PAUL C JONES
Vehicle Board in Pittsburgh, PA

6563673, May 13, 2003

Sep 11, 2001

09/952122

Michael D. Mundt - Longmont CO
Mark A. Chapin - Boulder CO
Gary E. Bement - Frederick CO
Brian D. Denker - Rogers CO
Paul M. Jones - Pittsburgh PA

Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA

G11B 582

360135, 360 7705, 360 7708

A patterned magnetic storage medium has a plurality of data sectors separated by respective servo sectors with each servo sector having a pattern of pits representing servo data. Grooves in each data sector separate adjacent tracks. Non-uniform structures patterns the grooves to a model of minimum or zero fly height perturbations of a slider adjacent the medium. The non-uniform structures preferably include lands pseudo-randomly spaced along each groove to form segmented grooves of pseudo-random length, with the lands being pseudo-randomly positioned across the data sector. In other embodiments, the servo sectors have lengths along each track to define a null frequency that matches a pitch frequency of modulation of a slider due to the pits of the servo sectors.

2004020, Oct 14, 2004

Apr 8, 2003

10/409217

Xiaomin Yang - Sewickley PA, US
Chao Liu - Pittsburgh PA, US
Earl Johns - Sewickley PA, US
Paul Jones - Pittsburgh PA, US

Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA

H01L021/31

438/780000

A method of fabricating a device comprising: depositing a self-assembled monolayer on a substrate; depositing a layer of surfactant coated nanostructured materials onto the self-assembled monolayer; and irradiating the layer of surfactant coated nanostructured materials and the self-assembled monolayer to bond nanostructured materials in the layer of surfactant coated nanostructured materials to the self-assembled monolayer. The method can be used to produce immobilized layers and/or patterned layers of nanostructured materials. Devices fabricated according to the method are also included.

2009024, Oct 1, 2009

Mar 26, 2008

12/055803

Paul Max Jones - Pittsburgh PA, US
Corina Nistorica - San Jose CA, US
Yiao Tee Hsia - Wexford PA, US

Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA

G11B 3/00

369173

A data sensing interface comprising a surface of a recording medium and a tip of a data sensor positioned to sense data stored on the recording medium and a layer of polyphenyl ether disposed between the tip and the surface to function as a lubricant. A method of reducing wear within the data sensing interface includes providing a layer of polyphenyl ether between the tip of the data sensor and the surface of the recording medium to act as a lubricant.

2006009, May 11, 2006

Nov 5, 2004

10/982370

Paul Jones - Pittsburgh PA, US
James Kiely - Sewickley PA, US
Lei Li - Wexford PA, US
Ibrahim Sendur - Pittsburgh PA, US
Yiao-Tee Hsia - Wexford PA, US

Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA

G11B 5/65, G11B 11/00

428835800, 428835600, 428835700, 428843300, 428825100, 369013350, 369013560

The present invention provides a self lubricating magnetic recording system that delivers lubricant molecules from a gas phase to the surface of recording media at a sufficient rate to cover the exposed media before it can interact with the writing transducer. The environment around the media surface includes lubricant vapor, and when the lubricant film is removed from the disc surface, e.g., upon heating of the medium, it is replaced by adsorption from the surrounding vapor. The lubricant is thus replenished by delivering lubricant from the vapor phase.

7965614, Jun 21, 2011

Feb 1, 2007

11/701264

Paul Max Jones - Pittsburgh PA, US
Corina Nistorica - San Jose CA, US
Yiao-Tee Hsia - Wexford PA, US

Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA

G11B 9/00

369126

An apparatus including a transducer having a plurality of polymer strands attached thereto and/or a storage media having a plurality of polymer strands attached thereto. When the apparatus includes both the transducer and the storage media, the plurality of polymer strands attached to the transducer may be positioned to interact with the plurality of polymer strands attached to the storage media. The transducer may be a probe for a data storage device. The storage media may be a ferroelectric storage media.

2003022, Dec 11, 2003

Nov 27, 2002

10/305518

Mei-Ling Wu - Cranberry Township PA, US
James Howard - Pittsburgh PA, US
Paul Jones - Pittsburgh PA, US

B32B003/00

428/6940TP, 428/69400R

An overcoating for electronic devices, such as magnetic recording devices, includes an intermediate layer formed adjacent to or on the device and a protective layer formed adjacent to or on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer and protective layer may have a combined thickness in the range of about 6 angstroms to about 35 angstroms. The intermediate layer may be formed of a material such as silicon, aluminum or boron containing borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides or oxynitrides. The protective layer may be formed of a metal oxide material.

7599213, Oct 6, 2009

May 1, 2006

11/414893

Paul Max Jones - Pittsburgh PA, US
Earl Chrzaszcz Johns - Sewickley PA, US
James Dillon Kiely - Sewickley PA, US
Lei Li - Wexford PA, US
Yiao-Tee Hsia - Wexford PA, US

Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA

G11C 11/00

365151, 369126, 977875, 977947

An apparatus includes a storage media having a surface coated with a lubricant, and a plurality of probes having tips contacting the lubricant, wherein the probes are coated with one of a fluorocarbon, perfluoropolyether, polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, polyethylene, or a hydrocarbon polymer.