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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:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard F. Willson, Hudson, WI (US);
Gregory D. Roberts, Breckenridge, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/456 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/456 ;
Abstract
A method of exchanging a thin film coated tray ( ) for a clean tray ( ) is provided. The method replaces the tray ( ) at an intermediate position on the handler ( ) and not at an intermediate disk loading position of the rotating disk loading mechanism.