Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Barr

Lawrence J. Barr 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).

  • Verifying write operations in a magnetic disk drive
    Patent number: 5909334
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for verifying that data written on magnetic disk media can be successfully recovered in subsequent read operations and ensuring that the data to be written is held by a buffer until a read-verify operation indicates that the buffer space storing the data may be relinquished for new operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Western Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Barr, Anil Sareen