Patents by Inventor Albert Monroe

Albert Monroe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Data storage device having improved read failure tolerance
    Patent number: 9842622
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving read failure tolerance during read-modify-write operations of data storage systems accommodating a host that uses a logical sector of a size smaller than the physical sector size of the data storage system. In one embodiment, the data storage system can perform sector indirection in response to a read error during a read-modify-write command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Monroe, Scott E. Burton