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James K. Howard
Also filed as: HO PAUL S · HOWARD JAMES · HOWARD JAMES K · HOWARD JAMES KENT
58 granted patents·3 pending applications·2,246 citations·filing 1975–2013
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61 records- 0198US4333808AMethod for manufacture of ultra-thin film capacitorIBM·Filed 1981·Granted Jun 8, 1982·218 cites·6 claims
- 0297US4652499AMagnetic recording medium with a chromium alloy underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layerIBM·Filed 1986·Granted Mar 24, 1987·80 cites·7 claims
- 0396US4437139ALaser annealed dielectric for dual dielectric capacitorIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Mar 13, 1984·90 cites·22 claims
- 0495US5452163AMultilayer magnetoresistive sensorIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 19, 1995·128 cites·89 claims
- 0595US5315468AMagnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic layer for exchange biasIBM·Filed 1992·Granted May 24, 1994·78 cites·11 claims
- 0694US4825325AMagnetoresistive read transducer assemblyIBM·Filed 1987·Granted Apr 25, 1989·55 cites·17 claims
- 0794US4488262AElectronically programmable read only memoryIBM·Filed 1982·Granted Dec 11, 1984·138 cites·10 claims
- 0892US4471405AThin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structureIBM·Filed 1983·Granted Sep 11, 1984·57 cites·9 claims
- 0992US4017890AIntermetallic compound layer in thin films for improved electromigration resistanceIBM·Filed 1975·Granted Apr 12, 1977·61 cites·17 claims
- 1091US5989728AThin film magnetic recording medium having high coercivityIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 23, 1999·64 cites·29 claims
- 1191US5436778AMagnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic exchange biasIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 25, 1995·44 cites·24 claims
- 1291US4755897AMagnetoresistive sensor with improved antiferromagnetic filmIBM·Filed 1987·Granted Jul 5, 1988·42 cites·4 claims
- 1390US6660357B1Perpendicular magnetic recording media with laminated soft magnetic underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 9, 2003·41 cites·20 claims
- 1490US4809109AMagnetoresistive read transducer and method for making the improved transducerIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 28, 1989·56 cites·8 claims
- 1590US4789598AThin film medium for horizontal magnetic recording having an improved cobalt-based alloy magnetic layerIBM·Filed 1987·Granted Dec 6, 1988·44 cites·3 claims
- 1690US4778582AProcess for making a thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disk with a hydrogenated carbon overcoatIBM·Filed 1987·Granted Oct 18, 1988·41 cites·4 claims
- 1790US4423087AThin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structureIBM·Filed 1981·Granted Dec 27, 1983·46 cites·3 claims
- 1887US7035061B2Magnetoresistive transducer with low magnetic moment, high coercivity stabilizing magnetsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·18 cites·31 claims
- 1987US5051288AThin film magnetic recording disk comprising alternating layers of a CoNi or CoPt alloy and a non-magnetic spacer layerIBM·Filed 1989·Granted Sep 24, 1991·64 cites·8 claims
- 2086US5268806AMagnetoresistive transducer having tantalum lead conductorsIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 7, 1993·42 cites·8 claims
- 2186US4654276AMagnetic recording medium with an underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layerIBM·Filed 1986·Granted Mar 31, 1987·35 cites·12 claims
- 2284US6656613B2Multilayer magnetic recording media with columnar microstructure for improved exchange decouplingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 2, 2003·28 cites·36 claims
- 2384US4940511AMethod for making a magnetoresistive read transducerIBM·Filed 1989·Granted Jul 10, 1990·41 cites·6 claims
- 2483US4307132AMethod for fabricating a contact on a semiconductor substrate by depositing an aluminum oxide diffusion barrier layerIBM·Filed 1979·Granted Dec 22, 1981·25 cites·11 claims
- 2582US6777113B2Multilayer films for optimized soft underlayer magnetic properties of dual layer perpendicular recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 17, 2004·26 cites·17 claims
- 2682US4154874AMethod for forming intermetallic layers in thin films for improved electromigration resistanceIBM·Filed 1977·Granted May 15, 1979·32 cites·13 claims
- 2780US5227212AMagnetic recording disk, magnetoresistive read head, inductive write head combinationIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 13, 1993·49 cites·16 claims
- 2880US4914538AMagnetoresistive read transducerIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Apr 3, 1990·24 cites·6 claims
- 2979US4749628AMultilayered vertical magnetic recording mediumIBM·Filed 1986·Granted Jun 7, 1988·36 cites·1 claims
- 3079US4206472AThin film structures and method for fabricating sameIBM·Filed 1977·Granted Jun 3, 1980·21 cites·13 claims
- 3178US4201999ALow barrier Schottky diodesIBM·Filed 1978·Granted May 6, 1980·23 cites·4 claims
- 3278US4141020AIntermetallic aluminum-transition metal compound Schottky contactIBM·Filed 1976·Granted Feb 20, 1979·23 cites·6 claims
- 3377US5258884AMagnetoresistive read transducer containing a titanium and tungsten alloy spacer layerIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 2, 1993·24 cites·11 claims
- 3477US5062938AHigh coercivity low noise cobalt alloy magnetic recording medium and its manufacturing processIBM·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 5, 1991·25 cites·2 claims
- 3577US5030494ACarbon overcoat for a thin film magnetic recording disk containing discrete clusters of tungsten (W) or tungsten carbide (WC) which project from the surface of the overcoatIBM·Filed 1989·Granted Jul 9, 1991·21 cites·6 claims
- 3676US5066552ALow noise thin film metal alloy magnetic recording diskIBM·Filed 1989·Granted Nov 19, 1991·35 cites·8 claims
- 3776US4319264ANickel-gold-nickel conductors for solid state devicesIBM·Filed 1979·Granted Mar 9, 1982·31 cites·9 claims
- 3874US6016241AMagnetoresistive sensor utilizing a granular magnetoresistive layerIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 18, 2000·36 cites·4 claims
- 3973US4879619AMagnetoresistive read transducerIBM·Filed 1988·Granted Nov 7, 1989·18 cites·4 claims
- 4072US4782413AMagnetoresistive sensor with mixed phase antiferromagnetic filmIBM·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 1, 1988·18 cites·5 claims
- 4172US4300149AGold-tantalum-titanium/tungsten alloy contact for semiconductor devices and having a gold/tantalum intermetallic barrier region intermediate the gold and alloy elementsIBM·Filed 1979·Granted Nov 10, 1981·27 cites·11 claims
- 4271US5436047AThin film magnetic recording disk comprising a metallic disk blank, a substantially non-magnetic Ni-Cr-O film having a textured surface and a magnetic filmIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 25, 1995·19 cites·8 claims
- 4371US4166279AElectromigration resistance in gold thin film conductorsIBM·Filed 1977·Granted Aug 28, 1979·28 cites·19 claims
- 4469US5476680AMethod for manufacturing granular multilayer mangetoresistive sensorIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 19, 1995·30 cites·17 claims
- 4569US4632883AVertical recording medium with improved perpendicular magnetic anisotropy due to influence of beta-tantalum underlayerIBM·Filed 1985·Granted Dec 30, 1986·33 cites·6 claims
- 4669US4408254AThin film capacitorsIBM·Filed 1981·Granted Oct 4, 1983·14 cites·4 claims
- 4768US4657824AVertical magnetic recording medium with an intermetallic compound nucleating layerIBM·Filed 1985·Granted Apr 14, 1987·15 cites·11 claims
- 4867US5828532AGetter layer lead structure for eliminating resistance increase phenomena and embrittlement and method for making the sameIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 27, 1998·16 cites·59 claims
- 4967US4310568AMethod of fabricating improved Schottky barrier contactsIBM·Filed 1978·Granted Jan 12, 1982·15 cites·5 claims
- 5066US5380548AMethod for fabricating a magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic layerIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 10, 1995·12 cites·12 claims
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