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High density data storage medium

US7463572B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2003
Grant dateDec 9, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 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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