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John Vanlaanen
Also filed as: VANLAANEN JOHN · VANLAANEN JOHN W
22 granted patents·2 pending applications·832 citations·filing 1998–2016
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24 records- 0198US7752491B1Methods and structure for on-the-fly head depopulation in a dynamically mapped mass storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 6, 2010·86 cites·23 claims
- 0297US7685360B1Methods and structure for dynamic appended metadata in a dynamically mapped mass storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 23, 2010·138 cites·11 claims
- 0397US7653847B1Methods and structure for field flawscan in a dynamically mapped mass storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 26, 2010·61 cites·16 claims
- 0496US7154689B1Apparatus for writing servo bursts on a disk with servo track pitch based on read element width and methods of manufacturing sameMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 26, 2006·75 cites·21 claims
- 0595US7019937B1Method and apparatus for determining a transducer's reference position in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereonMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 28, 2006·60 cites·31 claims
- 0694US7620772B1Methods and structure for dynamic data density in a dynamically mapped mass storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 17, 2009·53 cites·21 claims
- 0794US7551387B2Servo writing with offset compensation for prewritten referenceMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 23, 2009·26 cites·22 claims
- 0894US6985316B1Method and apparatus for performing seek operations in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereonMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 10, 2006·61 cites·21 claims
- 0993US8711506B1Disk drive increasing capacity by adjusting a servo gate during write operationsGIOVENZANA DAVIDE·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 29, 2014·71 cites·30 claims
- 1093US7230786B1Method and apparatus for dynamic placement of an integration window in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereonMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 12, 2007·51 cites·23 claims
- 1191US7184241B1Disk drive that performs cold writes to erased bufferMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 27, 2007·13 cites·27 claims
- 1290US7623313B1Method and apparatus for performing a self-servo write operation in a disk driveMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 24, 2009·27 cites·69 claims
- 1390US7136253B1Method and apparatus for providing multi-point position demodulation of a read head when using spiral-written servo informationMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·27 cites·22 claims
- 1489US8035910B2Read after write enhancement for bit patterned mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 11, 2011·10 cites·20 claims
- 1587US7675702B2Reduced convolution for repetitive disturbance rejectionSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 9, 2010·8 cites·20 claims
- 1687US7382564B1Acquiring spiral servo information on a storage surfaceMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 3, 2008·27 cites·19 claims
- 1781US8000049B2Self-servo writing using reference patterns with timing correctionSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 16, 2011·4 cites·17 claims
- 1875US7233455B1Method and apparatus for providing a temporary utility zone in a disk driveMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 19, 2007·10 cites·90 claims
- 1965US6587977B1o,k,m,/m recording codeMAXTOR CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 1, 2003·18 cites·71 claims
- 2064US9047919B1Disk drive initializing servo read channel by reading data preceding servo preamble during access operationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 2, 2015·1 cites·14 claims
- 2149US7518817B1Reduction of high-frequency electromagnetic emission quasi-peaks from disk drivesMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 14, 2009·0 cites·20 claims
- 2245US2017068394A1Touchscreen system usable in a variety of mediaCEEBUS TECH LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 2343US2017068392A1Touchscreen system usable in a variety of mediaCEEBUS TECH LLC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 2441US6185059B1Method of controlling a disk drive for eliminating blanking intervals formed on a storage disk positioned within the driveQUANTUM CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·5 cites·11 claims
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