Patents by Inventor James Hagan
James Hagan 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).
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Publication number: 20070190788Abstract: Reduction of a wafer removing force on a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) tool that includes planarizing a wafer on a platen at a wafer/platen interface; applying carbonated water to the wafer/platen interface so as to reduce the removing force; and removing the wafer from the platen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Manoj Balachandran, James Hagan, Ben Kim, Deoram Persaud, Adam Ticknor, Wei-Tsu Tseng
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Publication number: 20070142411Abstract: The invention concerns the use of compounds of formula (I), (II) and (III) which are COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2) inhibitors, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solates thereof, for the treatment of schizophrenic disorders. Schizophrenic disorders of the invention are to be intended schizophrenia, delusional disorders, affective disorders, autism or tic disorders, schizophreniform disorders, in particular chronic schizophrenic psychoses and schizoaffective psychoses, temporary acute psychotic disorders. Moreover, the invention is concerned with the use of a pyrimidine derivative known as COX-2 inhibitor in combination with a neuroleptic drug for the treatment of schizophrenic disorders such as those defined above.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2004Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: James Hagan, Carol Routledge
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Publication number: 20060041375Abstract: A system and method for automatically georeferencing digitized images selects and analyzes image landmark points from disparate sources for image co-registration. A composite alignment of raster images and geographic target vectors is automatically generated using metadata sources for use in geographic display and editing environments. Cartographic alignment of raster images to geographic vector data sets is performed to co-position image data with geographic vector data sets. The co-registration and display permits a meaningful overlay of the data sets and an improved comparison of vector data to the correctly-registered images based on the physical relationships between the vector data and the underlying image features.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2004Publication date: February 23, 2006Applicant: Geographic Data Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alan Witmer, James Hagan, Brian Scaffidi, Jon Hancock
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Patent number: 6991521Abstract: The circumferential edges of glass or ceramic disks used in disk drive data storage devices are preferably finished by ductile grinding to produce an essentially fracture-free surface, which is not chemically strengthened. Preferably, the material is glass, and both the inner and outer edges of the disk are finished. Edge finishing is preferably achieved in a two-stage process, involving a coarse grind and a ductile grind, using air bearing spindles rotated at high speed for grinding wheels and workpiece. Preferably, the grinding wheels are shaped to provide a radius at the juncture of the circumferential edges and flat disk surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: James A. Hagan, Bruce Peter Kruger, David C. Paurus, Thomas E. Priebe
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Publication number: 20050127318Abstract: A self-cleaning colloidal slurry and process for finishing a surface of a glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, metal or alloy substrate for use in a data storage device, for example. The slurry comprises a carrying fluid, colloidal particles, etchant, and a surfactant adsorbed and/or precipitated onto a surface of the colloidal particles and/or substrate. The surfactant has a hydrophobic section that forms a steric hindrance barrier and substantially prevents contaminates, including colloidal particles, from bonding to the substrate surface. The slurry is applied to the surface of the substrate while a pad mechanically rubs the surface. Subsequent cleaning with standard soap solutions removes substantially all remaining contamination from the substrate surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the slurry is used to superfinish a glass disk substrate to a surface roughness of less than 2 ?, with substantially no surface contamination as seen by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after standard soap cleaning steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Frederick Benning, James Hagan, Steven Maynard, David Paurus, Douglas Piltingsrud, Jon Podolske
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Publication number: 20050124265Abstract: The circumferential edges of glass or ceramic disks used in disk drive data storage devices are preferably finished by ductile grinding to produce an essentially fracture-free surface, which is not chemically strengthened. Preferably, the material is glass, and both the inner and outer edges of the disk are finished. Edge finishing is preferably achieved in a two-stage process, involving a coarse grind and a ductile grind, using air bearing spindles rotated at high speed for grinding wheels and workpiece. Preferably, the grinding wheels are shaped to provide a radius at the juncture of the circumferential edges and flat disk surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: James Hagan, Bruce Kruger, David Paurus, Thomas Priebe
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Publication number: 20050123709Abstract: The circumferential edges of glass or ceramic disks used in disk drive data storage devices are preferably finished by ductile grinding to produce an essentially fracture-free surface, which is not chemically strengthened. Preferably, the material is glass, and both the inner and outer edges of the disk are finished. Edge finishing is preferably achieved in a two-stage process, involving a coarse grind and a ductile grind, using air bearing spindles rotated at high speed for grinding wheels and workpiece. Preferably, the grinding wheels are shaped to provide a radius at the juncture of the circumferential edges and flat disk surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2005Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: James Hagan, Bruce Kruger, David Paurus, Thomas Priebe
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Publication number: 20050098758Abstract: A self-cleaning colloidal slurry and process for finishing a surface of a glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, metal or alloy substrate for use in a data storage device, for example. The slurry comprises a carrying fluid, colloidal particles, etchant, and a surfactant adsorbed and/or precipitated onto a surface of the colloidal particles and/or substrate. The surfactant has a hydrophobic section that forms a steric hindrance barrier and substantially prevents contaminates, including colloidal particles, from bonding to the substrate surface. The slurry is applied to the surface of the substrate while a pad mechanically rubs the surface. Subsequent cleaning with standard soap solutions removes substantially all remaining contamination from the substrate surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the slurry is used to superfinish a glass disk substrate to a surface roughness of less than 2 ?, with substantially no surface contamination as seen by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after standard soap cleaning steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Frederick Benning, James Hagan, Steven Maynard, David Paurus, Douglas Piltingsrud, Jon Podolske
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Publication number: 20050066800Abstract: A pressure-released brake assembly restrains a projectile in a launch tube prior to launch and automatically releases the projectile at launch. A brake assembly housing defines cavities that extend substantially radially out from the projectile when the housing is attached thereto. A brake pad adjoins the housing and has holes formed therethrough with each hole being aligned with one of the housing's cavities. Means are provided for positioning a loose-fitting pin partially in each of the brake pad's holes and partially in a correspondingly aligned housing cavity. When a launch pressure is generated in the projectile's launch tube, the launch pressure acts on each pin via the holes in the brake pad. The launch pressure causes the positioning means to fail and drives each pin out of engagement with the brake pad to effectively uncouple the brake pad from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: James Hagan, James Malamas
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Patent number: 6860795Abstract: The circumferential edges of glass or ceramic disks used in disk drive data storage devices are preferably finished by ductile grinding to produce an essentially fracture-free surface, which is not chemically strengthened. Preferably, the material is glass, and both the inner and outer edges of the disk are finished. Edge finishing is preferably achieved in a two-stage process, involving a coarse grind and a ductile grind, using air bearing spindles rotated at high speed for grinding wheels and workpiece. Preferably, the grinding wheels are shaped to provide a radius at the juncture of the circumferential edges and flat disk surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: James A. Hagan, Bruce Peter Kruger, David C. Paurus, Thomas E. Priebe
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Publication number: 20050031909Abstract: The applicants disclose a thin film magnetic media structure with a pre-seed layer of CrTi. The CrTi pre-seed layer presents an amorphous or nanocrystalline structure. The preferred seed layer is RuAl for use with the CrTi pre-seed layer. The use of the CrTi/RuAl bilayer structure provides superior adhesion to the substrate and resistance to scratching, as well as, excellent coercivity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and reduced cost over the prior art. One embodiment of the invention sputter-deposits a CrTi pre-seed layer and a RuAl seed layer followed by an underlayer and at least one magnetic layer on a circumferentially polished substrate structure to achieve an Mrt orientation ratio greater than one. Two methods according to the invention allow the Mrt orientation ratio of the disk to be adjusted or maximized by varying the thickness of the RuAl seed layer and/or altering the atomic percentage of titanium in the pre-seed layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Xiaoping Bian, Mary Doerner, James Hagan, Tim Minvielle, Mohammad Mirzamaani, Adam Polcyn, Kai Tang
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Patent number: 6852430Abstract: A thin film magnetic media structure with a pre-seed layer of CrTi is disclosed. The CrTi pre-seed layer presents an amorphous or nanocrystalline structure. The preferred seed layer is RuAl for use with the CrTi pre-seed layer. The use of the CrTi/RuAl bilayer structure provides superior adhesion to the substrate and resistance to scratching, as well as, excellent coercivity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and reduced cost over the prior art. One embodiment of the invention sputter-deposits a CrTi pre-seed layer and a RuAl seed layer followed by at least one underlayer and at least one magnetic layer on a circumferentially polished substrate structure to achieve an Mrt orientation ratio greater than one. Two methods according to the invention allow the Mrt orientation ratio of the disk to be adjusted or maximized by varying the thickness of the RuAl seed layer and/or altering the atomic percentage of titanium in the pre-seed layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.Inventors: Xiaoping Bian, Mary Frances Doerner, James A. Hagan, Tim Minvielle, Mohammad Taghi Mirzamaani, Adam Daniel Polcyn, Kai Tang
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Patent number: 6803119Abstract: This invention provides a disk which has an in-plane oriented magnetic recording layer on a glass, ceramic, or other nonmetal substrate and a method for making the disc. A thin layer of texturable NiP is sputtered on the substrate. This NiP layer is textured before the magnetic layer is deposited. The disk combines all the advantages of a glass or ceramic substrate along with the advantages of an oriented magnetic medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: David Thomas Margulies, Timothy Martin Reith, Hoa Do, Tim Minvielle, James A. Hagan
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Patent number: 6767584Abstract: A method for texturing substrate surfaces and a substrate product, such as for computer disk drives. Microbump textured substrates are produced having a Rp value of about 20-200 Å and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. In an exemplary embodiment, a microbump textured substrate is produced having colloidal particles on a surface thereof at a density of at least about 25 particles per 25 &mgr;m2, wherein the surface topography includes a Rp value of about 20-200 Å, a micro-roughness Rq of about 10 Å or less, and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. An exemplary method includes first providing a substrate surface having a surface micro-roughness Rq of about 10 Å or less and depositing colloidal particles on the surface to provide a Rp value of about 20-200 Å and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. In a further exemplary embodiment, the method increases the micro-roughness Rq, but to a value that is still less than about 10 Å with Rmax:Rp still of about 1.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James A. Hagan, Ullal Vasant Nayak, Janice Blue Ostrom, Douglas Howard Piltingsrud, Douglas A. Kuchta
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Patent number: 6670032Abstract: This invention provides a disk which has an in-plane oriented magnetic recording layer on a glass, ceramic, or other nonmetallic substrate and a method for making the disk. A thin layer of material is deposited on the substrate to form a texture stop layer. A texturable layer is then deposited on the texture stop layer. This texturable layer is textured before the magnetic layer is deposited. The disk combines all the advantages of a glass or ceramic substrate along with the advantages of an oriented magnetic medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: David Thomas Margulies, Timothy Martin Reith, Hoa Do, Tim Minvielle, James A. Hagan
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Publication number: 20030211365Abstract: A method for texturing substrate surfaces and a substrate product, such as for computer disk drives. Microbump textured substrates are produced having a Rp value of about 20-200 Å and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. In an exemplary embodiment, a microbump textured substrate is produced having colloidal particles on a surface thereof at a density of at least about 25 particles per 25 &mgr;m2, wherein the surface topography includes a Rp value of about 20-200 Å, a micro-roughness Rq of about 10 Å or less, and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. An exemplary method includes first providing a substrate surface having a surface micro-roughness Rq of about 10 Å or less and depositing colloidal particles on the surface to provide a Rp value of about 20-200 Å and a ratio of Rmax:Rp of about 1.4 or less. In a further exemplary embodiment, the method increases the micro-roughness Rq, but to a value that is still less than about 10 Å with Rmax:Rp still of about 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2002Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James A. Hagan, Ullal Vasant Nayak, Janice Blue Ostrom, Douglas Howard Piltingsrud, Douglas A. Kuchta
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Publication number: 20030187006Abstract: A method for enhancing cognitive function by administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a PDE4 inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventor: James Hagan
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Patent number: 6582279Abstract: An apparatus and method of reclaiming a disk substrate. The cost of reclaiming a disk substrate can be lower, and the quality higher, than making a new one from a blank. A layer of a data storage disk is stripped, e.g., by acid/oxidizing bath immersion. The stripped disk is polished in a carrier between polishing pads, with the relative velocity of the polishing pads as seen by the disk being precisely controlled so that an equal amount of stock is removed from each side. Preferably, several stripped disks are sorted into groups based on disk thickness, and disks from one of the groups are simultaneously polished in the carrier. Sorting improves stock removal uniformity from disk to disk. The polished disks are cleaned and, preferably, ordered in a cassette for stacking in a storage device based on disk thickness to more easily meet a mean center specification.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Dennis L. Fox, James A. Hagan, John Patrick Hagen, Paul Henry Hanson, Theresa Marie Lewis, Janice Blue Ostrom, Douglas Howard Piltingsrud, Steven F. Starcke, R. Paul Thicke
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Publication number: 20030077983Abstract: A cleaning polish etch composition and process for removing slurry particles which adhere to the surfaces of the substrates (e.g., disk substrates, head wafers, etc.) that are superfinished using a slurry. The cleaning polish etch composition comprises a carrying fluid and etchant for etching the substrate and/or attached slurry particles. The composition is applied to the surface of the substrate while a pad mechanically rubs the surface to etch the substrate under polish conditions thereby maintaining the superfinish surface while removing the superfinish polish slurry debris by etching and dilution. Subsequent cleaning with standard soap solutions removes substantially all contamination from the surface of the substrate. In exemplary embodiments, the cleaning polish etch composition and process produced a glass disk substrate and a Sendust head wafer, each having substantially no surface contamination as seen by atomic force microscope (AFM) after standard soap cleaning steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: James A. Hagan, Douglas Howard Piltingsrud
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Publication number: 20030073385Abstract: A self-cleaning colloidal slurry and process for finishing a surface of a glass, ceramic, glass-ceramic, metal or alloy substrate for use in a data storage device, for example. The slurry comprises a carrying fluid, colloidal particles, etchant, and a surfactant adsorbed and/or precipitated onto a surface of the colloidal particles and/or substrate. The surfactant has a hydrophobic section that forms a steric hindrance barrier and substantially prevents contaminates, including colloidal particles, from bonding to the substrate surface. The slurry is applied to the surface of the substrate while a pad mechanically rubs the surface. Subsequent cleaning with standard soap solutions removes substantially all remaining contamination from the substrate surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the slurry is used to superfinish a glass disk substrate to a surface roughness of less than 2 Å, with substantially no surface contamination as seen by atomic force microscopy (AFM) after standard soap cleaning steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Frederick Paul Benning, James A. Hagan, Steven L. Maynard, David C. Paurus, Douglas Howard Piltingsrud, Jon Edward Podolske