Owner Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

Inventors Brondijk, Robert A.

Agent FB Rice

Pub. Number AU-B-2004280758

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/036537

Priority 03103778.1 13.10.03 EP

Filing date 12 October 2004

Wipo publication date 21 April 2005

Acceptance publication date 18 February 2010

G11B 7/00 (2006.01) Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power

G11B 7/0045 (2006.01) Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power

G11B 7/007 (2006.01) Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Arrangement of the information on the record carrier, e.g. form of tracks

G11B 7/24 (2006.01) 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