General Electric Assigned Six Patents

Holographic data storage device
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY, has been assigned a patent (9,164,480) developed by Boden, Eugene Pauling, Scotia, NY, Lawrence, Brian Lee, Clifton Park, NY, and Shi, Xiaolei, Niskayuna, NY, for a “holographic data storage device and method of making.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Holographic data storage devices are presented. The holographic data storage device includes an optically transparent substrate, wherein the optically transparent substrate includes a photochemically active dye and a heat generating chromophore. Methods for making holographic data storage device are also presented.“

The patent application was filed on December 14, 2006 (11/638,964).

Stacked film reflective layers for multi-layer optical data storage
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, has been assigned a patent (9,099,104) developed by Boden, Eugene Pauling, Scotia, NY, and Shi, Xiaolei, Niskayuna, NY, for a “stacked film reflective layers for multi-layer optical data storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A component comprising a stacked interleaved film structure that includes a plurality of layers inert to light. Alternating layers are either doped with a reverse saturable absorber, (RSA) material or the RSA material is located between the adjacent inert layers. In some embodiments, the inert alternating layers have different refractive indices. A data storage device and methods of manufacture are also disclosed.“

The patent application was filed on November 17, 2014 (14/543,438).

Data storage devices
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, has been assigned a patent (9,093,082) developed by Wu, Pingfan Peter, Woodbury, MN, Lawrence, Brian Lee, Niskayuna, NY, Ren, Zhiyuan, Malta, NY, Hershey, John Erik, Ballston Lake, NY, Shi, Xiaolei, Niskayuna, NY, Welles, Kenneth Brakeley, Scotia, NY, Ross, John Anderson Fergus, Niskayuna, NY, and Ostroverkhov, Victor Petrovich, Ballston Lake, NY, for a “data storage devices and methods.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage device comprises a substrate having oppositely disposed surfaces and a plurality of volumes arranged along tracks between the surfaces, a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes, and, at least one groove in at least one of the surfaces and being operative to diffract light through the at least one surface and into the volumes, wherein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in a stacked layer in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.“

The patent application was filed on December 23, 2008 (12/343,288).

Stacked film reflective layers for multi-layer optical data storage
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, has been assigned a patent (9,099,104) developed by Boden, Eugene Pauling, Scotia, NY, and Shi, Xiaolei, Niskayuna, NY, for a “stacked film reflective layers for multi-layer optical data storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A component comprising a stacked interleaved film structure that includes a plurality of layers inert to light. Alternating layers are either doped with a reverse saturable absorber, (RSA) material or the RSA material is located between the adjacent inert layers. In some embodiments, the inert alternating layers have different refractive indices. A data storage device and methods of manufacture are also disclosed.“

The patent application was filed on November 17, 2014 (14/543,438).

Data storage devices
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, has been assigned a patent (9,093,082) developed by Wu, Pingfan Peter, Woodbury, MN, Lawrence, Brian Lee, Niskayuna, NY, Ren, Zhiyuan, Malta, NY, Hershey, John Erik, Ballston Lake, NY, Shi, Xiaolei, Niskayuna, NY, Welles, Kenneth Brakeley, Scotia, NY, Ross, John Anderson Fergus, Niskayuna, NY, and Ostroverkhov, Victor Petrovich, Ballston Lake, NY, for a “data storage devices and methods.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage device comprises a substrate having oppositely disposed surfaces and a plurality of volumes arranged along tracks between the surfaces, a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes, and, at least one groove in at least one of the surfaces and being operative to diffract light through the at least one surface and into the volumes, wherein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in a stacked layer in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.“

The patent application was filed on December 23, 2008 (12/343,288).

Stacked film reflective layers for multi-layer optical data storage
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, has been assigned a patent (8,889,241) developed by Boden, Eugene Pauling, Scotia, NY, and Shi, Xiaolei, Niskayuna, NY, for a “stacked film reflective layers for multi-layer optical data storage.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A component comprising a stacked interleaved film structure that includes a plurality of layers inert to light. Alternating layers are either doped with a reverse saturable absorber, (RSA) material or the RSA material is located between the adjacent inert layers. In some embodiments, the inert alternating layers have different refractive indices. A data storage device and methods of manufacture are also disclosed.“

The patent application was filed on December 7, 2012 (13/708,107).