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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:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Bernard W. Bell, Jr., Lafayette, CO (US);
Scott Wilson, Westminster, CO (US);
David H. Davies, Boulder, CO (US);
David L. Blankenbeckler, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Bernard W. Bell, Jr., Lafayette, CO (US);
Scott Wilson, Westminster, CO (US);
David H. Davies, Boulder, CO (US);
David L. Blankenbeckler, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
DPHI Acquisitions, Inc., Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A small form factor optical disk drive is provided that incorporates a hybrid solid immersion objective lens (SIOL). The SIOL includes a central aspheric lens portion and a surrounding diffractive optical element portion.