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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:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/3163 (2013.01); G11B 5/3169 (2013.01); G11B 5/3173 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49048 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a device includes a near-field light transducer having multiple apexes including a trailing-side apex positioned on a trailing side of the near-field light transducer. The device also includes a first material positioned near the trailing-side apex of the near-field light transducer, and a second material positioned near another apex of the near-field light transducer. The first material is physically characterized as etching more slowly than the second material.