High density data storage medium
US7463572B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B9/149
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage medium is disclosed from which information is reproduced by scanning a surface of the medium with a tip positioned in contact therewith. The medium includes a substrate and a polymer recording surface within which data bit values are determined by the topographical state at the bit location. The polymer contains thermally reversible crosslinkages.
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