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Eric Fullerton
Also filed as: FULLERTON ERIC · FULLERTON ERIC D · FULLERTON ERIC E · FULLERTON ERIC EDWARD
52 granted patents·12 pending applications·1,210 citations·filing 1999–2017
99Inventor score
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64 records- 0198US6391430B1Patterned magnetic recording media with discrete magnetic regions separated by regions of antiferromagnetically coupled filmsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 21, 2002·91 cites·14 claims
- 0296US6383597B1Magnetic recording media with magnetic bit regions patterned by ion irradiationIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 7, 2002·66 cites·7 claims
- 0396US6280813B1Magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic films as the recording layerIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 28, 2001·182 cites·18 claims
- 0495US7670696B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with patterned magnetic islands and nonmagnetic trenches and manufacturing method for suppressing surface diffusion of trench materialHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·21 cites·19 claims
- 0595US6834026B2Method for thermally-assisted recording on a magnetic recording diskIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 21, 2004·67 cites·4 claims
- 0695US6650513B2Magnetic devices with a ferromagnetic layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and an antiferromagnetic layer for perpendicularly exchange biasing the ferromagnetic layerIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 18, 2003·72 cites·1 claims
- 0794US6383598B1Patterned magnetic recording media with regions rendered nonmagnetic by ion irradiationIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 7, 2002·39 cites·4 claims
- 0893US7572526B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with exchange-spring structure having multiple exchange-spring layers and recording system for the mediumHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 11, 2009·16 cites·16 claims
- 0993US7488545B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with laminated recording layers formed of exchange-coupled ferromagnetic layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 10, 2009·19 cites·11 claims
- 1093US7363699B2Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in hard magnetic bias layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 29, 2008·14 cites·17 claims
- 1192US7588841B2Perpendicular magnetic recording exchange-spring type medium with a lateral coupling layer for increasing intergranular exchange coupling in the lower magnetic layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 15, 2009·13 cites·11 claims
- 1292US7550210B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with multiple exchange-coupled magnetic layers having substantially similar anisotropy fieldsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 23, 2009·16 cites·16 claims
- 1391US7687157B2Perpendicular recording media having an exchange-spring structureHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 30, 2010·10 cites·26 claims
- 1491US6372330B1Laminated magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled layers as the individual magnetic layers in the laminateIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 16, 2002·44 cites·18 claims
- 1590US7372116B2Heat assisted switching in an MRAM cell utilizing the antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic transition in FeRhHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted May 13, 2008·59 cites·28 claims
- 1689US7846563B2Perpendicular magnetic recording exchange-spring type medium with a lateral coupling layer for increasing intergranular exchange coupling in the lower magnetic layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 7, 2010·8 cites·11 claims
- 1789US7514162B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with metamagnetic antiferromagnetically-coupled layer between the soft underlayer and recording layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 7, 2009·10 cites·16 claims
- 1889US7425377B2Incoherently-reversing magnetic laminate with exchange coupled ferromagnetic layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 16, 2008·21 cites·16 claims
- 1989US7360299B2Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic in-stack bias layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 22, 2008·8 cites·17 claims
- 2089US6567236B1Antiferromagnetically coupled thin films for magnetic recordingINTERNAT BUSINESS MACHNES CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 20, 2003·38 cites·23 claims
- 2188US7846565B2Perpendicular magnetic recording disk drive with patterned disk having capping layer for suppression of surface diffusion of trench materialHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 7, 2010·9 cites·16 claims
- 2288US7732071B2Perpendicular magnetic recording system with patterned medium and manufacturing process for the mediumHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 8, 2010·8 cites·6 claims
- 2388US7360300B2Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic pinning layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 22, 2008·8 cites·18 claims
- 2486US6836392B2Stability-enhancing underlayer for exchange-coupled magnetic structures, magnetoresistive sensors, and magnetic disk drive systemsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 28, 2004·24 cites·19 claims
- 2585US7572527B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with improved antiferromagnetically-coupled recording layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 11, 2009·7 cites·19 claims
- 2685US7556870B2Antiferromagnetically coupled media for magnetic recording with weak coupling layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 7, 2009·6 cites·16 claims
- 2785US7460343B2Magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic in-stack bias layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 2, 2008·12 cites·31 claims
- 2885US7081309B2Magnetic recording disk with antiferromagnetically-coupled magnetic layer having multiple ferromagnetically-coupled lower layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 25, 2006·20 cites·14 claims
- 2985US6893741B2Magnetic device with improved antiferromagnetically coupling filmHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted May 17, 2005·31 cites·2 claims
- 3085US6723450B2Magnetic recording medium with antiparallel coupled ferromagnetic films as the recording layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 20, 2004·34 cites·20 claims
- 3184US6773834B2Laminated magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled layer as one of the individual magnetic layers in the laminateHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 10, 2004·29 cites·18 claims
- 3282US8263239B2Laminated magnetic thin films for magnetic recording with weak ferromagnetic couplingBERGER ANDREAS KLAUS·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 11, 2012·7 cites·18 claims
- 3382US8021769B2Patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium with exchange coupled recording layer structure and magnetic recording system using the mediumHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 20, 2011·5 cites·9 claims
- 3482US7989096B2Perpendicular recording media having an exchange-spring structureHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 2, 2011·5 cites·28 claims
- 3581US6383668B1Magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled host layer for the magnetic recording layerIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 7, 2002·47 cites·5 claims
- 3680US7479332B2Method and apparatus for improving signal-to-noise ratio in longitudinal recording mediaHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 20, 2009·4 cites·7 claims
- 3780US6537684B1Antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic recording media with boron-free first ferromagnetic film as nucleation layerIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 25, 2003·42 cites·20 claims
- 3878US7672090B2Magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic pinning layerHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 2, 2010·8 cites·25 claims
- 3977US7457085B2Magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in hard magnetic bias layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 25, 2008·7 cites·25 claims
- 4074US6631057B1Magnetic device with ferromagnetic layer contacting specified yttrium or rare earth element oxide antiferromagnetic layerIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 7, 2003·11 cites·6 claims
- 4172US7529065B2Laminated magnetic thin films with weak antiferromagnetic coupling for perpendicular magnetic recordingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted May 5, 2009·2 cites·10 claims
- 4272US6440589B1Magnetic media with ferromagnetic overlay materials for improved thermal stabilityIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 27, 2002·41 cites·21 claims
- 4371US7615771B2Memory array having memory cells formed from metallic materialHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 10, 2009·7 cites·15 claims
- 4464US7125616B2Magnetic recording disk with antiferromagnetically-coupled magnetic layer having multiple lower layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 24, 2006·5 cites·7 claims
- 4563US7116532B2Stability-enhancing underlayer for exchange-coupled magnetic structures, magnetoresistive sensors, and magnetic disk drive systemsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 3, 2006·7 cites·20 claims
- 4660US7382590B2MR sensor and thin film media having alloyed Ru antiparallel spacer layer for enhanced antiparallel exchange couplingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 3, 2008·3 cites·24 claims
- 4760US6594100B2Method for recording magnetic transitions on recording layer having antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic filmsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 15, 2003·3 cites·3 claims
- 4851US6992866B2Exchange-coupled magnetoresistive sensor with a coercive ferrite layer and an oxide underlayer having a spinal lattice structureHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 31, 2006·3 cites·17 claims
- 4951US2009155627A1Discrete track media with a capped media structure having high moment and exchangeHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 5050US7976964B2Disk drive with laminated magnetic thin films with sublayers for magnetic recordingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 12, 2011·0 cites·7 claims
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