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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:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation, Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a multi-functional optical disc drive that includes an interface that connects a front-end of the optical drive to a back-end, and also connects the front-end of the optical drive to an external device. The optical drive also includes a controller that selectively controls connection to the back-end or the external device.