Patent holdings for IPC class G11B 5/851

Total number of patents in this class: 347

10-year publication summary

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Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
1524
93
SANYO Special Steel Co., Ltd.
214
32
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
589
24
Showa Denko K.K.
2337
23
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
8416
16
Resonac Hard Disk Corporation
171
15
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
4980
14
Seagate Technology LLC
3929
12
Hoya Corporation
2745
11
Tohoku University
2683
11
Canon Anelva Corporation
682
8
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
1426
7
Hoya Magnetics Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18
7
Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
2021
6
Toshiba Corporation
12051
5
WD Media (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
28
5
Sony Group Corporation
12664
5
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
2406
4
National Institute for Materials Science
1108
4
Sony Corporation
31541
3
Other owners 42