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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4286 / ; 4284259 ; 4286 / ; 428702 ; 428900 ;
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer provided upon a major surface of a substrate, wherein the magnetic layer includes a magnetic pigment, and a polymeric binder system containing a polyurethane having (1) a plurality of pendant phosphonate ester groups effective for promoting wetting of the magnetic pigment by the polymeric binder system, and (2) at least one quaternary ammonium group effective for promoting wetting of the magnetic pigment by the polymeric binder system.