Microsoft Technology Licensing Assigned Patent

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA, has been assigned a patent (12165682) developed by Dr Winkler, Thomas Torsten, Drevinskas, Rokas, Gomez Diaz, Ariel, Whittaker, Charles Ernest, Deegan, Timothy John, Clegg, James Hilton, Cletheroe, Daniel Jonathan Finchley, Williams, Hugh David Paul, Donnelly, Austin Nicholas, Black, Richard John, Sakakura, Masaaki, Ilieva, Teodora, Cambridge, Great Britain, Cooper, Bridgette Rosanna Doris, London, Great Britain, Stefanovici, Ioan Alexandru, Cambridge, Great Britain, Aranas, Erika Blancada, London, Great Britain, and Berenguer, Pablo Rafael Andreas Wilke, Berlin, Germany, for a “phase-modulated optical data storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method of writing data to a transparent substrate comprises forming a first voxel by focusing a first laser pulse on a first location in a transparent substrate; and forming a second voxel by focusing a second laser pulse on a second location in the transparent substrate. The first laser pulse and the second laser pulse have different amplitudes, resulting in the first and second voxels having different strengths. Also provided are a system useful for implementing the method; an optical data storage medium obtainable by the method; and a method of reading data from the optical data storage medium.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-03-31 (18/194113).