G11B 5/851
Coating a support with a magnetic layer by sputtering
G11B5/851 (Coating a support with a magnetic layer by sputtering) appears on 484 US grants and 486 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 484
- Published applications
- 486
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 1,056
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2026 | 1 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Heating device and method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium14 Apr 2026US 12,601,046 B2Resonac Hard Disk Corporation
- Magnetic recording medium, magnetic storage apparatus, and method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium18 Nov 2025US 12,475,923 B2Resonac Hard Disk Corporation
- Sputtering target27 May 2025US 12,312,674 B2JX Advanced Metals Corporation
- Magnetic recording medium with magnesium-titanium oxide (MTO) layer formed using pulsed direct current sputter deposition20 May 2025US 12,308,056 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Media structure with selected segregants configured to improve heat-assisted magnetic recording8 Apr 2025US 12,272,392 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic recording medium with magnetic capping layer containing carbon and a magnetic recording apparatus for use therewith20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245586 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic recording medium with amorphous metallic alloy overcoat and magnetic recording apparatus for use therewith6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229251 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium, and magnetic storage device7 May 2026US 2026/0128061 A1Resonac Hard Disk Corporation
- Sputtering apparatus, apparatus for manufacturing magnetic recording medium, thin film forming method, and method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium2 Apr 2026US 2026/0094797 A1Resonac Hard Disk Corporation
- Magnetic recording medium and cartridge12 Feb 2026US 2026/0045274 A1Sony Group Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for high throughput sputtering366US 5,683,561 AConner Peripherals, Inc. · 1997
- High resistivity FeXN sputtered films for magnetic storage devices and method of fabrication153US 6,410,170 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2002
- Manufacture method of high coercivity FePt-Si3N4 granular composite thin films127US 6,183,606 B2National Science Council of Republic of China · 2001
- Method of sputtering a carbon protective film on a magnetic disk with high sp.sup.3 content120US 6,086,730 AKomag, Inc. · 2000
- Magnetic disk comprising a first carbon overcoat having a high SP3 content and a second carbon overcoat having a low SP3 content78US 6,565,719 B1Komag, Inc. · 2003