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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8982495
APP PUB NO 20150015985A1
SERIAL NO

13937377

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An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a plurality of modules configured to at least read data stored on a magnetic recording tape, each of the modules having an array of readers. One module is configured to read data on a magnetic recording tape which none of the other modules can read. An apparatus according to another embodiment includes a first module configured to at least read data stored on a magnetic recording tape in a first range of formats, and at least a second module configured to at least read data stored on a magnetic recording tape in at least a second range of formats. The first range of formats does not include a format that is in the second range of formats. All of the modules are aligned along a tape travel direction.

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  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Biskeborn, Robert G Hollister, US 360 3609
Decad, Gary M Palo Alto, US 10 81
Liang, Jason Campbell, US 134 1268

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