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Seagate Assigned Patent

Protective coatings for storage devices

Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,149,534) developed by four co-inventors for "protective coatings for data storage devices."

They are Xiaoping Yan, Wexford, PA., Lei Li, Wexford, PA., Paul Max Jones, St. John, Virgin Islands, and Yiao-Tee Hsia, Pleasanton, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A data storage device comprising a storage medium having a recordable surface, a transducing head having a bearing surface positioned adjacent to the recordable surface of the storage medium, and at least one compound disposed between the recordable surface and the bearing surface, the at least one compound comprising at least one functional group that imparts corrosion resistance and at least one functional group that imparts lubricating properties."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2008 (12/270,121).

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