Inventor

Howard Gordon Zolla

Inventor

San Jose, CA, US

Overview

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Patents

2002–2017

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 45 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 transducer42%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification26%

B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures11%

B24BMachines, devices, or processes for grinding or polishing3%

G03FPhotomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices3%

H01FMagnets2%

H10NElectric solid-state devices not otherwise provided for2%

H10PGeneric processes or apparatus for the manufacture or treatment of devices covered by class h102%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests2%

B05DProcesses for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general1%

PatentTitleYear

9,837,106Two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) disk drive with multiple sensors and circuitry for selection of an active pair of associated amplifiers2017 9,373,344'Two side by side MIMO read sensors fabricated by self-aligned processing'2016 9,299,370'MIMO read head with soft bias and split shield'2016 9,218,831'Side-by-side magnetic multi-input multi-output (MIMO) read head'2015 9,042,059'Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor structure with multiple stacked sensors and improved center shield'2015 8,323,408'Methods and apparatus to provide group VIA materials to reactors for group IBIIIAVIA film formation'2012 8,222,087'Seed layer for a heat spreader in a magnetic recording head'2012 8,045,299'Method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors'2011 7,839,607'Method to reduce corner shunting during fabrication of CPP read heads'2010 7,742,258'Magnetic transducer with milling mask'2010 7,712,207'Method of manufacturing a wrap around shield for a perpendicular write pole using a laminated mask with an endpoint detection layer'2010 7,649,712'Self aligned wrap around shield for perpendicular magnetic recording'2010 7,627,942'Method for using CVD process to encapsulate coil in a magnetic write head'2009 7,623,319'Electrical connection structure for magnetic heads and method for making the same'2009 7,574,791'Method to fabricate side shields for a magnetic sensor'2009 7,565,732'Method of manufacturing a write pole'2009 7,545,608'Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with impedance adjustment'2009 7,530,158'CPP read sensor fabrication using heat resistant photomask'2009 7,506,429'Method of constructing a magnetic sensor'2009 7,449,790'Methods and systems of enhancing stepper alignment signals and metrology alignment target signals'2008 7,375,931'Magnetic recording head with ESD shunt trace'2008 7,365,408'Structure for photolithographic applications using a multi-layer anti-reflection coating'2008 7,362,543'Magnetoresistive/inductive write head assembly formed with seed layers having a uniform thickness'2008 7,355,813'Method of fabricating a narrow projection such as a write pole extending from a substrate'2008 7,340,824'Method for fabricating a magnetic head having an improved magnetic shield'2008 7,333,300'Magnetoresistive device with lapping guide treated to eliminate magnetoresistive effect thereof'2008 7,332,099'Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process'2008 7,270,758'Method to improve ability to perform CMP-assisted liftoff for trackwidth definition'2007 7,186,348'Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer'2007 7,148,072'Method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors'2006 7,111,385'Method for improving hard bias properties of layers in a magnetoresistive sensor'2006 7,097,923'Method for forming thin film heads using a tri-layer anti-reflection coating for photolithographic applications and a structure thereof'2006 7,038,892'Apparatus having a hard bias seedlayer structure for providing improved properties of a hard bias layer'2006 6,982,042'Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process'2006 6,972,928'Isotropic deposition for trench narrowing of features to be created by reactive ion etch processing'2005 6,948,231'Method of depositing material into high aspect ratio features'2005 6,934,121'Process for planarizing patterned metal structures for magnetic thin film heads'2005 6,909,674'Thermally assisted magnetic write head system utilizing multilayer thermal barrier coatings'2005 6,877,213'Feature size reduction in thin film magnetic head using low temperature deposition coating of photolithographically-defined trenches'2005 6,862,798'Method of making a narrow pole tip by ion beam deposition'2005 6,859,998'Method of fabricating a narrow projection such as a write pole extending from a substrate'2005 6,842,306'Magnetic head having highly thermally conductive insulator materials containing cobalt-oxide'2005 6,770,209'Isotropic deposition for trench narrowing of features to be created by reactive ion etch processing'2004 6,660,640'Process for planarizing patterned metal structures for magnetic thin film heads'2003 6,470,566'ESD protection during GMR head fabrication'2002

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2002–2008Patents assigned to IBM (10)· patent assignee history

2002–2017Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2005–2010Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH (27)· patent assignee history

2012–2016Patents assigned to HGST Netherlands BV (5)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to ZOLLA HOWARD G (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to BASOL BULENT M (1)· patent assignee history

2015–2016Based in Los Gatos, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH	27	2005–2010
IBM	10	2002–2008
HGST Netherlands BV	5	2012–2016
ZOLLA HOWARD Gself	2	2012
BASOL BULENT M	1	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
San Jose, California, US	43	2002–2017
Los Gatos, California, US	2	2015–2016