Inventor

Simeon Furrer

Inventor

Altdorf, CH

Overview

2008–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 94 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 transducer48%

G06FElectric digital data processing14%

H03MCoding11%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication9%

H04BTransmission4%

H04WWireless communication networks4%

G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable2%

G01RMeasuring electric variables2%

H04QSelecting2%

G01KMeasuring temperature1%

PatentTitleYear

11,031,042Efficient rewrite using larger codeword sizes2021 10,990,298Implementing data requests with quality of service information2021 10,937,453Magnetic tape device capable of selecting codeword rewrite based on determined threshold2021 10,901,825Implementing a storage drive utilizing a streaming mode2021 10,884,653Implementing a mapping between data at a storage drive and data blocks at a host2021 10,824,346Logical format utilizing lateral encoding of data for storage on magnetic tape2020 10,770,102Hybrid servo pattern configurations for magnetic tape2020 10,691,376Prioritized sourcing for efficient rewriting2020 10,657,997Characterization of nonlinearity in servo patterns2020 10,650,852Compensation for nonlinearity in servo patterns2020 10,600,443Sequential data storage with rewrite using dead-track detection2020 10,587,289Sequence detectors2020 10,418,062Efficient rewrite using larger codeword sizes2019 10,388,312Hybrid servo pattern configurations for magnetic tape2019 10,379,756Logical format utilizing lateral encoding of data for storage on magnetic tape2019 10,366,716Characterization of nonlinearity in servo patterns2019 10,339,971Sequential data storage with rewrite using dead-track detection2019 10,297,280Compensation for nonlinearity in servo patterns2019 10,256,845Symbol timing recovery based on speculative tentative symbol decisions2019 10,243,591Sequence detectors2019 10,229,713Track-dependent decoding2019 10,204,649Calibration of high-density servo pattern detector parameters2019 10,199,061Balanced delay and resolution for high density servo systems2019 10,199,062Balanced delay and resolution for high density servo systems2019 10,152,375Error protection of data stored using variable-length headers2018 10,141,016Balanced delay and resolution for timing based servo systems2018 10,120,599Low latency lateral decoding of data for retrieval from magnetic tape2018 10,102,873Balanced delay and resolution for high density servo systems2018 10,055,289Error protection of data stored using variable-length headers2018 10,026,428Calibration of high-density servo pattern detector parameters2018 9,997,184Hybrid servo pattern configurations for magnetic tape2018 9,991,990Sequence detection2018 9,985,658Decoding of product codes2018 9,837,117Track-dependent decoding2017 9,830,943Magnetic tape medium servo pattern writing method using single coil multi-gap write head2017 9,799,370'Adjustable interpolation sampling interval for tape systems'2017 9,712,188'Decoding data stored with three orthogonal codewords'2017 9,672,852'Tape head assembly for linear tape open'2017 9,673,839'Decoding of product codes'2017 9,666,225'Efficient recovery of the codeword interleave address'2017 9,633,681'High-rate skew estimation'2017 9,633,687'Symbol timing recovery scheme for parallel recording channel systems'2017 9,612,905'Encoding and writing of data on multitrack tape'2017 9,606,868'Encoding and writing of data on multitrack tape'2017 9,601,160'Efficient multichannel data format using variable-length headers'2017 9,595,301'Efficient multichannel data format using variable-length headers'2017 9,564,161'Method for controlling the lateral position of a tape head of a magnetic tape drive'2017 9,564,168'Adjustable interpolation sampling interval for tape systems'2017 9,564,925'Pipelined architecture for iterative decoding of product codes'2017 9,557,385'Symbol timing recovery scheme for parallel recording channel systems'2017 9,542,973'Adaptive data-dependent noise-predictive maximum likelihood detection for channels with non-linear transition shifts'2017 9,524,741'High-density pattern detector for hybrid servo patterns'2016 9,514,769'Method for writing a servo pattern to a magnetic tape medium with magnetically encoded servo band bursts'2016 9,495,986'Tape head assembly for linear tape'2016 9,477,552'Priority-based decoding'2016 9,443,539'Write head for a magnetic tape medium with magnetically encoded servo band bursts'2016 9,412,410'Track-dependent decoding'2016 9,390,759'Skew estimation for a tape storage device'2016 9,373,357'Error protection of data stored using variable-length headers'2016 9,336,806'Tape head with thermal tape-head distance sensor'2016 9,330,700'Magnetic tape storage medium'2016 9,311,960'Efficient multichannel data format using variable-length headers'2016 9,305,580'Tape head assembly for linear tape open'2016 9,287,900'Decoding of product codes'2016 9,263,073'Magnetic tape storage medium'2016 9,251,827'Servo pattern of a tape storage medium'2016 9,251,811'Symbol timing recovery scheme for parallel recording channel systems'2016 9,183,878'Reading method for linear tape open'2015 9,177,571'Reading method for linear tape open'2015 9,171,573'Reading method for linear tape open'2015 9,123,354'Magnetic tape medium with magnetically encoded servo band bursts'2015 9,099,121'Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive read sensor with grooved contact and free layers'2015 9,087,553'Tape head with thermal tape-head distance sensor'2015 9,058,828'Servo pattern of a tape storage medium'2015 9,053,744'Tape storage system'2015 9,047,899'Servo pattern of a tape storage medium'2015 8,988,817'Tape storage medium'2015 8,976,479'Writing data to tape storage medium'2015 8,947,829'Tape head system with controllable electrostatic elements'2015 8,941,949'Write head'2015 8,937,788'Write head including yoke and windings'2015 8,934,193'Transport system for transporting magnetic tape'2015 8,908,313'Transport system for transporting magnetic tape'2014 8,687,324'Tape drive head with jointly optimized shield-to-shield gap and sensor width'2014 8,369,388'Single-chip wireless tranceiver'2013 8,184,551'Throughput-based rate adaptation for wireless transmissions'2012 8,145,161'Receive configuration adaptation for wireless transceivers'2012 8,040,843'Transmit scheme adaptation for wireless data transmissions'2011 7,969,300'Signal transmission between a sensor and a controller device in a wireless sensor network'2011 7,860,204'Digital baseband system'2010 7,782,188'System and program product for signal transmission between a sensor and a controller in a wireless sensor network'2010 7,761,233'Apparatus and method for measuring the accurate position of moving objects in an indoor environment'2010 7,378,953'Transmission between a sensor and a controller in a wireless sensor network'2008 7,349,462'Acquisition and adjustment of gain, receiver clock frequency, and symbol timing in an OFDM radio receiver'2008

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2008–2021Patents assigned to IBM (89)· patent assignee history

2008–2013Based in Mountain View, CA, US· patent location history

2008–2010Based in Adliswil, CH· patent location history

2011–2013Patents assigned to BROADCOM CORP (4)· patent assignee history

2012–2015Patents assigned to FURRER SIMEON (5)· patent assignee history

2012–2013Patents assigned to HAMMERSCHMIDT JOACHIM S (2)· patent assignee history

2014–2017Based in Rueschlikon, CH· patent location history

2014–2015Based in Zurich, CH· patent location history

2015–2016Patents assigned to GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC (3)· patent assignee history

2015–2021Based in Altdorf, CH· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	89	2008–2021
FURRER SIMEONself	5	2012–2015
BROADCOM CORP	4	2011–2013
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC	3	2015–2016
HAMMERSCHMIDT JOACHIM S	2	2012–2013

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Altdorf, CH	59	2015–2021
Rueschlikon, CH	22	2014–2017
Mountain View, California, US	8	2008–2013
Zurich, CH	2	2014–2015
Adliswil, CH	2	2008–2010