G11B 15/681
In vertical direction
Official title: {in vertical direction}
G11B15/681 (In vertical direction) appears on 28 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 28
- Published applications
- 3
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 46
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Retrieval assembly with integrated latch deactivator for use within media library25 Aug 2026US 12,718,844 B2Quantum Corporation
- Removable robot for automated data storage library31 Mar 2026US 12,592,254 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Gripper assembly apparatus for interfacing with a storage device17 Feb 2004US 6,693,859 B1International Business Machines Corporation
- Five and one-quarter inch form factor combination DAT tape drive and cassette magazine loader23 Jul 2002US 6,424,481 B1Seagate Technologies LLC
- Media access in a media library5 Mar 2002US 6,353,581 B1Overland Data, Inc.
- Retrieval assembly with integrated latch deactivator for use within media library12 Feb 2026US 2026/0045275 A1Quantum Corporation
- Removable robot for automated data storage library14 Mar 2024US 2024/0087613 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Passive data cartridge pass-through18 May 2006US 2006/0103271 A1Quantum Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tape changer for loading and unloading a magazine of magnetic tape cartridges57US 5,021,902 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1991
- Method and apparatus for aligning cartridges with a cartridge insertion slot40US 5,182,687 AArchive Corporation · 1993
- Cartridge loader for loading each of a plurality of cartridges into a cartridge insertion slot29US 5,050,020 AArchive Corporation · 1991
- Stacker/autoloader system with intelligent media storage magazine control28US 5,357,495 ATandberg Data A/S · 1994
- Autoloader for magnetic tape cartridges20US 5,041,929 AStorage Technology Corporation · 1991