Inventor

Robert L. Metz

Inventor

Westminster, CO, US

Overview

1979–2010

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 17 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer50%

A61BDiagnosis8%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties8%

G01SRadio direction-finding8%

G06FElectric digital data processing8%

G10KSound-producing devices8%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests4%

PatentTitleYear

7,802,142'High speed serial trace protocol for device debug'2010 7,382,564'Acquiring spiral servo information on a storage surface'2008 6,894,854'Disk drive which detects head flying height using first and second non-overlapping data patterns with different frequencies'2005 6,459,539'Disk drive which detects head flying height using a peak count based on a data pattern'2002 6,268,976'Disk drive which detects head flying height using a linearly increasing frequency data pattern'2001 6,229,665'Disk drive which detects head flying height using a peak count based on a random data pattern'2001 6,191,901'Disk drive which detects head flying height using first and second data patterns with different frequencies'2001 6,104,565'System architecture for hard disk drive'2000 5,914,828'System architecture for HDD'1999 5,909,330'Method and apparatus for detecting head flying height in a disk drive'1999 5,828,508'Technique for reducing overhead in a data storage system'1998 5,594,600'Dual internal bus system architecture for hard disk drive'1997 5,491,394'Acceleration sensing write disable system utilizing actuator arm coil'1996 4,346,867'Transport mechanism for ultrasonic scanner'1982 4,233,988'High resolution rotating head ultrasonic scanner'1980 4,210,932'Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing on film directly viewable TV video signals'1980 4,158,227'Paged memory mapping with elimination of recurrent decoding'1979

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1979Patents assigned to BUNKER RAMO (1)· patent assignee history

1979Based in Nichols, CT, US· patent location history

1980Patents assigned to LIFE INSTR CORP (2)· patent assignee history

1980–1982Based in Superior, CO, US· patent location history

1982Patents assigned to DICK DONALD E (1)· patent assignee history

1982Patents assigned to ELLIOTT RAYMOND D (1)· patent assignee history

1996–2008Patents assigned to MAXTOR CORP (12)· patent assignee history

1996–2010Based in Westminster, CO, US· patent location history

1999–2000Based in Westminister, CO, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MAXTOR CORP	12	1996–2008
LIFE INSTR CORP	2	1980
BUNKER RAMO	1	1979
DICK DONALD E	1	1982
ELLIOTT RAYMOND D	1	1982

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Westminster, CO, US	11	1996–2010
Superior, CO, US	3	1980–1982
Westminister, CO, US	2	1999–2000
Nichols, CT, US	1	1979