Doyle W Johnston

Title: Doyle W. Johnston and Optical Recording Media.

Introduction

Doyle W. Johnston is an inventor associated with Boulder, Colorado, and Storage Technology Corporation. His work includes a patent for an optical recording medium designed to combine specific optical properties with pregrooved data tracks.

Latest Patents

Johnston is credited with 1 patent. The patent, titled “Optical Recording Media,” describes a laminated disc structure in which grooves on a base substrate define data tracks. A recording layer on a transparent substrate faces those grooves when the substrates are bonded, creating chambers that expose the grooves to the recording layer. The chambers may be filled with inert gas before bonding, and a rigid support disc may optionally be attached beneath the grooved substrate.

Career Highlights

Johnston’s patent reflects work on the design of optical recording media, including the arrangement of disc layers and data-track grooves. The patent record associates him with Storage Technology Corporation.

Collaborations

Boris J. Muchnik and Fred W. Spong are identified as Johnston’s coworkers. The available information does not specify whether they collaborated with him on the optical recording media patent.

Conclusion

Doyle W. Johnston’s recorded invention concerns a laminated optical disc designed to support data tracks while providing desired optical properties.