IP Library Granted Patent US 1,086,125
Granted Patent S1
US 1,086,125 · App. 29/756,994 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Data storage device

Inventors: Yves Behar (San Francisco, CA); William Stuart (San Francisco, CA); Mirko Ihrig (Hamburg, DE); Jueun Choi (Seoul, KR); Steven Tzu-Yen Peng (Irvine, CA); Mark F. Sterzick (Torrance, CA); Gregory A. Vanderpol (Long Beach, CA)
Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,086,125
App. No.
29/756,994
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a data storage device as shown and described.

Assignments (5)
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - A&R LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 064715/0001 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - DDTL LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 067045/0156 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 055404 FRAME 0942 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058966/0407 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 055404/0942 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: BEHAR, YVES; STUART, WILLIAM; IHRIG, MIRKO; CHOI, JUEUN; PENG, STEVEN TZU-YEN; STERZICK, MARK F.; VANDERPOL, GREGORY A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 054462/0951 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201630179773.0 · May 14, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 29629700 · Dec 14, 2017
Division 29564687 · May 14, 2016
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