IP Library Granted Patent US 6,469,877
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US 6,469,877 · App. 09/335,156

Spin valve device with improved exchange layer defined track width and method of fabrication

Inventors: Kenneth E. Knapp, Ronald A. Barr
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Granted: Oct 22, 2002 Filed: Jun 15, 1999
Inventors
Kenneth E. Knapp
Ronald A. Barr
Assignee (at issue)
Read Rite Corporation

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Patent No.
US 6,469,877
App. No.
09/335,156
Filed
1999-06-15
Granted
2002-10-22
Kind
B1