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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:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Richard L Hilton, Boise, ID (US);
Kenneth J. Eldredge, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Richard L Hilton, Boise, ID (US);
Kenneth J. Eldredge, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage device includes a probe and a storage medium having a plurality of storage cells. The probe is able to form a first structure and a second structure in the storage medium, where a first storage cell containing a transition between the first structure and a second structure contains a data bit having a first state, and where a second storage cell not including a transition between the first structure and the second structure contains a data bit having a second state.