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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. 23, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexei H. Sacks, Edina, MN (US);
Li-Ping Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Donald E. Curtiss, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Vally, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 ; G11B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 ; G11B 5/02 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a magnetic disc prior to assembly of the disc in a disc drive storage assembly includes measuring a physical characteristic of the magnetic disc and encoding an information pattern within the magnetic disc. The information pattern is associated with the measured physical characteristic.