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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997

Filed:

Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tsuyoshi Tsujioka, Osaka, JP;

Masahiro Irie, Kasuga-city, Fukuoka, JP;

Assignees:

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369126 ; 369285 ; 369288 ; 369116 ; 3692752 ; 428436 ; 428 644 ; 428 651 ; 430945 ;
Abstract

An optical recording medium is provided with a masking layer on a side of a recording layer for receiving a reproducing beam. The masking layer is prepared from that containing photochromic dye molecules having absorption at the wavelength of the reproducing beam and causing a photon mode reaction by absorbing the reproducing beam to be reduced in absorption.


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