INCREASED DATA STORAGE IN OPTICAL DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS USING BLUE LASERS AND/OR PLASMON LENSES

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2002324830 (hide)

Owner ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

Inventors OVSHINSKY, Stanford, R.; STRAND, David; TSU, David

Pub. Number AU-A-2002324830

PCT Number PCT/US02/27613

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/021589

Priority 60/316,566 01.09.01 US

Filing date 30 August 2002

Wipo publication date 18 March 2003

International Classifications

G11B 007/24 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material or by the structure or form

Event Publications

16 January 2003 Complete Application Filed

  Priority application(s): 60/316,566 01.09.01 US

5 June 2003 Application Open to Public Inspection

  Published as AU-A-2002324830

10 June 2004 Application Lapsed, Refused Or Withdrawn, Patent Ceased or Expired

  This application lapsed under section 142(2)(f)/See Reg. 8.3(3). Examination has not yet been requested or directed for this application. Note that applications or patents shown as lapsed or ceased may be restored at a later date.

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