Inventor

Gordon R. Knight

Inventor

Saratoga, CA, US

Overview

1981–2004

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 12 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%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures42%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification8%

PatentTitleYear

6,724,694'Disk mastering based on near-field optical systems'2004 6,582,630'Method of fabricating and integrating an optical assembly into a flying head'2003 6,449,221'Storage media for optical storage systems'2002 6,270,696'Method of fabricating and integrating an optical assembly into a flying head'2001 6,243,350'Optical storage systems with flying optical heads for near-field recording and reading'2001 6,061,322'Optical storage system having optical head with a solid immersion lens and operating on media with at least two recording layers'2000 6,055,222'Near field optical head having a solid immersion lens that is fixed relative to an objective lens'2000 5,936,928'Multilayer media and use with flying head having solid immersion lens'1999 5,881,042'Flying head with solid immersion lens partially mounted on a slider'1999 5,793,584'Device and method for electrostatically cleaning a disk mounted in a removable cartridge'1998 4,290,122'Self-synchronizing clock source for optical memories'1981 4,283,777'Optical memory having a parallel read out'1981

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1981Patents assigned to XEROX CORP (2)· patent assignee history

1981Based in Cupertino, CA, US· patent location history

1998–2004Patents assigned to TERASTOR CORP (9)· patent assignee history

1998–2004Based in Saratoga, CA, US· patent location history

1999Based in Saratogo, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
TERASTOR CORP	9	1998–2004
XEROX CORP	2	1981

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Saratoga, California, US	9	1998–2004
Cupertino, California, US	2	1981
Saratogo, California, US	1	1999