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Thomas P. Nolan
Also filed as: NOLAN THOMAS · NOLAN THOMAS P · NOLAN THOMAS PATRICK
55 granted patents·22 pending applications·373 citations·filing 1991–2025
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77 records- 0195US7282278B1Tilted recording media with L10 magnetic layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·40 cites·17 claims
- 0294US7384699B2Magnetic recording media with tuned exchange coupling and method for fabricating sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 10, 2008·44 cites·23 claims
- 0393US8119263B2Tuning exchange coupling in magnetic recording mediaNOLAN THOMAS PATRICK·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 21, 2012·21 cites·16 claims
- 0492US9779771B1Capping layer for magnetic recording stackSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 3, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 0592US9697857B1Three dimensional data storage mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 4, 2017·11 cites·20 claims
- 0692US7175925B2Perpendicular magnetic recording media with improved crystallographic orientations and method of manufacturing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 13, 2007·40 cites·23 claims
- 0791US8507114B2Recording layer for heat assisted magnetic recordingPENG YINGGUO·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 13, 2013·21 cites·20 claims
- 0888US7211340B2Thin film structures providing strong basal plane growth orientation and magnetic recording media comprising sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·24 cites·11 claims
- 0987US9142240B2Apparatus including a perpendicular magnetic recording layer having a convex magnetic anisotropy profileNOLAN THOMAS PATRICK·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 22, 2015·9 cites·21 claims
- 1087US8709619B2Low-coupling oxide media (LCOM)GIRT EROL·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 29, 2014·7 cites·18 claims
- 1186US10636444B2Heat assisted magnetic recording with exchange coupling control layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 28, 2020·5 cites·15 claims
- 1286US9779770B13DMR media with multiple write field levelsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 3, 2017·7 cites·19 claims
- 1384US8685547B2Magnetic recording media with enhanced writability and thermal stabilityBIAN BO·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 1, 2014·12 cites·20 claims
- 1484US7531248B1Perpendicular recording magnetic media having a granular magnetic recording layer and an amorphous soft underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted May 12, 2009·15 cites·15 claims
- 1584US7314675B1Magnetic media with high Ms magnetic layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 1, 2008·17 cites·14 claims
- 1682US2024194455A1Method and apparatus for uniform high throughput multiple layer filmsINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1781US8070926B2Multi-chamber workpiece processingNOLAN THOMAS PATRICK·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 6, 2011·2 cites·10 claims
- 1881US7867637B2Low coupling oxide media (LCOM)SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 11, 2011·3 cites·17 claims
- 1979US10793944B2Perpendicular recording media with enhanced anisotropy through energy assisted segregationSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 6, 2020·1 cites·14 claims
- 2078US9799362B1Three dimensional data storage medium with a tuned recording layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·4 cites·19 claims
- 2178US7998606B2Perpendicular media with Cr-doped Fe-alloy-containing soft underlayer (SUL)SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 16, 2011·2 cites·17 claims
- 2278US7851014B2Tilted recording media with L10 magnetic layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 14, 2010·2 cites·20 claims
- 2378US2024191341A1Stable ground anode aperture for thin film processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 2477US9911446B1Three dimensional data storage mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 6, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 2577US9734857B2Stack including a magnetic zero layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 15, 2017·4 cites·20 claims
- 2676US9443544B1Recording layer for heat assisted magnetic recordingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 13, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 2776US7279240B2Laminated perpendicular magnetic recording media with uncorrelated grainsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 9, 2007·10 cites·25 claims
- 2875US9502065B1Data media with tuned thermal conductivity and magnetic permeabilitySEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 22, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 2974US9520151B2Multiple layer FePt structureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 13, 2016·3 cites·17 claims
- 3074US7247396B2Highly oriented perpendicular magnetic recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 24, 2007·10 cites·24 claims
- 3173US7033685B2High coercivity perpendicular magnetic recording media on polymer substratesSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·9 cites·14 claims
- 3271US10460755B2Perpendicular recording medium with oxide gradient layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 29, 2019·0 cites·11 claims
- 3371US8147996B2Perpendicular media with dual soft magnetic layersCHEN QIXU·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 3, 2012·2 cites·24 claims
- 3471US2025087441A1Adjustable multiple filament ion beam deposition systemINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 3570US8841007B2Data media with tuned thermal conductivity and magnetic permeabilityCHANG KAI-CHIEH·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 23, 2014·2 cites·19 claims
- 3669US9093101B2Stack including a magnetic zero layerKIM JAI-YOUNG·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 28, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 3769US8338005B2Recording layer and multilayered soft underlayerGAO KAIZHONG·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 25, 2012·1 cites·15 claims
- 3868US9245566B2Template-based magnetic grain-nucleation sites on seed layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 26, 2016·1 cites·17 claims
- 3967US10573500B2Interchangeable magnet packSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 25, 2020·1 cites·14 claims
- 4065US10269381B1Heat assisted magnetic recording with exchange coupling control layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 23, 2019·1 cites·16 claims
- 4164US8741066B2Method for cleaning substrates utilizing surface passivation and/or oxide layer growth to protect from pittingKASHKOUSH ISMAIL·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 3, 2014·2 cites·11 claims
- 4264US2014272470A1Energy Assisted Segregation MaterialSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4363US7780821B2Multi-chamber processing with simultaneous workpiece transport and gas deliverySEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 24, 2010·5 cites·9 claims
- 4462US2024194464A1Stable ground anode for thin film processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4562US2009214896A1Perpendicular recording magnetic media having a granular magnetic recording layer and an amorphous soft underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 4660US2024191342A1Substrate carrier for thin film processingINTEVAC INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4759US7354630B2Use of oxygen-containing gases in fabrication of granular perpendicular magnetic recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 8, 2008·3 cites·19 claims
- 4857US11043365B2Interchangeable magnet packSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 22, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4957US10311907B2Apparatus comprising magnetically soft underlayerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 4, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 5057US2025333350A1Multilayer structure for hard coatingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
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