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Datatape Incorporated

43Patents
0Active
43Granted
33Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 19, 1982 → Dec 30, 1992

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4989110A Full radius carrier to drum contact in a rotary head scanner Physics 63 Expired
US4984108A Apparatus for transporting magnetic tape cassettes of different sizes Physics 30 Expired
US4772963A Duplicate digital date recording apparatus for enhancing bit error rate performance of a data storage medium Physics 23 Expired
US4933959A Tracking bit synchronizer Physics 21 Expired
US4891720A Belt drive system for a magnetic tape cassette transport/accessor Physics 21 Expired
US5341134A Simple coding scheme for DC free channel codes of form M/N, where M=N-1 and M and N are positive integers Physics 14 Expired
US4991041A Apparatus for moving a cassette between storage and receiving locations Physics 13 Expired
US5163070A Digital data synchronizer Electricity 12 Expired
US4763210A Helical scan tape guide apparatus Physics 11 Expired
US5003417A Spring dampener assembly for a sprocket driven belt drive system Physics 11 Expired
US4826097A Reel spindle apparatus with internal clamping member Physics 10 Expired
US4654837A Magneto-optic transducer with enhanced signal performance Physics 8 Expired
US4964557A Bidirectional web guiding system Physics 8 Expired
US4772969A """Expandable loop"" method of and apparatus for automatically threading a web material" Physics 8 Expired
US5164868A Magnetic tape threading and compliance element guiding apparatus Physics 7 Expired
US5325246A Automatic tracking method for helical scan magnetic tape recorder using reproduced timing signal to sample two out-of-phase reference signals Physics 7 Expired
US4609961A Faraday-effect magneto-optic transducer Physics 7 Expired
US4819096A Rotary head scanner including anamorphic beam-shaping apparatus in an optical signal-transmission channel Physics 7 Expired
US4779150A Pneumatically controlled tape-loading tape-transporting apparatus Physics 7 Expired
US5003424A Apparatus for changing the helix angle of magnetic tape relative to a rotary head scanner Physics 6 Expired
US4967290A Multiple channel rotary magnetic head scanner having stackable electro-optical signal transmission modules Physics 5 Expired
US5321566A Magnetic tape threading and transport apparatus including a sensor for controlling air bearing block movement Physics 5 Expired
US4991038A Automatic threading of a web using a flexible threading band Physics 5 Expired
US4647999A Frame for positioning transducing head Physics 5 Expired
US4947069A Low power magnetic tape reel motor and brake assembly Electricity 5 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.