Oracle Assigned Patent

Oracle America, Redwood City, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,174,950) developed by John Ritter, Harvard, MA, and Faramarz Mahnad, Brookline, MA, for an "optical tape embossing drum and optical tape embossing drum shim."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, systems, and apparatus methods and systems including: curing processes, coating methods, embossing, drums, testing, tracking alignment stamper strip; optical tape methods and systems including: pick up head adapted for the disclosed optical tape; and optical tape uses including optical storage media devices for multimedia applications."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2009 (12/628,032).