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Optical information recording medium and recording-reproducing apparatus

CA 1294705 C · Owner: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Sakagami, Wataru; Ogasawara, Yutaka

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This specification discloses an optical information recording medium comprising a plurality of rows of tracking tracks arranged at intervals a, plurality of recording portions provided between the tracking tracks and on which information is recorded by application of a light beam thereto and an optically, detectable mark provided at at least one location on at least one of the recording portions and indicative of a reference position. The specification also discloses an information recording-reproducing apparatus comprising a light source, lens means for imaging the light beam from the light source on an optical information recording medium, photodetector means for receiving the light from …

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  • Granted January 21, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 21, 2009.
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FiledApril 8, 1987
GrantedJanuary 21, 1992
Term endedJanuary 21, 2009
Patent numberCA 1294705 C
Classification (IPC)G11B7/01 +2 more

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedApril 8, 1987Patent grantedJan 21, 1992Term endedJan 21, 2009

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