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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);

Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);

Walter Wong, Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);

Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);

Walter Wong, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Spectra Logic Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and associated method related to reading from memory an indicia that is dedicated to identifying a first portion less than an entirety of an addressable storage medium, the first portion having previously been subjected to a certification scrutiny. In relation to results of the reading, a second portion less than the entirety of the addressable storage medium is selected for subsequently subjecting the second portion to the certification scrutiny.


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