G11B 5/372
In magnetic thin films
Official title: {in magnetic thin films}
G11B5/372 (In magnetic thin films) appears on 45 US grants and 30 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 30
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 83
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Read head with multiple contacts formed underneath the sensor8 Sep 2026US 12,731,606 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic device utilizing silicon based spin-to-charge or charge-to-spin conversion layer10 Feb 2026US 12,548,591 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Spin-orbit torque SOT reader with recessed spin hall effect layer17 Jun 2025US 12,334,123 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Spin-orbit torque (SOT) writer with topological insulator materials26 Nov 2024US 12,154,603 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic sensor, magnetic head, and magnetic recording device12 Nov 2024US 12,142,306 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Read Head with Multiple Contacts Formed Underneath the Sensor25 Dec 2025US 2025/0391433 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Spintronic Reader Utilizing The Inverse Spin Hall Effect2 Oct 2025US 2025/0308549 A1Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Spin-Orbit Torque SOT Reader with Recessed Spin Hall Effect Layer20 Mar 2025US 2025/0095673 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic sensor, magnetic head, and magnetic recording device11 Jul 2024US 2024/0233754 A9Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Magnetic sensor, magnetic head, and magnetic recording device25 Apr 2024US 2024/0135961 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-pole magnetic recording head55US 4,907,113 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1990
- Three-pole magnetic head with reduced flux leakage44US 5,111,352 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1992
- Magnetic field sensor utilizing anomalous hall effect magnetic film36US 6,791,792 B2Hitachi, Ltd. · 2004
- Hall effect modulation of resistor values32US 5,488,250 A1996
- Magnetic sensor using inverse spin hall effect32US 9,947,347 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2018