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Data storage tape with patterned surface

US7018730B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2003
Grant dateMar 28, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2457
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data storage tape includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a recording layer disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a coating disposed on the second side of the substrate. A surface of the coating has a pattern formed therein such that the pattern communicates with at least one of a first edge and a second edge of the data storage tape.

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