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John P. Zimmermann

Examiner (ID: 10836, Phone: (571)270-3049 , Office: P/2853 )

Most Active Art Unit
2853
Art Unit(s)
2861, 2853, 2809
Total Applications
897
Issued Applications
694
Pending Applications
84
Abandoned Applications
142

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/652852
Determining bit aspect ratios for multiple, independent, actuator storage device Jul 17, 2017 Issued
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15/636426
Method of detecting back electromotive force in electro-mechanical actuators, corresponding device and apparatus Jun 27, 2017 Issued
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15/621593
Active control of a read/write head Jun 12, 2017 Issued
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15/615050
Data storage device detecting lasing threshold of laser by measuring protrusion effect Jun 5, 2017 Issued
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15/614939
Data storage device detecting minimum stable fly height of a head over a disk Jun 5, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12952915 [patent_doc_number] => 09837110 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-12-05 [patent_title] => Digital data driven position error signal for magnetic recording [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/614447 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-06-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 5771 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 157 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15614447 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/614447
Digital data driven position error signal for magnetic recording Jun 4, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 12497709 [patent_doc_number] => 09997192 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2018-06-12 [patent_title] => Overlap detection for magnetic disks [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/599265 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-05-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 4154 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 83 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15599265 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/599265
Overlap detection for magnetic disks May 17, 2017 Issued
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15/595215
Data storage device generating extended redundancy to compensate for track squeeze May 14, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 11925353 [patent_doc_number] => 09792938 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2017-10-17 [patent_title] => 'Data storage device communicating servo information between servo channels of multiple actuators' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/585779 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-05-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 3617 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 113 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15585779 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/585779
Data storage device communicating servo information between servo channels of multiple actuators May 2, 2017 Issued
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15/585933
Data storage device attenuating multiple actuator coupling disturbance May 2, 2017 Issued
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15/499015
Tape apparatus and control device Apr 26, 2017 Issued
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15/428043
Generating defect signals in time based servo tape storage systems Feb 7, 2017 Issued
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15/405738
Active control of a read/write head for reduced head-media spacing Jan 12, 2017 Issued
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15/405667
Method of managing, writing, and reading file on tape Jan 12, 2017 Issued
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15/386702
Workload balancing for multiple actuators Dec 20, 2016 Issued
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15/370985
Bond pad sharing for powering a multiplicity of electrical components of a recording head Dec 5, 2016 Issued
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15/360540
Feedforward compensation for multi-actuator hard drives Nov 22, 2016 Issued
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15/341246
Direct current magnetoresistive jog offset compensation Nov 1, 2016 Issued
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15/280525
Loop shaping methods and devices for disturbance observer in servo control systems Sep 28, 2016 Issued
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15/273508
Segmented magnetic recording write head for detection-based servo pattern writing Sep 21, 2016 Issued
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