Quantum LTO Holdings Assigned Patent

Quantum LTO Holdings, LLC, San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,923,143) developed by Goker, Turguy, San Jose, CA, and Mintz, Laurie J., San Carlos, CA, for a “magnetic tape device capable of determining the vertical position of magnetic head based on pattern combinations comprising servo band identifiers.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A magnetic tape and servo elements of a magnetic head for reading and writing to the magnetic tape can ascertain servo band signals from different servo bands that are vertically aligned and adjacent to one another. When operating in a write or read mode, at least two servo elements can be activated to respond to a write/read operation based on a determined position across a width of the servo bands in the magnetic tape. The determined position is based on various pattern combinations from different servo band identifiers from the servo band signals.”

The patent application was filed on May 8, 2019 (16/406,448).