Applying a pre-erase or pre-condition field to a hard disk before writing data to the hard disk
US-10366711-B1 · Jul 30, 2019 · US
Erasing
Erasing · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Computing, optics, measurement, and control technologies.
Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | G11B5/024 |
| Official title | Erasing |
| Display label | Erasing |
| Total patents | 92 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is declining.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 22 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Control circuit
US-2019230493-A1 · Jul 25, 2019 · US
Heat-assisted rotating disk magnetometer for ultra-high anisotropy magnetic measurements
US-10134446-B1 · Nov 20, 2018 · US
Heat-assisted magnetic recording error-recovery by erasing adjacent tracks using laser
US-10026443-B1 · Jul 17, 2018 · US
Deleting files written on tape
US-9984078-B2 · May 29, 2018 · US
Hard disk drive desledder
US-9947343-B1 · Apr 17, 2018 · US
Bond pad sharing for powering multiple writers of a recording head
US-9934807-B2 · Apr 3, 2018 · US
Heat-assisted rotating disk magnetometer for ultra-high anisotropy magnetic measurements
US-9916868-B1 · Mar 13, 2018 · US
Monitoring of residual encrypted data to improve erase performance on a magnetic medium
US-9904488-B2 · Feb 27, 2018 · US
Single surface in-drive erase
US-9865290-B1 · Jan 9, 2018 · US
Bond pad sharing for powering multiple writers of a recording head
US-2018005656-A1 · Jan 4, 2018 · US
Storage device, computer-readable nonvolatile storage medium to store control program of storage device, and control method of storage device
US-9858963-B2 · Jan 2, 2018 · US
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, program and storage medium
US-9852746-B2 · Dec 26, 2017 · US
Deleting files written on tape
US-2017344561-A1 · Nov 30, 2017 · US
Deleting files written on tape
US-2017344562-A1 · Nov 30, 2017 · US
Resistive temperature sensors for improved asperity, head-media spacing, and/or head-media contact detection
US-9812161-B2 · Nov 7, 2017 · US
Perpendicular magnetic recording writer having improved performance and wide area track erasure reliability
US-9779765-B1 · Oct 3, 2017 · US
Contact induced data storage device destruction
US-9779773-B1 · Oct 3, 2017 · US
Deleting files written on tape
US-9753930-B2 · Sep 5, 2017 · US
Magnetic recording apparatus and controlling method of magnetic recording apparatus
US-9734846-B2 · Aug 15, 2017 · US
Frequently asked questions
Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.
- What is CPC G11B5/024?
- CPC G11B5/024 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Erasing.”
- How many patents are filed under CPC G11B5/024 (Erasing)?
- Our database includes 92 publications tagged with this CPC code.
- Is patent activity under CPC G11B5/024 growing?
- Publication counts under this code: 7 in 2024 vs 3 in 2025 (latest complete years).