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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Youji Arita, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Kuriwada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzo Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 ;
Abstract
A method and device for forming a magnetic pattern in a magnetic recording medium, a magnetic recording medium formed thereby and a magnetic recording device that includes a magnetic recording medium formed by this method and/or device. The magnetic recording medium has a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubricant layer formed on a substrate in this order, and the magnetic pattern is formed by locally heating the magnetic layer and applying an external magnetic field to the magnetic layer.