Imation Assigned Patent
Removable memory cartridge and docking station compatible with media drive expansion slots
By Francis Pelletier | July 29, 2015 at 3:04 pmImation Corp., Oakdale, MN, has been assigned a patent (9,053,249) developed by Perry, David Martin, Berthoud, CO, Yip, Yung, Afton, MN, Bukowski, Christopher Thomas, Boulder, CO, Zwettler, Chris James, Stillwater, MN, Rambosek, George Phillip, Shafer, MN, Pauly, Kellan Donald, Wahpeton, MN, Egan, Daniel Charles, Oakdale, MN, Vlasich, Kevin Peter, Lino Lakes, MN, Moses, Jason E., Breckenridge, MN, Langlois, Denis J., River Falls, WI, and Blattner, George W., Oakdale, MN, for a “removable memory cartridge and docking station compatible with media drive expansion slots.”
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A system for data storage including a removable memory element having a data storage device, and a docking station in communication with a host device and configured for receiving the removable memory cartridge so as to put the host system in communication with the data storage device.“
The patent application was filed on November 8, 2012 (13/672,290).