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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Steven L. Lindblom, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
C. Thomas Jennings, Woodbury, MN (US);
Larold L. Olson, Lindstrom, MN (US);
Inventors:
Steven L. Lindblom, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
C. Thomas Jennings, Woodbury, MN (US);
Larold L. Olson, Lindstrom, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/735 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Data storage tape includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a recording layer disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a coating disposed on the second side of the substrate. A surface of the coating has a pattern formed therein such that the pattern communicates with at least one of a first edge and a second edge of the data storage tape.