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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2003
Applicants:

David C. Lowery, Roberts, WI (US);

Ryosuke Isobe, Opelika, AL (US);

Inventors:

David C. Lowery, Roberts, WI (US);

Ryosuke Isobe, Opelika, AL (US);

Assignees:

Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);

Quantegy, Inc., Opelika, AL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A magnetic recording medium including a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic coating. The non-magnetic substrate defines a front side and a backside. The magnetic coating is formed over the front side and is characterized by an Abrasivity Index of not greater than 350 microinches. In one preferred embodiment, the magnetic coating includes a lower layer formed on the front side of the substrate, and an upper layer formed over the lower layer. In this regard, the upper layer includes a magnetic metal particle dispersed in a binder and otherwise provides the Abrasivity Index. In another embodiment, the magnetic recording medium is a DLT tape.


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