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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. 05, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Jimmy Tzeming Pang, Singapore, SG;
Uttheng Kan, Singapore, SG;
Djohni Chandra, Singapore, SG;
Kokhoe Chia, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Jimmy TzeMing Pang, Singapore, SG;
UttHeng Kan, Singapore, SG;
Djohni Chandra, Singapore, SG;
KokHoe Chia, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, and system configured to implement the method, are provided. The method includes the steps of identifying a last usable track on a surface as a function of a parameter, and defining a standoff band of tracks relative to the last usable track to obtain an achieved maximum track on the surface. The last usable track is, in exemplary embodiments, a track beyond a default maximum track on a surface of a data storage medium.