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Tao Pan
Also filed as: PAN TAO
65 granted patents·19 pending applications·3,724 citations·filing 2001–2025
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84 records- 0199US8179636B1Method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording writerBAI ZHIGANG·Filed 2008·Granted May 15, 2012·162 cites·24 claims
- 0299US7869160B1Perpendicular recording head with shaped pole surfaces for higher linear data densitiesWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 11, 2011·179 cites·16 claims
- 0399US7729087B1Magnetic recording head with resistive heating element located near the write coilWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 1, 2010·173 cites·12 claims
- 0499US7436638B1Ferromagnetic pinning structure including a first section antiferromagnetically coupled to a pinned layer and a second section elongated relative to the first section in a stripe height directionWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 14, 2008·165 cites·11 claims
- 0599US7372665B1Magnetic recording head with resistive heating element located near the write coilWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2005·Granted May 13, 2008·199 cites·80 claims
- 0699US7199975B1Magnetic head for perpendicular recording with hard bias structure for write pole tipWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 3, 2007·169 cites·29 claims
- 0798US8724259B1Conformal high moment side shield seed layer for perpendicular magnetic recording writerLIU FENG·Filed 2012·Granted May 13, 2014·168 cites·3 claims
- 0898US8582238B1Systems and methods for providing perpendicular magnetic writers having gradient magnetic moment side shieldsLIU FENG·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 12, 2013·175 cites·27 claims
- 0998US8520337B1Perpendicular magnetic recording writer pole with leading and trailing bevel side wall angles at air bearing surfaceLIU FENG·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 27, 2013·153 cites·12 claims
- 1098US8520336B1Magnetic recording head with nano scale pole tip bulgeLIU FENG·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 27, 2013·157 cites·22 claims
- 1198US7280325B1Ferromagnetic structure including a first section separated from a ferromagnetic layer by an electrically conductive nonmagnetic spacer and a second section elongated relative to the first section in at least one dimensionWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 9, 2007·179 cites·11 claims
- 1297US8792208B1Method for providing side shields having non-conformal regions for a magnetic recording transducerLIU FENG·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 29, 2014·151 cites·16 claims
- 1397US8705205B1Magnetic recording head having a dual sidewall angleLI YUNFEI·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 22, 2014·152 cites·17 claims
- 1497US8537494B1PMR head with an angled stitch layerPAN TAO·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 17, 2013·157 cites·27 claims
- 1596US8693141B1Systems and methods for providing stacked writer leads for magnetic transducersELLIOTT CARL F·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 8, 2014·152 cites·26 claims
- 1696US8582241B1Method and system for providing a magnetic transducer having a high moment bilayer magnetic seed layer for a trailing shieldYU CHENGTAO R·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 12, 2013·196 cites·27 claims
- 1796US8533937B1Method of forming a fully wrapped-around shielded PMR writer poleWANG JINWEN·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 17, 2013·161 cites·21 claims
- 1896US7872824B1Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head by computing a target operating voltageWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 18, 2011·178 cites·16 claims
- 1995US7349170B1Method of monitoring operation of a disk drive by analyzing the envelope of a read-back signal in the frequency domainWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 25, 2008·180 cites·17 claims
- 2094US8625224B1Characterizing magnetic recording parameters of a disk drive by evaluating track profile of dual microtracksLIN ENHAO·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 7, 2014·75 cites·42 claims
- 2194US6884327B2Mode size converter for a planar waveguideFiled 2002·Granted Apr 26, 2005·78 cites·11 claims
- 2293US9443541B1Magnetic writer having a gradient in saturation magnetization of the shields and return poleWESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 13, 2016·21 cites·20 claims
- 2393US7161773B2High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 9, 2007·22 cites·2 claims
- 2492US6657825B2Self aligned magnetoresistive flux guide read head with exchange bias underneath free layerIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 2, 2003·28 cites·20 claims
- 2591US11887775B2Dual mode wireless power system designsAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 30, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 2691US9082423B1Magnetic recording write transducer having an improved trailing surface profileWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 14, 2015·14 cites·21 claims
- 2791US8859995B2End of service life indicator for organic vapor respirator filter cartridgeLIU HAILIN·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·18 cites·20 claims
- 2890US11839279B2Magnetically attachable walletAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 12, 2023·4 cites·20 claims
- 2989US7036208B2Self aligned magnetoresistive flux guide read head with exchange bias underneath free layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGETECHNOLO·Filed 2003·Granted May 2, 2006·23 cites·7 claims
- 3088US8067763B2Quantum dot solar cell with conjugated bridge moleculeWANG WEI JUN·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 29, 2011·12 cites·15 claims
- 3188US8045832B2Mode size converter for a planar waveguideSPRINGWORKS LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 25, 2011·17 cites·8 claims
- 3288US6754056B2Read head having a tunnel junction sensor with a free layer biased by exchange coupling with insulating antiferromagnetic (AFM) layersIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 22, 2004·33 cites·14 claims
- 3387US9286919B1Magnetic writer having a dual side gapWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 15, 2016·8 cites·17 claims
- 3486US11515083B2Dual mode wireless power system designsAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 29, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 3586US6757144B2Flux guide read head with in stack biased current perpendicular to the planes (CPP) sensorIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 29, 2004·23 cites·25 claims
- 3684US9053715B1System for providing a transducer having a split main poleWANG LISHA·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 9, 2015·10 cites·18 claims
- 3783US9123358B1Conformal high moment side shield seed layer for perpendicular magnetic recording writerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 1, 2015·5 cites·17 claims
- 3883US8017327B2Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping detection via the real-time invader assay microarray platformHONEYWELL INT INC·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 13, 2011·4 cites·12 claims
- 3983US7647370B1Screen scraping interfaceVERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 12, 2010·57 cites·21 claims
- 4083US2025364176A1Dual mode wireless power system designsAPPLE INC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4182US12300428B2Dual mode wireless power system designsAPPLE INC·Filed 2024·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4282US9123359B1Magnetic recording transducer with sputtered antiferromagnetic coupling trilayer between plated ferromagnetic shields and method of fabricationHAN DEHUA·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 1, 2015·9 cites·19 claims
- 4382US8809810B2Microarray reader based on evanescent wave detectionLIU XUANBIN·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 19, 2014·7 cites·13 claims
- 4477US8914969B1Method for providing a monolithic shield for a magnetic recording transducerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 23, 2014·4 cites·9 claims
- 4572US6888705B2High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted May 3, 2005·14 cites·14 claims
- 4670US8372593B2Method for detecting misfolded proteins and prionsADLYFE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 12, 2013·5 cites·32 claims
- 4767US11131379B2Temperature regulating valveZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 28, 2021·2 cites·11 claims
- 4867US9482871B2Light concentration and energy conversion systemLAM SIO KUAN·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 1, 2016·2 cites·25 claims
- 4966US2025283146A1Analysis of rna modificationsUNIV CHICAGO·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 5065US9343086B1Magnetic recording write transducer having an improved sidewall angle profileWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2013·Granted May 17, 2016·1 cites·28 claims
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