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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002

Filed:

Feb. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Takanori Maeda, Saitama, JP;

Yoshitsugu Araki, Saitama, JP;

Hajime Koyanagi, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract

In an optical pickup, the focal position of the reflected light from the information bearing surface where information is to be reproduced and that of the reflected light from other information bearing surfaces are adjusted by an optical device such that the two reflected light components are separated optically.


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