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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:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Gary M. Decad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Calvin S. Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/72 (2006.01); G11B 5/65 (2006.01); G11B 5/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/656 (2013.01); G11B 5/653 (2013.01); G11B 5/722 (2013.01); G11B 5/725 (2013.01);
Abstract
A product such as a magnetic recording tape, according to one embodiment, includes a flexible magnetic media having a substrate, a magnetic recording layer having cobalt therein, and an at least partially polycrystalline coating above the magnetic recording layer. A product according to another embodiment includes a flexible magnetic media having a substrate, a magnetic recording layer having cobalt therein, and coating above the magnetic recording layer. The coating includes a ceramic material.