- All sections
- G - Physics
- G11B - Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
- G11B 5/596 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
Patent holdings for IPC class G11B 5/596
Total number of patents in this class: 937
10-year publication summary
130
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90
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53
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65
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55
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44
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47
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40
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32
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17
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 10964 |
184 |
Toshiba Corporation | 12017 |
182 |
Seagate Technology LLC | 4228 |
143 |
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | 1602 |
75 |
Marvell Asia PTE, Ltd. | 6841 |
64 |
Cavium International | 5549 |
55 |
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited | 9260 |
32 |
Magnecomp Corporation | 197 |
30 |
FUJIFILM Corporation | 27102 |
16 |
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated | 310 |
12 |
International Business Machines Corporation | 60644 |
11 |
NHK Spring Co., Ltd. | 1657 |
11 |
Marvell International Ltd. | 1224 |
10 |
Texas Instruments Incorporated | 19376 |
9 |
Marvell World Trade Ltd. | 957 |
7 |
Xyratex Technology Limited | 99 |
6 |
Sony Corporation | 32931 |
5 |
Headway Technologies, Inc. | 715 |
5 |
EVault, Inc. | 62 |
5 |
Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 1043 |
4 |
Other owners | 71 |