Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,503,406 · App. 09/633,500
Method for forming the air bearing surface of a slider using nonreactive plasma
Inventors:
Yiping Hsiao, Cherngye Hwang, Ciaran Fox, Richard Hsiao
Patented Case
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Granted: Jan 7, 2003
Filed: Aug 7, 2000
Inventors
Yiping Hsiao
Cherngye Hwang
Ciaran Fox
Richard Hsiao
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation
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