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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY

Overview
  • Total Patents
    2,221
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    236,917
About

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY has a total of 2,221 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1981. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets audio-visual technology, machines and electrical machinery and energy are MAXTOR CORP, MOBILE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY INC and WEBSTER CHICAGO CORP.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SEAGATE TECHNOLOGYs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Boutaghou Zine-Eddine 68
#2 Leuthold Hans 54
#3 Chen Ga-Lane 40
#4 Dunfield John C 35
#5 Battu Ramgopal 34
#6 Rub Bernardo 30
#7 Heine Gunter Karl 30
#8 Jabbari Iraj 30
#9 Crane Peter 29
#10 Chapin Robert E 29

Latest patents

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