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Optical recording media and information recording and reproducing units

CA 1332467 C · Owner: Hitachi, Ltd. · Inventors: Tsuboi, Nobuyoshi; Minemura, Hiroyuki; Ikuta, Isao

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The present invention provides an optical recording medium using an amorphous-crystalline phasechange for recording and erasing, wherein reflectivity of an optical recording medium-constituting recording film in an amorphous state is larger than that of the optical recording medium-constituting recording film in a crystalline state, or wherein absorptivity of an optical recording medium-constituting recording film in an amorphous state is smaller than that of the optical recording medium-constituting recording film in a crystalline state.

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  • Granted October 11, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 11, 2011.
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FiledJune 13, 1989
GrantedOctober 11, 1994
Term endedOctober 11, 2011
Patent numberCA 1332467 C
Classification (IPC)G11B7/24 +2 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedJune 13, 1989Patent grantedOct 11, 1994Term endedOct 11, 2011

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