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Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

City:

San Jose, California

Country:

United States

Published Applications:

3,689

Last publication date:

2026-06-23

Patent Grants:

3,492

Last grant date:

2026-06-23

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#1 | 2026-06-23 ✅ Patent 12,664,049 granted on 2026-06-23
US19001492
Physics

Defective sector management for magnetic data storage disks

#2 | 2026-06-18
US20260171110A1
Physics

RESISTOR 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 2026-06-16
US19179142
Physics

Voltage slew control of fine actuators in hard disk drive

#4 | 2026-06-16 ✅ Patent 12,658,209 granted on 2026-06-16
US19050798
Physics

Magnetic recording media and methods and apparatus for identifying substrates suitable for magnetic recording media

#5 | 2026-06-11 ✅ Patent 12,658,208 granted on 2026-06-16
US20260162676A1
Physics

Non-Contact Tape Head

#6 | 2026-06-11
US20260162674A1
Physics

DATA 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 2026-05-19
US19087791
Physics

Data storage device with jitter-based touchdown detection

#8 | 2026-04-30
US20260120810A1
Physics

SYNTHESIS AND USE OF BIOMOLECULE TAPE FOR DATA STORAGE

#9 | 2026-04-23
US20260112811A1
Electricity

RECONFIGURABLE TUNABLE BROADBAND ANTENNA COMPONENTS

#10 | 2026-03-26 ✅ Patent 12,592,251 granted on 2026-03-31
US20260088045A1
Physics

LOAD BEAM FINE ACTUATOR PROTECTION FEATURE

#11 | 2026-03-26
US20260088043A1
Physics

Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Head Comprising A Thermally Stable Material

#12 | 2026-03-26
US20260086723A1
Physics

Data Storage Device and Method for Speculation-Driven Partial Shutdown

#13 | 2026-03-12
US20260074485A1
Electricity

VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER AND HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY

#14 | 2026-03-12
US20260073949A1
Physics

INTER-COVER PLACEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT-CONTROLLING SUBSTANCES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES

#15 | 2026-03-12
US20260073938A1
Physics

Highly Textured Buffer Layer to Grow YBiPt (110) For Spintronic Applications

#16 | 2026-03-12
US20260072037A1
Physics

Apparatus and Processes for Magnetic Detection of an Analyte

#17 | 2026-03-10 ✅ Patent 12,573,427 granted on 2026-03-10
US18961861
Physics

Smear height detection and measurement in a data storage device

#18 | 2026-03-05
US20260066171A1
Electricity

Crystallized YPtBi (111) Topological Semi-Metal (TSM) Induced by (111) or (002)-(111) Buffers

#19 | 2026-03-05
US20260066170A1
Electricity

High Oxidation Resistive Cap Layers For Topological Semi-metal and Insulator Materials

#20 | 2026-03-05
US20260066169A1
Electricity

High Resistivity Buffers and Interlayers to Promote BiSb (012) and (001) and Minimized Shunting

#21 | 2026-03-05
US20260066168A1
Electricity

Nitrogenating of Topological Semi-Metal Films to Increase Resistivity

#22 | 2026-03-05 ✅ Patent 12,591,396 granted on 2026-03-31
US20260064315A1
Physics

DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH PRE-ERASE OF METADATA FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

#23 | 2026-03-03 ✅ Patent 12,567,436 granted on 2026-03-03
US18999031
Physics

Servo sectors having multiple servo address marks in a data storage device

#24 | 2026-02-26
US20260058046A1
Electricity

Nitrogen Doped Oxides For Lower Bandgap

#25 | 2026-02-12 ✅ Patent 12,555,605 granted on 2026-02-17
US20260045276A1
Physics

Dual Channel Burst Gain Switching in a Data Storage Device

#26 | 2026-02-12
US20260045273A1
Physics

Reduction Of High Tape Contact Pressure Points Against Head Assembly

#27 | 2026-02-10 ✅ Patent 12,548,591 granted on 2026-02-10
US18960601
Physics

Magnetic device utilizing silicon based spin-to-charge or charge-to-spin conversion layer

#28 | 2026-01-29 ✅ Patent 12,542,154 granted on 2026-02-03
US20260031103A1
Physics

SEALED HARD DISK DRIVE BASE INSERT

#29 | 2026-01-06 ✅ Patent 12,518,782 granted on 2026-01-06
US18896353
Physics

Heat assisted magnetic recording head comprising a thermally stable material

#30 | 2026-01-01 ✅ Patent 12,580,006 granted on 2026-03-17
US20260004818A1
Physics

OXYGEN 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 2026-03-03
US20260004817A1
Physics

HARD DISK DRIVE SPOILER WITH TOP DISK FLOW MITIGATION

#32 | 2025-12-25 ✅ Patent 12,658,284 granted on 2026-06-16
US20250391513A1
Physics

Reference Marks Storing Embedded Oligo Index in DNA Data Storage

#33 | 2025-12-25
US20250391433A1
Physics

Read Head with Multiple Contacts Formed Underneath the Sensor

#34 | 2025-12-25
US20250391432A1
Physics

Read Sensor With a Layer Having an Adjustable Etching Rate

#35 | 2025-12-25
US20250391431A1
Physics

Notched Head Design For Tape Applications

#36 | 2025-12-25
US20250391430A1
Physics

Dual Free Layer TMR Reader with Shaped Rear Bias and Methods of Forming Thereof

#37 | 2025-12-25
US20250391427A1
Physics

Shield Designs for Two Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads

#38 | 2025-12-25 ✅ Patent 12,632,353 granted on 2026-05-19
US20250390404A1
Physics

VIRTUAL TESTING OF DATA STORAGE DEVICES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF

#39 | 2025-12-18 ✅ Patent 12,573,421 granted on 2026-03-10
US20250384896A1
Physics

Resistor 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 2026-06-30
US20250378850A1
Physics

MAGNETIC 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 2026-06-16
US20250378846A1
Physics

Low Friction Planar Servo Writer Head

#42 | 2025-12-04 ✅ Patent 12,658,206 granted on 2026-06-16
US20250372122A1
Physics

Servo Write Head For Writing Servo Patterns Having Opposite-Polarity Bars

#43 | 2025-12-04
US20250372120A1
Physics

HIGH-SPEED HIGH-VOLTAGE CMOS WRITE DRIVER

#44 | 2025-11-27
US20250366376A1
Electricity

Buffer Layers And Interlayers That Promote BiSbx (012) Alloy Orientation For SOT And MRAM Devices

#45 | 2025-11-20
US20250359486A1
Electricity

Sensor based on Direct Spin Hall Effect

#46 | 2025-11-20
US20250356878A1
Physics

Tape Head Assembly with Piezoelectric Actuator

#47 | 2025-11-18 ✅ Patent 12,475,921 granted on 2025-11-18
US18939059
Physics

Hard 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 2026-03-17
US20250349320A1
Physics

SPEED CONTROL OF ACTUATOR ARM AND SPINDLE IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE

#49 | 2025-11-06
US20250342856A1
Physics

Phase-Coherent In-Line VCSEL Array with Slider Trailing Mount for HAMR

#50 | 2025-11-06
US20250342302A1
Physics

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING INSERTION LOSSES AND LOOP INDUCTANCE IN A PCB LAYOUT

#51 | 2025-11-06 ✅ Patent 12,663,945 granted on 2026-06-23
US20250342114A1
Physics

Managing Queue Limits for Data Storage Device Adapters Using Controller Memory Buffers

#52 | 2025-10-30 ✅ Patent 12,597,439 granted on 2026-04-07
US20250336416A1
Physics

FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT FINGER TRACE LAYOUT FOR PARALLEL SERVO OPERATION

#53 | 2025-10-16
US20250323231A1
Electricity

ADAPTABLE MEMORY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CHIPLETS

#54 | 2025-10-16
US20250323195A1
Electricity

MEMORY CHIPLET BOND PAD CONFIGURATION

#55 | 2025-10-16
US20250322870A1
Physics

In-Memory AI Inference with Multi-state Weight based on Vertical Domain Control

#56 | 2025-10-16 ✅ Patent 12,609,136 granted on 2026-04-21
US20250322844A1
Physics

Spin Wave Assisted MAMR Recording Head

#57 | 2025-10-16
US20250322228A1
Physics

In-Memory AI Inference with Multi-state Weight based on Vertical Domain Control

#58 | 2025-10-16 ✅ Patent 12,584,075 granted on 2026-03-24
US20250320422A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

REDESIGNED LUBRICANT MAIN CHAIN REPEAT UNIT FOR ENHANCED THERMAL STABILITY AND TAILORED PERFORMANCE

#59 | 2025-10-09
US20250316289A1
Physics

Magnetic Recording Head with A Cross-Track Current Flow In A Low Resistance Path

#60 | 2025-10-02
US20250309196A1
Electricity

EMBEDDED ALIGNED FIDUCIAL MARKERS FOR STACKED FANOUT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

#61 | 2025-10-02 ✅ Patent 12,586,659 granted on 2026-03-24
US20250308621A1
Physics

COLUMN REDUNDANCY DATA CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR HIGHER TRANSMIT SPEED

#62 | 2025-10-02 ✅ Patent 12,518,845 granted on 2026-01-06
US20250308610A1
Physics

BUILT-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 2026-02-24
US20250306800A1
Physics

Discovery Controller With Feature Discovery for Data Storage Devices

#64 | 2025-09-30 ✅ Patent 12,431,161 granted on 2025-09-30
US18617883
Physics

Data storage device with track pitch determination for mitigating effects of servo pattern distortion

#65 | 2025-09-25
US20250299739A1
Physics

NONVOLATILE MEMORY WITH FAST PROGRAM VOLTAGE RAMP DOWN

#66 | 2025-09-25 ✅ Patent 12,512,122 granted on 2025-12-30
US20250299694A1
Physics

DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH SERVO BURST SIGNAL CORRECTION FOR MITIGATING EFFECTS OF SERVO PATTERN DISTORTION

#67 | 2025-09-25
US20250298663A1
Physics

Data Storage Device and Method for Dynamic Flash Interface Module (FIM) Load Balancing for Memory Die Sharing

#68 | 2025-09-18
US20250293205A1
Electricity

PROCESSING CORE INCLUDING INTEGRATED HIGH CAPACITY HIGH BANDWIDTH STORAGE MEMORY

#69 | 2025-09-18
US20250291645A1
Physics

Data Storage Device and Method for Multi-Tenant Dynamic Bandwidth Reallocation

#70 | 2025-09-16 ✅ Patent 12,417,786 granted on 2025-09-16
US18815597
Physics

Thermal fly height calibration for data storage device

#71 | 2025-09-11 ✅ Patent 12,488,848 granted on 2025-12-02
US20250285687A1
Physics

READ PARAMETER ZONING

#72 | 2025-09-11
US20250285654A1
Physics

ACTIVE HUMIDITY CONTROL USING CHEMICAL MIXTURES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES

#73 | 2025-09-11
US20250285653A1
Physics

ACTIVE HUMIDITY CONTROL USING HEAT-RESPONSIVE WATER-RELEASING SUBSTANCES IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES

#74 | 2025-09-11 ✅ Patent 12,572,285 granted on 2026-03-10
US20250284414A1
Physics

Data Storage Device and Method for Power Saving in a Variable Host Throughput Environment

#75 | 2025-09-09 ✅ Patent 12,412,601 granted on 2025-09-09
US18597460
Physics

Active humidity control using chemical mixtures in data storage devices

#76 | 2025-09-04 ✅ Patent 12,475,968 granted on 2025-11-18
US20250279151A1
Physics

SELF-LEARNING BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (BIST) FOR LEAK DETECTION IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

#77 | 2025-09-04 ✅ Patent 12,640,181 granted on 2026-05-26
US20250279127A1
Physics

LOW ERROR RATE READ OPERATION IN MULTI-MODULE ARRAYS

#78 | 2025-09-04
US20250278208A1
Physics

Multi-Protocol Data Storage Device and Method for Sustained Write Performance

#79 | 2025-09-02 ✅ Patent 12,406,697 granted on 2025-09-02
US18741406
Physics

Voltage slew control of fine actuators during discharge

#80 | 2025-08-28
US20250275146A1
Electricity

APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NUMBER OF LAYOUT TRACKS FOR SENSE AMPLIFIERS

#81 | 2025-08-28 ✅ Patent 12,592,288 granted on 2026-03-31
US20250273278A1
Physics

Data Storage Device and Method for Managing a Hot Count Difference in Sub-Block Mode

#82 | 2025-08-28
US20250273236A1
Physics

DFL Reader Signal Sidebump Imbalance Reduction

#83 | 2025-08-28
US20250273235A1
Physics

Magnetic Recording Head With Assisting Electric Current In Trailing Shield

#84 | 2025-08-28
US20250272230A1
Physics

Data 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 2026-01-06
US20250272022A1
Physics

Optimized XOR Loading To SRAM and HMB

#86 | 2025-08-28 ✅ Patent 12,591,375 granted on 2026-03-31
US20250272007A1
Physics

DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACCESS IN CONFIDENTIAL MODE AND NORMAL MODE

#87 | 2025-08-28
US20250271921A1
Physics

SSD Power Management With Hybrid PCIe Link State Method

#88 | 2025-08-26 ✅ Patent 12,400,680 granted on 2025-08-26
US18652371
Physics

Head and media overcoats for heat assisted magnetic recording

#89 | 2025-08-21
US20250268110A1
Electricity

Improved YPtBi Composition in Spin Orbit Torque Devices

#90 | 2025-08-21
US20250266198A1
Electricity

YPtBi 1:1:1 Composition Design Using Krypton Sputtering in Deposition Systems

#91 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,597,462 granted on 2026-04-07
US20250266084A1
Physics

NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH HYBRID ROUTING FOR SHARED WORD LINE SWITCHES

#92 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,406,699 granted on 2025-09-02
US20250266062A1
Physics

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE GAS COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES

#93 | 2025-08-21
US20250266056A1
Physics

Middle Shields Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording Read Heads

#94 | 2025-08-21
US20250265185A1
Physics

Data Storage Device and Method for Using an Adaptive, Configurable Storage Indirection Unit

#95 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,613,658 granted on 2026-04-28
US20250265014A1
Physics

Early Read Start Time For Random Access SSDs

#96 | 2025-08-21 ✅ Patent 12,650,771 granted on 2026-06-09
US20250264995A1
Physics

Host Bandwidth Limited SSDs With High-Rate NANDs

#97 | 2025-08-19 ✅ Patent 12,394,449 granted on 2025-08-19
US18736587
Physics

Guard band assignment for shingled magnetic recording

#98 | 2025-08-19 ✅ Patent 12,394,435 granted on 2025-08-19
US18652222
Physics

Interleaved servo patterns in a data storage device

#99 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,444,438 granted on 2025-10-14
US20250259650A1
Physics

MAGNETIC HEAD AIR BEARING DESIGN WITH ISLAND BLOCKER FOR SMEAR MITIGATION

#100 | 2025-08-14 ✅ Patent 12,608,159 granted on 2026-04-21
US20250258625A1
Physics

Efficient Sequential Write Gap Processing

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