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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:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew J Strandjord, Midland, MI (US);
Steven P Webb, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430270 ; 430495 ; 430945 ; 369288 ; 428 64 ;
Abstract
An optical memory storage medium based on a partially oxidized deposited layer of soft metal alloy is described. A method of preparing the medium by vacuum depositing the soft metal alloy layer in the presence of controlled amounts of gaseous oxidant to thereby form the layer in a uniform partially oxidized form.