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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:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 66 ; 386 63 ; 386121 ;
Abstract
An erasing apparatus in which an erase standby mode is set before executing an erase operation. Circuitry is provided for measuring an elapsed time of the erase standby mode during which the erasing operation is not executed. Circuitry is provided for automatically releasing the erase standby node in accordance with a measuring result of the measuring circuitry.