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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Thomas Paul Feist, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Bert Gorczyca, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Paul Feist, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Bert Gorczyca, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are data storage media and methods of making the same. The data storage media, comprises: primary surface features disposed on at least one side of said data storage media; and secondary features superimposed over at least a portion of said surface features. In one embodiment, the method for manufacturing the data storage media comprises: disposing an identifier layer onto a surface of a stamper, said stamper having primary surface features on a first side of said stamper opposite said identifier layer; forming secondary features on an exposed surface of said identifier layer; installing said stamper into a mold; injecting a molten plastic material into the mold, wherein said molten plastic physically contacts said first side; cooling said plastic to form said data storage media, such that a positive image of said primary surface features and of said secondary features are formed into at least a portion of a surface of said plastic; and releasing said data storage media from said mold.