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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan E Bell, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 84 ; 369275 ; 369100 ;
Abstract
An optical recording medium which comprises a light reflective layer, a light transmissive layer and a light absorptive layer where the light transmissive layer is comprised of an organic material which has a melting, sublimation or decomposition temperature at least 300.degree. C. less than that of the material comprising the absorptive layer and where the absorptive layer has a melting temperature of at least 1000.degree. C. Information is recorded as bubbles in the absorptive layer. This storage mechanism produces topographical features which are suitable for replication, thus allowing direct replication of the recorded information.