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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Hennessey, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Tapematic S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 641 ; 428 642 ; 428 644 ; 428 648 ; 428913 ; 43027014 ; 4304951 ; 430945 ; 369283 ; 369288 ;
Abstract
A method for forming a protective barrier layer between the active dye layer and the disc substrate during production of an optical memory disc is provided wherein a pre-treatment/pre-coat solution is applied to the disc substrate. This pre-treatment/pre-coat solution includes a surface modifier having an index of refraction approximately equal to that of the disc substrate. Surface modifiers utilized in this pre-treatment/pre-coat solution include poly vinyl alcohol, poly alpha methyl styrene, cellulose acetate, poly vinyl butyral and nitrocellulose.