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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:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1992
Robert E Revay, Washington, DC (US);
Daniel T Brower, Bowie, MD (US);
Optex Corporation, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
An optical disk structure for an erasable optical disk for use with an erasable optical disk drive using electron trapping optical memory media is disclosed in which several distinct layers in addition to the electron trapping optical memory media are utilized in order to minimize light scatter between adjacent tracks on the disk and to carry permanent format and guidance information for use in acccomplishing the write, read and focusing and traking functions of the erasable optical disk drive with which the disk structures are utilized. The use of absorbing layers as part of the optical disk structure for attenuating reflections of light within the disk structure and eliminating the spreading of marks is also disclosed.