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Single-substrate multi-layer optical disk for read-only storage and phase change rewritable storage

Patent 5708653 Issued on January 13, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 15, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 732578 filed on 10/15/1996

US Classes:

369/275.1, Optical track structure (e.g., phase or diffracting structure, etc.)369/94Having layered storage medium

Examiners

Primary: Hindi, Nabil

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0356064 EP. 02/19/1990
  • 0426409 EP. 05/19/1991
  • 0517490 EP. 12/19/1992
  • 0720159 EP. 07/19/1996
  • 0729142 EP. 08/19/1996
  • 4421221 DE. 12/19/1994

International Class

G11B 007/24

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-10-13 JP

Abstract

An optical disk includes a transparent rigid substrate, a phase change rewritable optical recording medium formed on the transparent rigid substrate, a transparent spacer formed on the phase change rewritable optical recording medium and having a grooved surface for storing information, and a reflecting layer formed on the grooved surface of the transparent spacer. The grooved surface of the transparent spacer and the reflecting layer form a read-only recording medium.

Other References

  • Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 018, No. 089 (P-1692), Feb. 14, 1994
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  • N. Nishiuchi et al., "Dual-Layer Optical Disk with Phase Change Rewritable and Read Only Layers", Extended Abstracts of JSAP, 1995, p. 95
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