Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,801,408 · App. 09/705,420
Data storage and retrieval apparatus with thin film read head having a planar sensor element and an extra gap and method of fabrication thereof
Inventors:
Yingjian Chen, Ronald A. Barr, Hau-Ching Tong
Patented Case
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Granted: Oct 5, 2004
Filed: Nov 2, 2000
Inventors
Yingjian Chen
Ronald A. Barr
Hau-Ching Tong
Assignee (at issue)
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC
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