G11B 5/3116
Shaping of layers, poles or gaps for improving the form of the
Official title: {Shaping of layers, poles or gaps for improving the form of the electrical signal transduced, e.g. for shielding, contour effect, equalizing, side flux fringing, cross talk reduction between heads or between heads and information tracks (G11B5/3113, G11B5/245 take precedence)}
G11B5/3116 (Shaping of layers, poles or gaps for improving the form of the) appears on 2,392 US grants and 1,638 published applications in this corpus.
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