Non-erasable magnetic data storage method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5220476
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07608338

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A method for inscribing data onto a magnetic medium (12) wherein portions of an oxide coating (16) of the medium are removed from the medium (12) to create voids (88) while the oxide coating (16) is left undisturbed on areas adjacent to the voids (88). The adjacent areas are then uniformly magnetized. When the medium is moved past a read head (78), changes in magnetic field present at transition points (82) and (84) between the voids (88) and the uniformly magnetized oxide coating (16) of adjacent areas cause a current to be induced in a coil (80) of the read (78) head which current is interpreted by conventional read circuitry as being a data bit. The data inscribed by this method is not erasable by conventional means. The inventive method may be practiced upon selected portions of a medium (12) such that non-erasable data areas and conventional magnetically erasable data areas can coexist on the same medium (12).

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ACADEMIC SOLUTIONS LTD A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF CALIFORNIA2363 CALLE DEL MUNDO SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Godwin, Jimmy D 3369 Walton Way, San Jose, CA 95117 12 414
Williams, Roger O 47267 Rancho Higuera, Fremont, CA 94539 45 1096
Williams, Stephen P 571 Creekside La., Morgan Hill, CA 95037 34 870

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