Winarski (Intellectual Ventures) Assigned Patent

Winarski (no web site), Tyson York, Mountain View, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,105,284) for a “magnetic media having graphene wear protection layers.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An optical or magnetic storage medium is disclosed that includes a disc having layers of graphene on one or both sides of the disc to provide wear protection against scratches and mechanical abrasion.“

The patent application was filed on January 12, 2014 (14/153,068).