Inventor

Joseph Michael Stephan

Inventor

Eden Prairie, MN, US

Overview

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Patents

2013–2020

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 transducer39%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification13%

H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light10%

B05DProcesses for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general6%

B29CShaping or joining of plastics6%

B33YAdditive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3d printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering6%

G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus6%

G03FPhotomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices6%

H10WGeneric packages, interconnections, connectors or other constructional details of devices covered by class h106%

PatentTitleYear

10,737,291Slider having angled or curvilinear sidewalls2020 10,058,890Methods of forming an air bearing surface on a slider and related sliders2018 10,049,689Methods of forming magnetic devices with variable overcoats2018 9,830,937Horizontal cavity surface emitting laser assembly features for heat assisted magnetic recording2017 9,792,935'Magnetic devices with variable overcoats'2017 9,460,746'Creating a sub-micron pattern proximate a near-field transducer using in-slider waveguide and laser'2016 9,431,035'Method of shaping a trailing edge of a slider'2016 9,196,274'Slider cavity feature for gimbal attachment'2015 9,171,561'Assemblies and methods for slider electrical connection containing through circuit electrical connections'2015 9,165,584'Air bearing surface having temperature/humidity compensation feature'2015 8,982,923'Capping method for laser diode protection'2015 8,532,157'Capping method for laser diode protection'2013

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2013–2020Patents assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC (12)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to COLE DOUGLAS (1)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to HIPWELL JR ROGER LEE (1)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to OLSON SCOTT EUGENE (1)· patent assignee history

2013Patents assigned to SNYDER TANYA JEGERIS (1)· patent assignee history

2013–2020Based in Eden Prairie, MN, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC	12	2013–2020
COLE DOUGLAS	1	2013
HIPWELL JR ROGER LEE	1	2013
OLSON SCOTT EUGENE	1	2013
SNYDER TANYA JEGERIS	1	2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, US	12	2013–2020