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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan B. Marchant, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 3/74 ;
Abstract
A method for preformatting an optical recording medium with a plurality of parallel guide tracks, each guide track controlling the recording of a band of data tracks; said method includes providing a source laser beam along a predetermined path at a wavelength which is selected to be within the sensitivity range of the optical recording medium and providing a beam splitter in the predetermined path which divides the source laser beam into a multiplicity of preformatted recorded beams directed to impinge upon the optical recording medium. The spacing or pitch between the beams at the optical recording medium is uniform.