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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:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Richard H. Dee, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Richard H. Dee, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A read and/or write head for a tape drive system has a tape bearing surface that includes relatively smooth areas surrounded by relatively rough areas. Read and/or write elements are located in the smooth areas.