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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junichi Sato, Nara, JP;
Yasushi Ogimoto, Noda, JP;
Kunio Kojima, Nabari, JP;
Masaki Hamamoto, Tenri, JP;
Hiroyuki Katayama, Nara, JP;
Shinzo Sawamura, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a thermally assisted magnetic recording medium consists of a recording region for recording information including a recording layer and a carbon nitride film provided on a side from which light is incident with respect to the recording layer, wherein the recording region is locally heated using light as a heat source for magnetically recording and reproducing information.