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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. based in San Jose, US has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:
Defective sector management for magnetic data storage disks
#2 | 2026-06-18RESISTOR NETWORK FOR DELIVERING CURRENT AND A MAIN POLE COIL AND AN ASSISTIVE WRITE ELEMENT IN A MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE
#3 | 2026-06-16 ✅ Patent 12,658,207 granted on 2026-06-16Voltage slew control of fine actuators in hard disk drive
#4 | 2026-06-16 ✅ Patent 12,658,209 granted on 2026-06-16Magnetic recording media and methods and apparatus for identifying substrates suitable for magnetic recording media
#5 | 2026-06-11 ✅ Patent 12,658,208 granted on 2026-06-16Non-Contact Tape Head
#6 | 2026-06-11DATA STORAGE DEVICE SHAPING READ THERMAL SENSOR BIAS SIGNAL TO BALANCE WRITE THERMAL SENSOR SIGNAL DURING LASER OPERATION
#7 | 2026-05-19 ✅ Patent 12,633,307 granted on 2026-05-19Data storage device with jitter-based touchdown detection
#8 | 2026-04-30SYNTHESIS AND USE OF BIOMOLECULE TAPE FOR DATA STORAGE
#9 | 2026-04-23RECONFIGURABLE TUNABLE BROADBAND ANTENNA COMPONENTS
#10 | 2026-03-26 ✅ Patent 12,592,251 granted on 2026-03-31LOAD BEAM FINE ACTUATOR PROTECTION FEATURE
#11 | 2026-03-26Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Head Comprising A Thermally Stable Material
#12 | 2026-03-26Data Storage Device and Method for Speculation-Driven Partial Shutdown
#13 | 2026-03-12VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER AND HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY
#14 | 2026-03-12INTER-COVER PLACEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT-CONTROLLING SUBSTANCES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES
#15 | 2026-03-12Highly Textured Buffer Layer to Grow YBiPt (110) For Spintronic Applications
#16 | 2026-03-12Apparatus and Processes for Magnetic Detection of an Analyte
#17 | 2026-03-10 ✅ Patent 12,573,427 granted on 2026-03-10Smear height detection and measurement in a data storage device
#18 | 2026-03-05Crystallized YPtBi (111) Topological Semi-Metal (TSM) Induced by (111) or (002)-(111) Buffers
#19 | 2026-03-05High Oxidation Resistive Cap Layers For Topological Semi-metal and Insulator Materials
#20 | 2026-03-05High Resistivity Buffers and Interlayers to Promote BiSb (012) and (001) and Minimized Shunting
#21 | 2026-03-05Nitrogenating of Topological Semi-Metal Films to Increase Resistivity
#22 | 2026-03-05 ✅ Patent 12,591,396 granted on 2026-03-31DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH PRE-ERASE OF METADATA FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
#23 | 2026-03-03 ✅ Patent 12,567,436 granted on 2026-03-03Servo sectors having multiple servo address marks in a data storage device
#24 | 2026-02-26Nitrogen Doped Oxides For Lower Bandgap
#25 | 2026-02-12 ✅ Patent 12,555,605 granted on 2026-02-17Dual Channel Burst Gain Switching in a Data Storage Device
#26 | 2026-02-12Reduction Of High Tape Contact Pressure Points Against Head Assembly
#27 | 2026-02-10 ✅ Patent 12,548,591 granted on 2026-02-10Magnetic device utilizing silicon based spin-to-charge or charge-to-spin conversion layer
#28 | 2026-01-29 ✅ Patent 12,542,154 granted on 2026-02-03SEALED HARD DISK DRIVE BASE INSERT
#29 | 2026-01-06 ✅ Patent 12,518,782 granted on 2026-01-06Heat assisted magnetic recording head comprising a thermally stable material
#30 | 2026-01-01 ✅ Patent 12,580,006 granted on 2026-03-17OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE REGULATION BY USE OF ORGANIC OXYGEN-BUFFERING MATERIALS SUCH AS TRANSITION METAL SALENS IN HERMETICALLY SEALED ELECTRONIC DEVICES ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS
#31 | 2026-01-01 ✅ Patent 12,567,447 granted on 2026-03-03HARD DISK DRIVE SPOILER WITH TOP DISK FLOW MITIGATION
#32 | 2025-12-25 ✅ Patent 12,658,284 granted on 2026-06-16Reference Marks Storing Embedded Oligo Index in DNA Data Storage
#33 | 2025-12-25Read Head with Multiple Contacts Formed Underneath the Sensor
#34 | 2025-12-25Read Sensor With a Layer Having an Adjustable Etching Rate
#35 | 2025-12-25Notched Head Design For Tape Applications
#36 | 2025-12-25Dual Free Layer TMR Reader with Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof
#37 | 2025-12-25Shield Designs for Two Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads
#38 | 2025-12-25 ✅ Patent 12,632,353 granted on 2026-05-19VIRTUAL TESTING OF DATA STORAGE DEVICES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF
#39 | 2025-12-18 ✅ Patent 12,573,421 granted on 2026-03-10Resistor Network for Delivering Current and a Main Pole Coil and an Assistive Write Element in a Magnetic Recording Device
#40 | 2025-12-11 ✅ Patent 12,670,930 granted on 2026-06-30MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PLATINUM-DOPED CO-BN CAPPING LAYER AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS FOR USE THEREWITH
#41 | 2025-12-11 ✅ Patent 12,658,200 granted on 2026-06-16Low Friction Planar Servo Writer Head
#42 | 2025-12-04 ✅ Patent 12,658,206 granted on 2026-06-16Servo Write Head For Writing Servo Patterns Having Opposite-Polarity Bars
#43 | 2025-12-04HIGH-SPEED HIGH-VOLTAGE CMOS WRITE DRIVER
#44 | 2025-11-27Buffer Layers And Interlayers That Promote BiSbx (012) Alloy Orientation For SOT And MRAM Devices
#45 | 2025-11-20Sensor based on Direct Spin Hall Effect
#46 | 2025-11-20Tape Head Assembly with Piezoelectric Actuator
#47 | 2025-11-18 ✅ Patent 12,475,921 granted on 2025-11-18Hard disk drive voice coil motor actuator with low-density wire coil and high-density coil stiffener
#48 | 2025-11-13 ✅ Patent 12,579,999 granted on 2026-03-17SPEED CONTROL OF ACTUATOR ARM AND SPINDLE IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE
#49 | 2025-11-06Phase-Coherent In-Line VCSEL Array with Slider Trailing Mount for HAMR
#50 | 2025-11-06SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING INSERTION LOSSES AND LOOP INDUCTANCE IN A PCB LAYOUT
#51 | 2025-11-06 ✅ Patent 12,663,945 granted on 2026-06-23Managing Queue Limits for Data Storage Device Adapters Using Controller Memory Buffers
#52 | 2025-10-30 ✅ Patent 12,597,439 granted on 2026-04-07FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT FINGER TRACE LAYOUT FOR PARALLEL SERVO OPERATION
#53 | 2025-10-16ADAPTABLE MEMORY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CHIPLETS
#54 | 2025-10-16MEMORY CHIPLET BOND PAD CONFIGURATION
#55 | 2025-10-16In-Memory AI Inference with Multi-state Weight based on Vertical Domain Control
#56 | 2025-10-16 ✅ Patent 12,609,136 granted on 2026-04-21Spin Wave Assisted MAMR Recording Head
#57 | 2025-10-16In-Memory AI Inference with Multi-state Weight based on Vertical Domain Control
#58 | 2025-10-16 ✅ Patent 12,584,075 granted on 2026-03-24REDESIGNED LUBRICANT MAIN CHAIN REPEAT UNIT FOR ENHANCED THERMAL STABILITY AND TAILORED PERFORMANCE
#59 | 2025-10-09Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path
#60 | 2025-10-02EMBEDDED ALIGNED FIDUCIAL MARKERS FOR STACKED FANOUT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
#61 | 2025-10-02 ✅ Patent 12,586,659 granted on 2026-03-24COLUMN REDUNDANCY DATA CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR HIGHER TRANSMIT SPEED
#62 | 2025-10-02 ✅ Patent 12,518,845 granted on 2026-01-06BUILT-IN SELF-TEST CIRCUITRY FOR DATA IN PATH FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH MULTIPLE TEST CLOCK SPEEDS FOR MULTIPLE TEST MODES
#63 | 2025-10-02 ✅ Patent 12,561,096 granted on 2026-02-24Discovery Controller With Feature Discovery for Data Storage Devices
#64 | 2025-09-30 ✅ Patent 12,431,161 granted on 2025-09-30Data storage device with track pitch determination for mitigating effects of servo pattern distortion
#65 | 2025-09-25NONVOLATILE MEMORY WITH FAST PROGRAM VOLTAGE RAMP DOWN
#66 | 2025-09-25 ✅ Patent 12,512,122 granted on 2025-12-30DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH SERVO BURST SIGNAL CORRECTION FOR MITIGATING EFFECTS OF SERVO PATTERN DISTORTION
#67 | 2025-09-25Data Storage Device and Method for Dynamic Flash Interface Module (FIM) Load Balancing for Memory Die Sharing
#68 | 2025-09-18PROCESSING CORE INCLUDING INTEGRATED HIGH CAPACITY HIGH BANDWIDTH STORAGE MEMORY
#69 | 2025-09-18Data Storage Device and Method for Multi-Tenant Dynamic Bandwidth Reallocation
#70 | 2025-09-16 ✅ Patent 12,417,786 granted on 2025-09-16Thermal fly height calibration for data storage device
#71 | 2025-09-11 ✅ Patent 12,488,848 granted on 2025-12-02READ PARAMETER ZONING
#72 | 2025-09-11ACTIVE HUMIDITY CONTROL USING CHEMICAL MIXTURES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES
#73 | 2025-09-11ACTIVE HUMIDITY CONTROL USING HEAT-RESPONSIVE WATER-RELEASING SUBSTANCES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES
#74 | 2025-09-11 ✅ Patent 12,572,285 granted on 2026-03-10Data Storage Device and Method for Power Saving in a Variable Host Throughput Environment
#75 | 2025-09-09 ✅ Patent 12,412,601 granted on 2025-09-09Active humidity control using chemical mixtures in data storage devices
#76 | 2025-09-04 ✅ Patent 12,475,968 granted on 2025-11-18SELF-LEARNING BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (BIST) FOR LEAK DETECTION IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
#77 | 2025-09-04 ✅ Patent 12,640,181 granted on 2026-05-26LOW ERROR RATE READ OPERATION IN MULTI-MODULE ARRAYS
#78 | 2025-09-04Multi-Protocol Data Storage Device and Method for Sustained Write Performance
#79 | 2025-09-02 ✅ Patent 12,406,697 granted on 2025-09-02Voltage slew control of fine actuators during discharge
#80 | 2025-08-28APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NUMBER OF LAYOUT TRACKS FOR SENSE AMPLIFIERS
#81 | 2025-08-28 ✅ Patent 12,592,288 granted on 2026-03-31Data Storage Device and Method for Managing a Hot Count Difference in Sub-Block Mode
#82 | 2025-08-28DFL Reader Signal Sidebump Imbalance Reduction
#83 | 2025-08-28Magnetic Recording Head With Assisting Electric Current In Trailing Shield
#84 | 2025-08-28Data Storage Device and Method for Data Routing for Wear Levelling in Multi-Meta-Die Data Storage Devices
#85 | 2025-08-28 ✅ Patent 12,517,677 granted on 2026-01-06Optimized XOR Loading To SRAM and HMB
#86 | 2025-08-28 ✅ Patent 12,591,375 granted on 2026-03-31DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACCESS IN CONFIDENTIAL MODE AND NORMAL MODE
#87 | 2025-08-28SSD Power Management With Hybrid PCIe Link State Method
#88 | 2025-08-26 ✅ Patent 12,400,680 granted on 2025-08-26Head and media overcoats for heat assisted magnetic recording
#89 | 2025-08-21Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices
#90 | 2025-08-21YPtBi 1:1:1 Composition Design Using Krypton Sputtering in Deposition Systems
#91 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,597,462 granted on 2026-04-07NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH HYBRID ROUTING FOR SHARED WORD LINE SWITCHES
#92 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,406,699 granted on 2025-09-02PASSIVE AND ACTIVE GAS COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES
#93 | 2025-08-21Middle Shields Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads
#94 | 2025-08-21Data Storage Device and Method for Using an Adaptive, Configurable Storage Indirection Unit
#95 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,613,658 granted on 2026-04-28Early Read Start Time For Random Access SSDs
#96 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,650,771 granted on 2026-06-09Host Bandwidth Limited SSDs With High-Rate NANDs
#97 | 2025-08-19 ✅ Patent 12,394,449 granted on 2025-08-19Guard band assignment for shingled magnetic recording
#98 | 2025-08-19 ✅ Patent 12,394,435 granted on 2025-08-19Interleaved servo patterns in a data storage device
#99 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,444,438 granted on 2025-10-14MAGNETIC HEAD AIR BEARING DESIGN WITH ISLAND BLOCKER FOR SMEAR MITIGATION
#100 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,608,159 granted on 2026-04-21Efficient Sequential Write Gap Processing
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