cites·24 claims
- 2770US11456162B2Multifocal magnetron design for physical vapor deposition processing on a single cathodeHIA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 27, 2022·1 cites·2 claims
- 2869US8093488B2Hybrid photovoltaic cell using amorphous silicon germanium absorbers with wide bandgap dopant layers and an up-converterRICHTER HANS JUERGEN·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 10, 2012·2 cites·19 claims
- 2969US6846576B1Coupling enhancement for medium with anti-ferromagnetic couplingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 25, 2005·5 cites·2 claims
- 3069US6641936B1Magnetic media with high Cr content, non-magnetic CoCrPt intermediate layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 4, 2003·7 cites·19 claims
- 3168US6908689B1Ruthenium-aluminum underlayer for magnetic recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 21, 2005·7 cites·18 claims
- 3268US6849326B1Niobium alloy seedlayer for magnetic recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 1, 2005·6 cites·17 claims
- 3368US2023176259A1Hard scratch and scuff resistant low reflectivity optical coatingsINTEVAC INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3467US10752987B2System architecture for combined static and pass-by processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 25, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 3567US7282277B2Magnetic recording media with Cu-containing magnetic layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·6 cites·13 claims
- 3667US6936353B1Tilted recording medium design with (101-2) orientationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 30, 2005·11 cites·16 claims
- 3766US9605340B2Method to produce highly transparent hydrogenated carbon protective coating for transparent substratesINTEVAC INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 28, 2017·0 cites·13 claims
- 3865US2023176256A1System and method for scratch and scuff resistant low reflectivity optical coatingsINTEVAC INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3964US9896758B2Method to produce highly transparent hydrogenated carbon protective coating for transparent substratesINTEVAC INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 20, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 4062US8927852B2Photovoltaic device with an up-converting quantum dot layer and absorberRICHTER HANS JüRGEN·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 6, 2015·1 cites·20 claims
- 4162US2024194464A1Stable ground anode for thin film processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4262US2009214896A1Perpendicular recording magnetic media having a granular magnetic recording layer and an amorphous soft underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 4361US12077851B2Creation of distributed voids in thin filmsINTEVAC INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 3, 2024·0 cites·13 claims
- 4461US6348276B1Magnetic recording media with a surface-oxidized nial sub-seedlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 19, 2002·14 cites·19 claims
- 4560US6756136B1Chromium-alloy seedlayers for recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 29, 2004·4 cites·14 claims
- 4660US2025087472A1Simultaneous etching of multi-faceted substratesINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4760US2024191342A1Substrate carrier for thin film processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4859US8673463B2Method to synthesize ordered magnetic alloys at low temperatureHARKNESS IV SAMUEL DACKE·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 18, 2014·0 cites·16 claims
- 4958US7354618B2Oxygen plasma post-deposition treatment of magnetic recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 8, 2008·3 cites·20 claims
- 5057US10311907B2Apparatus comprising magnetically soft underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 4, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
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