G11B 2007/0003
Recording, reproducing or erasing systems characterised by the structure or type of
Official title: {Recording, reproducing or erasing systems characterised by the structure or type of the carrier}
G11B2007/0003 (Recording, reproducing or erasing systems characterised by the structure or type of) appears on 3,329 US grants and 3,622 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Phase-modulated optical data storage8 Sep 2026US 12,731,610 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Nanostructuring from optical recording media9 Dec 2025US 12,494,227 B2The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education On Behalf of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Differential phase voxel symbol determination2 Sep 2025US 12,406,695 B1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Multidimensional optical storage media having light confinement layers and reading methodology therefor12 Aug 2025US 12,387,753 B1Seagate Technology LLC
- Method of forming birefringent structures in an optical element1 Apr 2025US 12,265,245 B2University of Southampton
- Super-resolution three-dimensional optical storage focusing servo device and method thereof23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212888 A1Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanostructuring from optical recording media28 May 2026US 2026/0148752 A1Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada
- Optical information storage medium6 Nov 2025US 2025/0342857 A1
- Nanostructuring from Optical Recording Media25 Sep 2025US 2025/0299696 A1Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada
- Phase-modulated optical data storage13 Mar 2025US 2025/0087240 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
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- Method and apparatus for optical imaging with means for controlling the longitudinal range of the sample1,199US 5,321,501 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Methods and apparatus for forward-directed optical scanning instruments1,184US 6,485,413 B1The General Hospital Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope1,079US 6,134,003 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements1,018US 5,459,570 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging722US 6,564,087 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003