Spectra Logic Assigned Patent

Spectra Logic, Corporation, Boulder, CO, has been assigned a patent (9,336,815) developed by Trachy, David Lee, Longmont, CO, and Wong, Walter, Boulder, CO, for a “dynamic write once read many tape cartridge designation.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage library is described that essentially provides a write once and read many, (WORM) conversion station located inside of the data storage library. After receiving a request to store data in a WORM arrangement on a tape cartridge in the data storage library and appropriate tape cartridge is selected from a scratch pool of tape cartridges, brought by a robotic transporter to a WORM station where the tape cartridge is converted into a WORM tape cartridge. The WORM tape cartridge can be converted back to a non-write disabled tape cartridge at the WORM station.“

The patent application was filed on April 7, 2015 (14/680,929).