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Michael C. Kautzky
Also filed as: KAUTZKY MICHAEL · KAUTZKY MICHAEL C · KAUTZKY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
136 granted patents·15 pending applications·1,402 citations·filing 2000–2025
99Inventor score
Files withSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC128HUANG XIAOYUE3SAHOO SARBESWAR3ZHAO TONG3KAUTZKY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER2
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151 records- 0199US9286931B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 15, 2016·20 cites·9 claims
- 0298US9822444B2Near-field transducer having secondary atom higher concentration at bottom of the pegSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 21, 2017·13 cites·14 claims
- 0398US9502070B2Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of formingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 22, 2016·22 cites·18 claims
- 0498US8514673B1Layered near-field transducerZHAO TONG·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 20, 2013·95 cites·20 claims
- 0598US8427925B2HAMR NFT materials with improved thermal stabilityZHAO TONG·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 23, 2013·91 cites·10 claims
- 0697US10482914B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 19, 2019·5 cites·19 claims
- 0797US9870793B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 16, 2018·4 cites·19 claims
- 0897US9281002B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 8, 2016·11 cites·20 claims
- 0997US9129620B2Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 8, 2015·30 cites·20 claims
- 1097US8934198B2Recording head including NFT and heatsinkSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 13, 2015·65 cites·20 claims
- 1197US8400902B2Optical waveguide clad materialHUANG XIAOYUE·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 19, 2013·74 cites·20 claims
- 1297US8339740B2Recording head for heat assisted magnetic recording with diffusion barrier surrounding a near field transducerZOU JIE·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 25, 2012·78 cites·20 claims
- 1396US8971161B2Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 3, 2015·32 cites·19 claims
- 1496US8670215B2Recording head for heat assisted magnetic recording with diffusion barrier surrounding a near field transducerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 11, 2014·40 cites·20 claims
- 1596US8477454B2Recording head for heat assisted magnetic recording with diffusion barrier surrounding a near field transducerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 2, 2013·44 cites·20 claims
- 1695US9728209B2Thermally robust near-field transducer pegSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 8, 2017·20 cites·19 claims
- 1795US9245573B2Methods of forming materials for at least a portion of a NFT and NFTs formed using the sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 26, 2016·27 cites·14 claims
- 1895US8976634B2Devices including at least one intermixing layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 10, 2015·29 cites·20 claims
- 1995US8842391B2Recording head including a near field transducerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 23, 2014·36 cites·20 claims
- 2095US8804468B2Layered near-field transducerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 12, 2014·25 cites·20 claims
- 2195US8149657B2Optical waveguide clad materialHUANG XIAOYUE·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 3, 2012·39 cites·16 claims
- 2294US10964347B2Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of formingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 30, 2021·3 cites·7 claims
- 2394US9263074B2Devices including at least one adhesion layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 16, 2016·20 cites·19 claims
- 2493US11107499B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 31, 2021·1 cites·11 claims
- 2593US9865283B2Devices including a near field transducer (NFT) including peg and disc from different materialsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 9, 2018·10 cites·19 claims
- 2693US9281003B2Devices including near field transducer and adhesion layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 8, 2016·21 cites·20 claims
- 2793US8259540B1Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) heads including components made of nickel alloysSAHOO SARBESWAR·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 4, 2012·25 cites·20 claims
- 2893US6344953B1Magnetoresistive read sensor using overlaid leads with insulating current guide layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 5, 2002·40 cites·27 claims
- 2992US9064515B2Near field transducer and heat sink design for heat assisted magnetic recordingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 23, 2015·10 cites·24 claims
- 3091US11377749B1Electrodeposition of high damping magnetic alloysSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 5, 2022·3 cites·16 claims
- 3191US9251830B1Waveguide cladding layer with transparent heat sink for heat-assisted magnetic recording deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 2, 2016·13 cites·20 claims
- 3290US9251837B2HAMR NFT materials with improved thermal stabilitySEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 2, 2016·14 cites·10 claims
- 3390US8945731B2Interlayer for device including NFT and cladding layersZHAO TONG·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 3, 2015·15 cites·20 claims
- 3490US8861316B2Write pole for recording headSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·12 cites·19 claims
- 3590US8279557B2Commonly-poled piezoelectric deviceKAUTZKY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·12 cites·21 claims
- 3689US6950280B2Magnetic head having a heat dissipating structureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 27, 2005·29 cites·28 claims
- 3788US12421617B1Electrodeposited materials and related methodsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 23, 2025·0 cites·11 claims
- 3888US10510364B2Devices including a near field transducer (NFT) with nanoparticlesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 17, 2019·2 cites·15 claims
- 3988US9972346B2NFT with mechanically robust materialsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 15, 2018·6 cites·19 claims
- 4088US9620152B2Near field transducers (NFTS) and methods of makingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 11, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 4188US9336800B2Near-field transducer peg encapsulationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted May 10, 2016·7 cites·20 claims
- 4287US11664051B1Heat-assisted recording head having mechanically robust subwavelength mirror with plasmonic linerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2022·Granted May 30, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 4387US10229704B2Multipiece near field transducers (NFTS)SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 12, 2019·7 cites·20 claims
- 4487US10190210B2Near-field transducer having at least one secondary atomSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 29, 2019·5 cites·14 claims
- 4587US10014011B2Methods of forming materials for at least a portion of a NFT and NFTs formed using the sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 3, 2018·5 cites·20 claims
- 4687US9305575B2Heat assisted magnetic recording heads having bilayer heat sinksSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·7 cites·15 claims
- 4787US7092208B2Magnetic transducers with reduced thermal pole-tip protrusion/recessionSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 15, 2006·23 cites·34 claims
- 4887US2025389043A1Electrodeposited materials and related methodsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4986US12249357B2Single-grain near-field transducer and process for forming sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2024·Granted Mar 11, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 5086US9099117B2Near-field transducer peg encapsulationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 4, 2015·6 cites·22 claims
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