IP Library Granted Patent US 5,901,432
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US 5,901,432 · App. 08/997,957

Method for making a thin film inductive write head having a pedestal pole tip and an electroplated gap

Inventors: Michael Armstrong, David Heim, Richard Hsiao, Neil Leslie Robertson, Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini
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Granted: May 11, 1999 Filed: Dec 24, 1997
Inventors
Michael Armstrong
David Heim
Richard Hsiao
Neil Leslie Robertson
Hugo Alberto Emilio Santini
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,901,432
App. No.
08/997,957
Filed
1997-12-24
Granted
1999-05-11
Kind
A