Patents by Inventor Paul M. Cisewski

Paul M. Cisewski 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing a marker for adaptive formatting via a self-servowrite process
    Patent number: 7079347
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a marker at the end of the adaptive self-servowrite process for adaptive formatting via the self-servowrite process. The mark is used later in the drive manufacturing process to identify the number of tracks written on the surface and thus determine the appropriate format to use in the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Cisewski, Blake Finstad, Peter Kui Ho, Kishan Kumar Kumbla, Daniel J. Malone, Scott Arthur Thomas
  • Method and apparatus for providing a marker for adaptive formatting via a self-servowrite process
    Publication number: 20040085669
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a marker at the end of the adaptive self-servowrite process for adaptive formatting via the self-servowrite process. The mark is used later in the drive manufacturing process to identify the number of tracks written on the surface and thus determine the appropriate format to use in the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Cisewski, Blake Finstad, Peter Kui Ho, Kishan Kumar Kumbla, Daniel J. Malone, Scott Arthur Thomas