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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:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lionel C Shih, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 48 ; 360 39 ;
Abstract
A system for recording and reproducing data including user data on a magnetic tape having a number of partitions in which recording can be performed, the tape having at least one system zone in which user data is not recorded, the system having a table of data located near the beginning of the tape and near each system zone with the table including data identifying the physical location of the system zones and partitions and other sections of the tape.