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Shaun Eric Mckinlay
Also filed as: MCKINLAY SHAUN · MCKINLAY SHAUN E · MCKINLAY SHAUN ERIC
30 granted patents·2 pending applications·129 citations·filing 2002–2022
96Inventor score
Files withSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC25SINGLETON ERIC W2SINGLETON ERIC WALTER2QIU JIAOMING1VAN DORN CAROLYN PITCHER1
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32 records- 0195US9536549B1Multiple sensor magnetic reproducing device with reduced inter-sensor spacingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 3, 2017·23 cites·8 claims
- 0293US8760820B1Magnetic element with coupled side shieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·20 cites·20 claims
- 0392US9305578B1Magnetic element with reduced shield-to-shield spacingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 5, 2016·16 cites·20 claims
- 0488US9437224B2Stack with wide seed layerSINGLETON ERIC WALTER·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·6 cites·18 claims
- 0586US9401163B2Multi-stack reader with split middle shieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 26, 2016·10 cites·13 claims
- 0684US8854773B2Side shield biasing layer separated from an air bearing surfaceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 7, 2014·5 cites·18 claims
- 0783US10297279B1Methods of planarization for device fabrication with head features backgroundSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted May 21, 2019·2 cites·13 claims
- 0883US8711525B2Magnetoresistive shield with coupled lateral magnet biasSINGLETON ERIC W·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 29, 2014·5 cites·20 claims
- 0982US8922951B2Data storage device with variable anisotropy side shieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·5 cites·20 claims
- 1080US8995096B2Magnetic element side shield with diffusion barrierSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 31, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 1179US8822046B2Stack with wide seed layerSINGLETON ERIC WALTER·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 2, 2014·5 cites·16 claims
- 1277US9361910B2Leads coupled to top and bottom reader stacks of a readerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 7, 2016·4 cites·19 claims
- 1376US9070382B2Side shield pedestal for data readersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 30, 2015·3 cites·19 claims
- 1474US9030782B2Data reader side shields with polish stopSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted May 12, 2015·3 cites·18 claims
- 1574US8659854B2Magnetoresistive shield with stabilizing featureSINGLETON ERIC W·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 25, 2014·3 cites·20 claims
- 1672US10783907B1Reader with bi-layered side shieldsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 22, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1771US10090008B2Magnetoresistive sensor fabricationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 2, 2018·2 cites·16 claims
- 1871US8947834B2Method and apparatus for chemical-mechanical polishingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 3, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 1970US8932667B2Hard magnet with cap and seed layers and data storage device read/write head incorporating the sameQIU JIAOMING·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 13, 2015·2 cites·12 claims
- 2066US8885300B2Magnetic element with a bi-layer side shieldSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 11, 2014·1 cites·16 claims
- 2165US9685177B2Sensor stabilization in a multiple sensor magnetic reproducing deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 20, 2017·2 cites·6 claims
- 2260US9082424B2Side shield biasing layer separated from an air bearing surfaceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 14, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 2360US8771847B2Reader stop-layersVAN DORN CAROLYN PITCHER·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·1 cites·18 claims
- 2458US9542961B2Magnetoresistive sensor with stop-layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 10, 2017·0 cites·14 claims
- 2556US6733640B2Shutter assembly having optimized shutter opening shape for thin film uniformitySEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted May 11, 2004·2 cites·18 claims
- 2653US6758950B2Controlled magnetron shape for uniformly sputtered thin filmSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 6, 2004·1 cites·17 claims
- 2750US10354682B2Thin data reader capSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 16, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 2847US8632897B2Multilayer hard magnet and data storage device read/write head incorporating the sameYUAN HUA·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 21, 2014·0 cites·17 claims
- 2946US10147447B2Magnetic element with reduced shield-to-shield spacingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 4, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3044US12254906B1Planarization strategy in nano-sized fabricationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 18, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3143US2017221506A1Thin Data Reader CapSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3243US2016365104A1Magnetoresistive sensor fabricationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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