Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,917,724 · App. 08/995,432
Method for predicting disk drive failure by monitoring the rate of growth of defects within a disk drive
Inventors:
Robert P. Brousseau, William Z. Bryan, James M. Denosky
Patented Case
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Granted: Jun 29, 1999
Filed: Dec 20, 1997
Inventors
Robert P. Brousseau
William Z. Bryan
James M. Denosky
Assignee (at issue)
NCR Corporation
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