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Nita M. Minnifield

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Most Active Art Unit
1645
Art Unit(s)
1802, 1621, 1817, 1813, 1645
Total Applications
1564
Issued Applications
1017
Pending Applications
126
Abandoned Applications
425

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/319984
Direct measurement of magnetoresistive head resistance in a storage system May 17, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19062867 [patent_doc_number] => 11942112 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-03-26 [patent_title] => Method for starting hard disks and electronic device [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/130389 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-04-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 4589 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 137 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18130389 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/130389
Method for starting hard disks and electronic device Apr 2, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19137812 [patent_doc_number] => 11972783 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-30 [patent_title] => Magnetic recording tape having servo pattern for tape dimensional stability compensation via head skew [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/127946 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 14756 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 129 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18127946 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/127946
Magnetic recording tape having servo pattern for tape dimensional stability compensation via head skew Mar 28, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19085898 [patent_doc_number] => 20240112699 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-04-04 [patent_title] => MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF SETTING A NOTCH FILTER OF THE DRIVE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/184567 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 4170 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -14 [patent_words_short_claim] => 205 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18184567 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/184567
Magnetic disk drive and method of setting a notch filter of the drive Mar 14, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20404333 [patent_doc_number] => 12494313 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-12-09 [patent_title] => Method for destroying small electronic equipment, and a device for destroying small electronic equipment, in particular the contents of non-volatile memory [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/183182 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-14 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 0 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 271 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18183182 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/183182
Method for destroying small electronic equipment, and a device for destroying small electronic equipment, in particular the contents of non-volatile memory Mar 13, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19444220 [patent_doc_number] => 12094505 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-09-17 [patent_title] => Magnetic disk device and reference pattern writing method of the same preliminary class [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/182586 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 7997 [patent_no_of_claims] => 9 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 252 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18182586 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/182586
Magnetic disk device and reference pattern writing method of the same preliminary class Mar 12, 2023 Issued
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18/181961
Magnetic disk device and control method Mar 9, 2023 Issued
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18/119636
Magnetic disk device Mar 8, 2023 Issued
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18/119749
Magnetic disk device and command processing method Mar 8, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19781264 [patent_doc_number] => 12230302 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-02-18 [patent_title] => Magnetic disk device and method [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/180463 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 4728 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 202 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18180463 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/180463
Magnetic disk device and method Mar 7, 2023 Issued
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18/178935
Method for manufacturing disk device and computer program product Mar 5, 2023 Issued
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18/178128
Magnetic disk device and method Mar 2, 2023 Issued
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18/178476
Disk device Mar 2, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18652785 [patent_doc_number] => 20230298625 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-09-21 [patent_title] => SPINDLE MOTOR AND HARD DISK DRIVE DEVICE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/177340 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-03-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 5925 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 132 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18177340 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/177340
Spindle motor and hard disk drive device Mar 1, 2023 Issued
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18/174520
Reader bias based locking technique enabling high read concurrency for read-mostly workloads Feb 23, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19277055 [patent_doc_number] => 12027186 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-07-02 [patent_title] => Noncontact communication device, magnetic tape drive, noncontact communication system, method for operating noncontact communication device, and program [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/173783 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-02-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 30 [patent_figures_cnt] => 31 [patent_no_of_words] => 19697 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 5 [patent_words_short_claim] => 120 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18173783 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/173783
Noncontact communication device, magnetic tape drive, noncontact communication system, method for operating noncontact communication device, and program Feb 23, 2023 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19356693 [patent_doc_number] => 12057148 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-08-06 [patent_title] => Signal processing device, magnetic tape drive, magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, program, signal processing method, and magnetic tape manufacturing method [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/172693 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2023-02-22 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 41 [patent_figures_cnt] => 41 [patent_no_of_words] => 36033 [patent_no_of_claims] => 22 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 356 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18172693 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/172693
Signal processing device, magnetic tape drive, magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, program, signal processing method, and magnetic tape manufacturing method Feb 21, 2023 Issued
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18/171919
Magnetic head, magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, and magnetic tape reading method Feb 20, 2023 Issued
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18/111402
Mount plate with suspension circuit indentations Feb 16, 2023 Issued
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18/169407
Magnetic disk device Feb 14, 2023 Issued
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