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Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
WD MEDIA INC	1710 AUTOMATION PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95131

International Classification(s)

• B05D:PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MAT....
• G11B:INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BET....

• 2010 Application Filing Year
• B05D Class
• 2754 Applications Filed
• 862 Patents Issued To-Date
• 31.30 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Buechel-Rimmel, Dorothea	San Jose, US	7	154
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 154

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Full Text

US Patent No: 8668953

Annealing process for electroless coated disks for high temperature applications

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Abstract

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A method of manufacturing a disk for a magnetic storage device is provided. The method comprises electroless plating a coating layer over a substrate to produce the disk, the coating layer forming an exterior surface of coating over the substrate, and annealing the coating layer using a heating source, wherein heat radiating from the heating source is directionally focused onto the exterior surface before the exterior surface is polished.

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