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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:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicants:
William J. Vanderheyden, Loveland, CO (US);
Robert O. Wyman, Longmont, CO (US);
John D. Willems, Arvada, CO (US);
Inventors:
William J. Vanderheyden, Loveland, CO (US);
Robert O. Wyman, Longmont, CO (US);
John D. Willems, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage tape cartridge is provided with a combination tape including a data storage tape, an intermediate portion and a leader. A servo track and media information region is provided on the intermediate portion of the tape. The servo track is read by a servo track reader of a data storage apparatus. The media information region is read by the read/write head of the data storage apparatus.