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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:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Paul Mantey, Boulder, CO (US);
Steven Gregory Trabert, Boulder, CO (US);
Ronald Dean Gillingham, Longmont, CO (US);
Richard Lewis O'Day, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 7802 ; 360 7712 ;
Abstract
A method for identifyng a servo track. Information from the servo track about the odd or even number of the track is combined with information about the presence or absence of a track identification area to identify the track number.