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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:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Oleg N. Mryasov, Bradford Woods, PA (US);
Ibrahim Kursat Sendur, Framingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Oleg N. Mryasov, Bradford Woods, PA (US);
Ibrahim Kursat Sendur, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a data storage medium including a magnetic recording element and an optically active material positioned adjacent to the magnetic recording element, an electric field source for applying an electric field to a portion of the data storage medium, a source of electromagnetic radiation for irradiating the data storage medium, and a magnetic field source for applying a magnetic field to the portion of the data storage medium.