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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:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Michael S. Mettler, Durham, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew B. Griffith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey R. Hobbet, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Scott D. Ruppert, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Mettler, Durham, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew B. Griffith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey R. Hobbet, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Scott D. Ruppert, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing adjacent track interference in a hard drive. An adjacent track interference potential is ascertained in a region of the hard drive, and data corruption is averted via scrubbing data in the region with ascertained adjacent track interference potential, wherein limits of this region are defined.