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Mark A. Heath
Also filed as: HEATH MARK A · HEATH MARK ALAN
15 granted patents·1 pending application·503 citations·filing 1994–2015
94Inventor score
Files withSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC7SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY5GAERTNER MARK1HEATH MARK A1WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1
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16 records- 0196US8631188B1Data storage device overlapping host data transfer for a write command with inter-command delayHEATH MARK A·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 14, 2014·137 cites·12 claims
- 0286US6170042B1Disc drive data storage system and method for dynamically scheduling queued commandsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 2, 2001·126 cites·16 claims
- 0380US7003644B2Execution time dependent command schedule optimizationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 21, 2006·27 cites·13 claims
- 0480US6052804AData transfer optimization through sector evaluation and reallocation during a disc drive idle modeSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 18, 2000·37 cites·11 claims
- 0577US9244860B2Memory stacks managementSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 26, 2016·2 cites·19 claims
- 0675US8949521B1Actuator prepositioning for disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 3, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 0774US5570332AMethod for reducing rotational latency in a disc driveSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 29, 1996·81 cites·36 claims
- 0872US7035961B2Physical zone table for use with surface-based serpentine formatSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 25, 2006·8 cites·24 claims
- 0967US6040952ASystem and method for formatting disc surfacesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 21, 2000·15 cites·2 claims
- 1065US7325155B2Embedded system with reduced susceptibility to single event upset effectsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 29, 2008·13 cites·19 claims
- 1165US6516426B1Disc storage system having non-volatile write cacheSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 4, 2003·45 cites·17 claims
- 1254US6191912B1System and method for formatting disc surfacesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 20, 2001·8 cites·13 claims
- 1344US8996842B2Memory stacks managementGAERTNER MARK·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 31, 2015·0 cites·18 claims
- 1443US2003220896A1Method and apparatus for deferred sorting via tentative latencyFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 1533US6072648ASystem and method for formatting disc surfacesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 6, 2000·1 cites·14 claims
- 1625US6327111B1System for reducing controller delays during sequential data transfers in a disc driveSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 4, 2001·0 cites·15 claims
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