G11B 7/263
Preparing and using a stamper
Official title: {Preparing and using a stamper, e.g. pressing or injection molding substrates (production of optical record carriers, e.g. optical discs B29D17/005)}
G11B7/263 (Preparing and using a stamper) appears on 504 US grants and 511 published applications in this corpus.
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