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Optical Recording Medium Or Carrier

Optical Recording Medium Or Carrier patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

06/07/07 - 20070128402 - Information recording medium
An information recording medium comprising: a first recording layer in which a first recording track path to record therein record information is formed; and a second recording layer which is laminated on said first recording layer and in which a second recording tack path to record therein the record information ...

05/31/07 - 20070122583 - Optical recording disc and method for manufacturing optical recording disc
It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical recording disc which can record data constituted by a recording mark train including recording marks and blank regions neighboring recording marks therein and reproduce the data therefrom in a desired manner even in the case where the lengths ...

05/24/07 - 20070116920 - Optical article having a material capable of undergoing a morphological transformation as an anti-theft feature and a system and method for inhibiting theft of same
An optical article configured to transform from a pre-activated state of functionality to an activated state of functionality is provided. The optical article includes an optical data layer for storing data, wherein the data is read from the optical data layer in an activated state of functionality, and a material ...

05/24/07 - 20070116919 - Optical recording medium
The present invention relates to an optical recording medium including a substrate and a recording layer having a bi-metal film layer structure formed on a surface of the substrate. The recording layer includes a first metal recording layer of a Ge metal thin film and a second metal recording layer ...

05/24/07 - 20070116918 - Method for inducing a visible light response in a material
A method for inducing a visible light response in a material comprising combining an up-conversion phosphor, which emits visible light wavelengths when stimulated by non-coherent infrared wavelengths, with the material and activating the phosphor with a source that emits non-coherent infrared wavelengths to produce a visible-light response in the material. ...

05/24/07 - 20070116917 - Super resolution information storage medium and method of preventing the same from deteriorationpreliminary amendment
A information storage medium that reproduces information that is recorded as marks and smaller than a resolution of an incidence beam includes a substrate and a super resolution layer or a thermal absorption layer directly arranged on the substrate without any layer therebetween to reproduce the marks by generating a ...

05/17/07 - 20070110946 - Optical storage medium
An optical storage medium comprising a storage layer (4) and a first layer (5) covering the storage layer (4). The first layer (5) provides optical properties sufficient for data retrieval from the storage layer using a laser (8) with a first wavelength W1. A second layer covers the first layer ...

05/10/07 - 20070104921 - Optical recording medium having a higher crystallization speed
A phase change optical disk includes interface films sandwiching therebetween a recording film, wherein the interface films are configured by dielectric films including a mixture of Al oxide, T oxide and Ta oxide. The interface films improve the crystallization speed of the recording film without lowering the crystallizing temperature of ...

05/10/07 - 20070104920 - Optical disk including a sulfuration suppressing dielectric film
A phase change optical disk includes a first dielectric film, a recording film, a second dielectric film and a reflecting film which are consecutively formed on a substrate. The second dielectric film includes therein a zinc sulfide at a rate of 10 to 40 mol % and a tantalum oxide ...

05/10/07 - 20070104919 - Write-once optical disk and optical recording method
A write-once optical disk comprises a substrate, a recording layer which is stacked on the substrate and comprised of a first reaction layer comprised of a material containing hydrogen and a second reaction layer comprised of a material having an extinction coefficient greater than that in the first reaction layer, ...

05/10/07 - 20070104918 - Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or the semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, aluminum, germanium and zinc. ...

05/03/07 - 20070098950 - Information storage medium, reproducing method, and recording medium
According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. ...

05/03/07 - 20070098949 - Storage medium, reproducing method, and recording method
According to one embodiment, a write-once type information storage medium comprises an organic dye based recording material having sensitivity at a wavelength of 405 nm and at a recording wavelength in the range of 600 nm to 700 nm, wherein, when absorbance of a maximum absorption wavelength in the vicinity ...

05/03/07 - 20070098948 - Optical disc and method for fabricating the same
An optical disc capable of suppressing vibration during read/write process includes an annular substrate, a coated layer, and a damping layer. The annular substrate includes a supporting portion and a recording portion, and a recording surface corresponding to the recording portion. The coated layer is formed on the recording surface. ...

05/03/07 - 20070098947 - Multi-purpose high-density optical disc
An optical recording medium includes a first half-disc and a second half-disc. The first half-disc includes a substrate and an information layer (including a reflective layer) formed on a first side of the substrate. The second half-disc is bonded by an adhesive to a second side of the substrate of ...

05/03/07 - 20070098946 - Optical recording disc
An optical recording disc includes a substrate 2, a reflective layer 3, a third dielectric layer 4, a light absorption layer 5, a second dielectric layer 6, a decomposition reaction layer 7 containing platinum oxide as a primary component, a first dielectric layer 8 and a light transmission layer 9 ...

04/26/07 - 20070092684 - Contrast enhancement for optical recording
A recordable medium includes an inscription layer and a contrast enhancing layer. The inscription layer has at least two sub-layers that combine upon application of a write power, the inscription layer having a reflectivity R1 before application of the write power and a reflectivity R2 after application of the write ...

04/26/07 - 20070092683 - Micro-resonant structure for optical recording
A recordable medium includes a recordable structure including a first layer having a reflectivity R1 and a transmissivity T1, a second layer having a transmissivity T2, and a third layer having a reflectivity R3. The second layer is disposed between the first and third layers and has a thickness that ...

04/26/07 - 20070092682 - Contrast inversion for optical recording
A recordable medium includes an inscription layer and at least one contrast inverting layer. The inscription layer has at least a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer that combine upon application of a write power. The inscription layer has a reflectivity R1 with respect to a read beam before application ...

04/26/07 - 20070092681 - Generating optical contrast using thin layers
A recordable medium includes a recordable structure having a first layer and a second layer in which the first and second layers do not completely overlap, and the first and second layers combine upon application of a write power to cause a change in an optical property of the recordable ...

04/19/07 - 20070087156 - Information storage medium, reproducing method, and recording method
According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. ...

04/19/07 - 20070087155 - Optical information recording medium
An optical disc includes a first information layer and a second information layer, with an optical separation layer between them. The first information layer, provided near the side of the laser beam incident surface, includes at least a first dielectric layer, a recording layer, a second dielectric layer, a metallic ...

04/12/07 - 20070082167 - Optical media
One embodiment of an optical medium includes a substrate, a data recording layer positioned on the substrate, a selectively transmissive layer positioned on the data recording layer, and a label recording layer positioned on the selectively transmissive layer, the label recording layer optically accessible at only certain wavelengths through the ...

04/12/07 - 20070082166 - Manufacturing data-storage media using light-curable material
Instances of data-storage media having pits and lands, such as individual DVDs or CDs, are manufactured by selectively illuminating a light-curable material to form cured regions corresponding to the lands. The selective illumination of the light-curable material can be implemented using mask-based illumination or selective laser illumination or both. The ...

03/29/07 - 20070071937 - Optical information recording medium
An optical information recording medium includes a transparent substrate on which a recording layer, a reflection layer, a hydrophobic protective layer, a hydrophobic intermediate layer, and an ink receiving layer are successively overlaid. ...

03/29/07 - 20070071936 - Two-layer optical disk and recording / reproducing optical disk apparatus of the two-layer optical disk
A two-layer recording type optical disk capable of realizing stable recording and reproduction without being affected by another recording layer and an optical disk apparatus for the two-layer recording type optical disk are provided. In layouts of various areas in the optical disk, a position where a border between a ...

03/29/07 - 20070071935 - Optical disc
The present invention provides an optical disc including a substrate. The substrate has a label surface. According to the invention, an ink mixture, including a plurality of functional microcapsules, is coated on the label surface to form a coloring layer. In an embodiment, at least part of the functional microcapsules ...

03/22/07 - 20070065624 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium is provided and includes: a recoding layer; and a reproduction control layer on an light incidence side of the recording layer, the reproduction control layer including a photopolymerization initiator and a photopolymerizable compound. ...

03/22/07 - 20070065623 - Laser-imageable coating based on exothermic decomposition
An optical recording medium comprises a substrate, an imaging layer comprising a compound that decomposes exothermically when heated to a predetermined temperature, and, optionally, a color layer. ...

03/08/07 - 20070054085 - Optical recording medium and production method thereof
An object of the invention is to provide an optical recording medium in which even if a filter layer or the like is laminated on a first gap layer, the first gap layer is not softened, and harmful effect such as a wrinkle and crack is not caused in the ...

03/08/07 - 20070054084 - Optical recording medium and compound used for the same
An optical recording medium wherein the percentage change (|[a2−a1]/a1|×100) of the recording layer thickness (a2) at the recorded site of recording layer (A) after recorded with laser light compared with the recording layer thickness (a1) at unrecorded site of said recording layer (A) is less than 25% and the amount ...

03/01/07 - 20070048489 - Optical disc and method of producing the same
An optical disc includes a first substrate having a first surface having a first recording layer formed thereon, a first reflective film formed on the first recording layer, a second substrate having a second surface and a third surface on both sides with a second recording layer and a third ...

03/01/07 - 20070048488 - Recording layer and sputtering target for optical information recording media, as well as optical information recording media
Provided is a recording layer for optical information recording media that is not only excellent in initial reflectivity, creation of recording marks, and the like but also extremely excellent in durability under a high temperature and high humidity environment and that can be adequately applied to a next generation optical ...

03/01/07 - 20070048487 - Inks for use on optical recording media
An optical recording medium, comprises a substrate, an imaging composition disposed on said substrate, said compound comprising: a matrix, a color-forming agent, and a nucleating agent. The nucleating agent increases the nucleation density of at least one component of the color-forming agent. ...

02/22/07 - 20070042155 - Reflective or semi-reflective metal alloy coatings
A silver-based alloy composition for use as a reflective or semi-reflective coatings or layer(s) for use in optical data storage media, low emissivity glass, transparent conductive displays, and electro-chromic mirrors, or other reflective or semi-reflective applications. The alloy composition comprises silver with copper and/or zinc and silicon and/or tin. ...

02/15/07 - 20070036935 - Optical disk
An optical disk comprising a first substrate, a first reflective layer for reflecting laser beams for information reading formed on the first substrate, and a resin layer made of a cured film of an ultraviolet curable composition formed on the first reflective layer, wherein the first reflective layer is a ...

02/08/07 - 20070031633 - Sputtering target, optical thin film and manufacturing method thereof using the sputtering target, and optical recording medium
A sputtering target contains Si and C as its major components and includes a texture in which a Si phase continuously exists in a net shape in gaps among SiC crystal grains. An average diameter of the Si phase is controlled to 1000 nm or less. The sputtering target is ...

02/08/07 - 20070031632 - Optical recording medium
The present invention relates to an optical recording medium. The optical recording medium according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate and an information recording layer located on the substrate. The information recording layer includes a first recording layer containing at least one element selected from the ...

01/25/07 - 20070020427 - Optical information recording media and silver alloy reflective films for the same
A silver alloy reflective film contains X1 as a component and has an enriched layer located in a region within 2 nm deep from the surface of the reflective film, in which the component X1 is enriched in the enriched layer at a higher concentration than the average concentration of ...

01/25/07 - 20070020426 - Silver alloy reflective films for optical information recording media, silver alloy sputtering targets therefor, and optical information recording media
A silver alloy reflective film is used in an optical information recording medium and contains Ag as a main component, a total of 1 to 10 atomic percent of at least one selected from Nd, Gd, Y, Sm, La, and Ce, and a total of 2 to 10 atomic percent ...

01/18/07 - 20070014964 - Optical disc capable of storing usage status of label side of optical disc
The invention pertains to an optical disc capable of storing the usage status of a label side of the optical disc. The optical disc includes a data side, the label side, and a plurality of partition marks. The data side is configured to read and write data thereon by utilizing ...

01/11/07 - 20070009703 - Optical recording medium and two layered optical recording medium, recording and reproducing method and recording and reproducing apparatus using media
The present invention provides an optical recording medium comprising a transparent first substrate and a first dielectric layer, a recording layer, a second dielectric layer and a reflective layer which are laminated on the first substrate in this order, wherein the recording layer comprises a thin layer comprising mainly an ...

01/11/07 - 20070009702 - Information recording medium, information reproduction method and information recording method
A method for mass-producing a recording mark capable of being reproduced even below the diffraction limit in the information recording medium. A medium comprising: a substrate including a first material on the surface, and a second material formed on a first area on the substrate, and a third material at ...

01/11/07 - 20070009701 - Optical recording medium
The present invention relates to an optical recording medium. The optical recording medium according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a reflective layer located on the upper side of the substrate and reflecting an incident laser beam, and an information recording layer located on the reflective ...

01/11/07 - 20070009700 - Optical recording medium
The present invention relates to an optical recording medium. The optical recording medium according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a reflective layer located on the upper side of the substrate and reflecting an incident laser beam, and an information recording layer located on the reflective ...

01/04/07 - 20070003732 - Phase change memory for archival data storage
A structure for storing digital data is provided, with a high reflectance layer comprising a noble metal formed over an underlying material layer, and a plurality of low reflectance portions comprising a mixture of a noble metal and an underlying material. The plurality of low reflectance portions have top surfaces ...

01/04/07 - 20070003731 - Gold-semiconductor phase change memory for archival data storage
A structure for storing digital data is provided, with a high reflectance layer comprising a gold film formed over a semiconductor layer, and a plurality of low reflectance portions comprising a mixture of a gold material and a semiconductor material. The plurality of low reflectance portions have top surfaces comprising ...

01/04/07 - 20070003730 - Information recording medium
In an information recording medium on and from which information is recorded and reproduced by applying light or electric energy, a recording layer which generates reversible phase change is formed so as to include a material containing Ge, Bi, Te and an element “M” which material is expressed with (GeTe)x[(M2Te3)y(Bi2Te3)1-y]100-x ...

12/28/06 - 20060292327 - Method for evaluating dye component suitability for optical recording media, optical recording material and optical recording medium
The method of evaluating dye component suitability for optical recording media according to the invention comprises a first step in which the temperature of a sample containing the dye component or the temperature of the atmosphere surrounding the sample is set to two or more different prescribed temperatures, and the ...

12/28/06 - 20060292326 - Optical data store comprising a cobalt phthalocyanine with an axial substituent and axial ligand in an information photoinscribtible layer
Optical data carriers whose information layer comprises at least one light-absorbent compound which is a Co(III) phthalocyanine in which the Co metal centre bears an axial substituent R1 and an axial coordinated ligand R2, where R1 is CN, SCN, halogen, in particular Cl, Br or F, alkoxy, aryloxy, arylthio or ...

12/21/06 - 20060286338 - Optical information-recording medium, novel oxonol compound and method of recording information
An optical information-recording medium which contains a dye having at least two chromophores bonded to each other without any conjugated bond intervening between those chromophores. ...

12/21/06 - 20060286337 - Digital media created using ion beam technology
An optical medium including an underlayer and a reflective layer, where at least one of the underlayer and the surface layer has surface features thereon representing data, the surface features having been formed by directing pulses of a beam of ions from an ion source onto at least one of ...

12/14/06 - 20060280897 - Optical recording medium and method of producing same
There is provided an optical recording medium of a type in which a light beam is incident from a protective layer side which strikes a balance between a high track density and excellent mass productivity and which comprises a support substrate; a protective layer with a thickness smaller than that ...

12/14/06 - 20060280896 - Optical recording medium and process for producing the same, data recording method and data reproducing method for optical recording medium
(wherein MB is an element other than antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te) and germanium (Ge), c is ⅓, ½ or ⅔, and 0<d≦1). ...

12/14/06 - 20060280895 - Optical recording medium, method for producing the same, and data recording method and data reproducing method for optical recording medium
An optical recording medium 10 is provided with a supporting substrate 11 and a light-transmitting layer 12, and further has between the light-transmitting layer 12 and the supporting substrate 11 a dielectric layer 31, a noble-metal oxide layer 23, a dielectric layer 32, a light absorption layer 22 and a ...

12/14/06 - 20060280894 - Metal complexes as light-absorbing compounds in the information layer of optical data carriers
The invention provides novel metal complexes for optical data carriers comprising a preferably transparent substrate which may, if desired, have previously been coated with one or more reflection layers and to whose surface a light-writable information layer, if desired one or more reflection layers and if desired a protective layer ...

12/07/06 - 20060275577 - Phase-change optical recording medium
A phase-change optical recording medium has a recording film that brings about reversible phase-change between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase upon irradiation with light and an interface film formed in contact with at least one surface of the recording film and comprising hafnium (Hf), silicon (Si), oxygen (O) ...

11/30/06 - 20060269719 - Phase-change optical recording medium
A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 ...

11/30/06 - 20060269718 - Optical disk
Provided is an optical disk including: a substrate; a reflective layer laminated on the substrate; a recording layer laminated on the reflective layer; and a buffer layer formed between the substrate and the reflective layer, the buffer layer having a thermal conductivity lower than that of the reflective layer. The ...

11/30/06 - 20060269717 - Optical recording medium and process for producing the same, sputtering target, using process of optical recording medium, and optical recording apparatus
To provide an optical recording medium and the like that is adapted to higher density and higher speed recording of 8 times or more than that of DVD (about 28 m/sec or more) and that exhibits superior repeating and reservation properties. An optical recording medium is provided that comprises a ...

11/23/06 - 20060263569 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a reflective layer. In this case, the second substrate includes a photochromic dye. The reflective layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. ...

11/23/06 - 20060263568 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a reflective layer. In this case, the second substrate includes a thermochromic dye. The reflective layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. ...

11/16/06 - 20060257615 - Three-dimensional optical recording medium and optical disk cartridge
A three-dimensional optical recording medium includes: an optical information recording layer and a recording portion that stores managing information of the three-dimensional optical recording medium. The recording portion is optically or electromagnetically readable, for example, a barcode, an RFID tag, a magnetic recording material, and is disposed at a periphery ...

11/16/06 - 20060257614 - Optical information storage medium
An optical information storage medium includes a first substrate, a first recording layer, a first reflective layer, a spacer layer, a buffer layer, a second recording layer, a second reflective layer, and a second substrate. In this case, the first recording layer is disposed above the first substrate. The first ...

11/16/06 - 20060257613 - Metal complexes as light-absorbing compounds in the information layer of optical data carriers
Novel metal complexes for optical data carriers comprising a preferably transparent substrate which may, if desired, have previously been coated with one or more reflection layers and to whose surface a light-writable information layer, if desired one or more reflection layers and if desired a protective layer or a further ...

11/09/06 - 20060251850 - Optical disc, information reproducing method, and information recording method
An optical disc comprising three or more of a predetermined number of information recording layers between a first molding disc and a second molding disc, each of which has an incident face, is featured in that a distance between the incident face and each of the information recording layers is ...

11/09/06 - 20060251849 - Suppression of stray light propagation in a substrate
An optical apparatus comprises: a substrate; an optical device, an optical waveguide, or an optical element on the first substrate surface; a reflection-suppressing layer on a second substrate surface opposite the first substrate surface; and an absorbing layer on the reflection-suppressing layer, so that over at least a portion of ...

11/09/06 - 20060251848 - Optical information storage medium possessing a multilayer coating
A high capacity optical information storage medium, e.g., a Blu-ray Disc, possesses a multilayer coating on a surface thereof, the coating comprising: a) a light transmission layer in adherent contact with a surface of the optical information storage medium, the light transmission layer being obtained by curing a first curable ...

11/02/06 - 20060246253 - Optical recording material, optical recording material solution, optical recording medium, and method of manufacturing the same
wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is an optionally substituted benzyl group, and at least one of R5 and R6 is an optionally substituted alkyl group having a carbon number of at least 5 or an optionally substituted aryl group having a carbon number of at ...

11/02/06 - 20060246252 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium includes a substrate, a reflective layer, a first printing layer and a second printing layer. In this case, the reflective layer is disposed above the substrate. The first printing layer is disposed above the reflective layer. The second printing layer is disposed on the first printing ...

11/02/06 - 20060246251 - Optical recording medium
Then, a compound composition SnxNyOz of tin (Sn) nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) comprising the optical recording layer 12 is selected so as to satisfy 30<x<70 (atomic %), 1<y<20 (atomic %) and 20<z<60 (atomic %). According to this arrangement, the optical recording medium can improve jitter caused when Sn is ...

10/26/06 - 20060240214 - Limited play optical devices with interstitial reactive layer and methods of making same
A data storage device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein at least the first substrate has defined thereon a plurality of pits and lands covered by a reflective material; and a bonding layer between the first and second substrates including a reactive agent that interferes with the ...

10/26/06 - 20060240213 - Storage medium for the optical storage and retrieval of information
The invention relates to a storage medium for the optical storage and retrieval of information, the storage medium comprising: a substrate and an active layer for retention of data. According to the invention, the active layer is provided with a pre-determined pattern (4) of bit positions (14, 14′, . . ...

10/19/06 - 20060234005 - Phase-change optical recording medium
A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 ...

10/19/06 - 20060234004 - Phase-change optical recording medium
A phase-change optical recording medium has a phase-change recording film to which recording and erasure can be reversibly performed by irradiation with light, and at least one dielectric film formed of a SiOC film containing Si, O and C, and having a carbon concentration within a range of between 0.1 ...

10/19/06 - 20060234003 - Piracy-protected recording media
An optical medium piracy system employing a state-change material in association with a digital data indicia, wherein when state-change material is activated to change state, the optical medium moves from an unreadable to a readable condition, or from a less readable to more readable condition. ...

10/19/06 - 20060234002 - Metal alloys for the reflective or semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or the semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, aluminum, germanium and zinc. ...

10/19/06 - 20060234001 - Silver alloy reflective films for optical information recording media, silver alloy sputtering targets therefor, and optical information recording media
A silver alloy reflective film is used in an optical information recording medium and contains silver as a main component, a total of 0.01 to 3 atomic percent of at least one of Bi and Sb, and a total of 3 to 42 atomic percent of at least one of ...

10/19/06 - 20060234000 - Recordable optical record carrier for multilevel and method for writing thereon
A recordable optical record carrier is provided comprising a recording dye layer, whereby said recording dye layer (111) comprises at least two organic dye materials being absorptive at different wavelengths. Further, a method for writing on such a recordable optical record carrier is proposed. According to the method marks representing ...

10/19/06 - 20060233999 - Use of bi-layer photolithographic resists as new material for optical storage
An optical information storage medium (1) comprising a carrier substrate (5), a reflective information layer (10) being positioned on the carrier substrate (5) and comprising at least a first layer (11) of a first inorganic material in a first structural phase, and at least a second layer (12) of at ...

10/12/06 - 20060228516 - Compositions for protective films for optical discs
Compositions for protective films include inorganic microparticles dispersed in an acrylic radical-based binder resin. Binder resins are formed from binder monomers including base components, scratch-resistant components and diluent components. Diluent components include diluent monomers having principal chain structures including a functional group having a cyclic structure or a branched carbon ...

10/12/06 - 20060228515 - Substrate marking using encapsulated materials
Substrates, coatings and methods for marking substrates using the coatings. The substrate contains a coating of encapsulated marking materials. Capsules of the encapsulated marking materials are designed to preferentially absorb a predetermined wavelength of light or range of wavelengths of light. The capsules contain color chemistry capable of activation by ...

10/12/06 - 20060228514 - Compositions, systems, and methods for imaging
A composition, method, and system for recording an image. The system includes a multiphase imaging material in which energy is absorbed by an antenna material. The absorbed energy causes the reaction of an oxidizer and a leucozine dye. ...

10/05/06 - 20060222810 - Write-onece-read-many optical recording medium, sputtering target and the production method thereof
A write-once-read-many optical recording medium enabling excellent recording and reproducing properties at a wavelength of blue-laser wavelengths or shorter, i.e. 500 nm or less, particularly at wavelengths of near 405 nm and high density recording. To this end, a write-once-read-many optical recording medium of the invention comprises a recording layer ...

10/05/06 - 20060222809 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium includes a recording layer provided on a substrate. The recording layer includes first and second information layers and a spacer layer therebetween. The optical recording medium also includes a warpage adjusting layer provided on the side of the substrate opposite to the recording layer to reduce ...

10/05/06 - 20060222808 - Optical disc with textured edge
A method for producing optical discs is provided. A substrate for an optical disc is formed by utilizing a molding process. A textured surface is formed at an outer diameter edge of the substrate. A protective coating is applied to cover the textured surface at the outer diameter edge. The ...

10/05/06 - 20060222807 - Write-once optical record carrier for high-speed recording
The present invention relates to a write-once optical record carrier for high speed recording, in particular to a DVD+R disc. Such a record carrier comprises in general at least a substrate layer (3), a recording layer (2) of an organic dye material on top of the substrate layer (3) and ...

09/28/06 - 20060216456 - Imaging media including interference layer for generating human-readable marking on optical media
An optical recording medium, comprises a substrate, and an imaging medium disposed on the substrate, the imaging medium comprising: a marking layer including a thermochromic compound and an interference layer tuned to absorb light having a predetermined wavelength. ...

09/21/06 - 20060210760 - Phase change type optical information recording medium
A phase change optical information-recording medium includes a substrate, a bottom protection layer, a recordation layer, a top protection layer, and a reflection layer, each formed on the substrate in that order. The reflection layer mainly includes Ag, and the top protection layer mainly includes oxide and nitride or carbide. ...

09/21/06 - 20060210759 - Optical information storage medium
An optical information storage medium includes a first substrate, a first recording layer, a first reflective layer, a spacer layer, a second recording layer, a second reflective layer and a second substrate. In this case, the first recording layer is disposed above the first substrate. The first reflective layer is ...

09/21/06 - 20060210758 - Optical information storage medium
An optical information storage medium includes a first substrate, a reflective layer and a second substrate. In this case, the reflective layer is disposed above the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed above the reflective layer. The material of the second substrate is sucrose. ...

09/21/06 - 20060210757 - Writable optical record carrier
The present invention relates to a writable optical record carrier and a method of writing information on such a writable optical record carrier. The record carrier comprises a substrate carrying a recording stack which recording stack comprises, in this order, a recording layer and an absorption layer. The recording layer ...

09/14/06 - 20060204708 - Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, magnesium, and zinc. These alloys have ...

09/14/06 - 20060204707 - Optical disk and method of manufacturing the same
An optical disk having a recording layer on a substrate, a bonding layer which is made of an ultraviolet cured resin bonding the recording layer, a transparent layer which is bonded to the bonding layer, and an overcoating layer which is formed on the transparent sheet and is made of ...

09/14/06 - 20060204706 - Optical recording medium and optical recording method of the same
By use of a substrate which can be stably formed and has a relatively small groove depth, a very high density optical recording medium having good recording/reading characteristics is provided. In an optical recording medium of a surface incidence type, in which a reflective layer, a recording layer containing a ...

09/14/06 - 20060204705 - Optical information recording medium, method of manufacturing the same, and surface print method
There is provided an optical information recording medium which can meet opposite requirements of enhancement in ink absorption and fixation properties of an image forming layer and suppression and prevention of solid attachment of a printed portion, which has excellent printability to obtain high image quality and an excellent holding ...

09/07/06 - 20060198981 - Methods for manufacturing flexible transfer body and flexible optical disc and flexible optical disc manufactured thereby
In a flexible transfer body employing curable resin as a transfer material, thickness unevenness in a substrate and a transfer layer is reduced and the thickness of the transfer layer is made to be uniform. Liquid curable resin is coated onto a rotation center or the vicinity of the rotation ...

08/31/06 - 20060194017 - Optical recording medium
A dual-layer optical recording medium, which is formed by adhering a disk substrate (inverted-stack structure) formed by stacking a reflective layer (1) and a recording layer (1) on a substrate (1) and a disk substrate (conventional-stack structure) formed by sequentially stacking a recording layer (2) and a reflective layer (2) ...

08/31/06 - 20060194016 - Reactive materials for limited play optical devices and methods of making same
Methods and apparatus for making optically readable storage media in which reading beam passes through bonding layer configured with reactive material that transforms from optically transparent state to optically opaque state after exposure to predefined stimulus, thereby inhibiting access to data encoded on optically readable storage media. The method includes ...

08/24/06 - 20060188686 - Optical recording medium, recording material, method of producing optical recording medium and optical recording, reading and rewriting method
An optical recording medium including a recording layer which includes a reversible phase-change recording material, the recording layer being capable of writing information therein, reading written information therefrom, and rewriting written information by utilizing the reversible phase change of the phase-change recording material, wherein when a recording mark formed in ...

08/24/06 - 20060188685 - Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or the semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include magnesium, gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, aluminum, germanium and ...

08/24/06 - 20060188684 - Optical recording medium, optical recording method and apparatus
A number of novel optical recording methods, an optical recording apparatus configured to perform one or more of the optical recording method, and an optical recording medium configured for recording with one or more of the optical recording methods are provided. In one example, a plurality of optical recording pulse ...

08/24/06 - 20060188683 - Optical recording disc
An optical recording disc includes a substrate 2, a third dielectric layer 3, a light absorption layer 4, a second dielectric layer 5, a decomposition reaction layer 6 containing platinum oxide as a primary component, a first dielectric layer 7 and a light transmission layer 8 and is constituted so ...

08/17/06 - 20060182925 - Method of testing optical information medium
A testing method capable of quantifying abrasion resistance on the translucent base surface of a high-recording-density optical information medium simply and in a form of reflecting an actual application environment, and judging criteria appropriate for the testing method. When an evaluation test in terms of abrasion resistance on a laser ...

08/10/06 - 20060177623 - Dye-based recordable dvd medium, and method and apparatus for recording and reproducing thereof
It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording and reproducing method for dye-based recordable DVD medium which performs a recording of a shortest mark by one pulse light of a highest intensity, and a recording of the second shortest and following marks by one pulse light ...

08/10/06 - 20060177622 - Structure of double-side optical storage medium
The present invention provides a structure of a double-side optical storage medium, which comprises a substrate possessing two surfaces, wherein each surface has a read/write structure. Via installing two read/write structures separately onto the top and the bottom surface of the substrate, the capacity of the optical storage medium is ...

08/10/06 - 20060177621 - O-coordinated metal chelates and their use in optical recording media having high storage capacity
The invention relates to novel optical recording materials that comprise specific and in some cases novel diketone enamines or metal chelates thereof and that have excellent recording and playback quality especially at a wavelength of 350-500 nm. The invention accordingly relates to an optical recording medium comprising a substrate, a ...

08/03/06 - 20060172109 - Optical recording medium
(In this regard, rings A1 and A2 are nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic rings, rings B1 and B2 are aromatic rings, and X is alkyl group substituted by at least two fluorine atoms.) ...

08/03/06 - 20060172108 - Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or semi-reflective coating layer of optical discs. Elements that can be added to silver to produce useful silver alloys include zinc, aluminum, copper, manganese, germanium, yttrium, bismuth, scandium, and cobalt. These alloys have moderate to high reflectivity and reasonable ...

08/03/06 - 20060172107 - Metal alloys for the reflective or semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or the semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include magnesium, gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, aluminum, germanium and ...

07/27/06 - 20060165946 - Optical storage medium
A phase-change optical storage medium includes a recording layer that has an alloy of Ge—Sb—In—Sn, as a main component in the materials that constitute the recording layer. Composition ratios of Ge, Sb, In and Sn in the alloy satisfy ranges 0.08≦a≦0.20, 0.60≦b≦0.80, 0.05≦c≦0.20, and 0.01≦d≦0.15, where “a”, “b”, “c” and ...

07/27/06 - 20060165945 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium includes a laminated body in which at least a dielectric layer 6 is interposed between a recording layer 7 and a light absorbing layer 5, the optical recording medium being constructed so that data recorded by a recording mark train including recording marks whose lengths are ...

07/27/06 - 20060165944 - Optical recording medium
There is provided an optical recording medium comprising a plurality of information layers stacked on a substrate through at least a transparent intermediate layer, wherein the information layers other than the farthest one from a light incident surface of a laser beam among a plurality of information layers include an ...

07/27/06 - 20060165943 - Reflective or semi-reflective metal alloy coatings
A silver-based alloy composition for use as a reflective, semi-reflective or highly reflective coatings or layer(s) for use in optical data storage media, low emissivity glass, transparent conductive displays, and electro-chromic mirrors, or other reflective, semi-reflective or highly reflective applications. The alloy compositions comprise silver with hafnium, and/or indium, and/or ...

07/27/06 - 20060165942 - Optical disk manufacturing sheet
The present invention provides an optical disk producing sheet 1, obtained by laminating a stamper-receiving layer 11 that is energy rays-curable and whose storage elastic modulus prior to curing is from 103 to 107 Pa, and an adhesive layer 12 whose adhesive strength to polycarbonate is at least 200 mN/25 ...

07/27/06 - 20060165941 - Optical recording medium, light-transmitting protective sheet used for same, and method for manufacturing them
The optically transparent protective sheet is made of cured product of a radiation curable paint in the form of a sheet. The optical recording medium includes an optical recording layer formed on at least one surface of a substrate, an adhesive layer formed on the optical recording layer, and an ...

07/20/06 - 20060159882 - Optical recording materials having high storage density
The invention relates to an optical recording medium comprising a substrate, a reflecting layer and a recording layer based on compounds of formula (I) wherein G1 and G2 are each independently of the other, A1 and A2 are each independently of the other N(R12), O, S or Se and A3 ...

06/29/06 - 20060141203 - Optical recording material and optical recording medium
The optical recording material of the invention is an optical recording material used for an optical recording medium capable of recording information by irradiation of light, the optical recording medium being an optical recording medium which records information at a linear speed of at least 14 m/sec, wherein the dye ...

06/22/06 - 20060134369 - Optical disc and method of producing the same
An optical disc includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate has a thickness of 0.6 mm±30 μm, with a first recording layer formed thereon. The first recording layer has a string of first data pits concentrically or spirally formed in compliance with the DVD-ROM specifications. The ...

06/15/06 - 20060127630 - Copper based alloys and optical media containing same
An optical data recording and storage medium including at least one reflective layer formed from a copper alloy that contains, in addition to copper, about 0.1 to about 3.0 wt. %, based on the total weight of alloy, of samarium (Sm) and may further include from about 0.1 to about ...

06/08/06 - 20060121233 - Optical recording media and method of fabricating the same
An optical recording medium comprises a substrate, a recording layer overlying the substrate, and a phosphorus layer overlying the recording layer, wherein the phosphorus layer can be excited to illuminate by irradiation of a laser beam. ...

06/01/06 - 20060115619 - Optical disc and material for substrate thereof
An optical disc 10 includes a substrate. The substrate is formed by mixing polymethyl methacrylate and a polylactic acid-based resin composition. The polylactic acid-based resin composition contains polylactic acid-based resin in which the content of lactide is reduced to 1,000 ppm or less, and a mold release agent of 0.16 ...

06/01/06 - 20060115618 - Highly reflective and corrosion-resistant reflective layer film and its sputtering target
A highly reflective and corrosion-resistant reflective layer film and its sputtering target includes a sliver alloy film by adding proper amount of main metal alloy (A) that includes cobalt (Co) or manganese (Mn) or two of them in pure sliver, and an auxiliary metal alloy (B) added if desired. The ...

05/25/06 - 20060110570 - Dual-layer recordable optical disc and manufacturing method thereof
A dual-layer recordable optical disc includes a first recording layer and a second recording layer disposed on the first recording layer. The first recording layer is made of organic material, and the second recording layer is made of inorganic material. The optical disc may further includes a first substrate, a ...

05/25/06 - 20060110569 - Optical recording medium
The object of the present invention is to provide a single-sided double-layer recording/reproducing optical recording medium, wherein favorable recording signal properties may be obtained even from the second recording layer. An optical recording layer comprises, layered in the order from the recording/reproducing light incident plane, a first substrate, a first ...

05/25/06 - 20060110568 - Multi-layers optical data storage disk masters
Mastering techniques are described that can improve the quality of a master used in data storage disk manufacturing. In one embodiment, the techniques include depositing a multi-layer structure adjacent a substrate layer of the master, the multi-layer structure including a first layer, a second layer formed over the first layer, ...

05/25/06 - 20060110567 - Optical recording materials and recording mediums using the same
A rewritable phase change optical recording medium includes a substrate, a dielectric layer deposited on a surface of the substrate, and an optical recording layer deposited on the dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer may be omitted. The optical recording layer contains a composition of GexSb100-x-y-zMyEz, wherein 0.5≦x≦14.5; 0.5≦y≦14.5; 0≦z≦14.5; ...

05/18/06 - 20060105134 - Optical media, read inhibiting agents and methods of making and using same
Apparatuses, products, devices and methods of manufacture consistent with the invention include optically readable media with at least one mechanism, chemical, agent, and/or process for limiting the time period that at least a portion of encoded information can be read and/or accessed by an optical beam and/or reader capable of ...

05/11/06 - 20060099377 - Storage medium for data
This disclosure relates to a data storage medium, and in particular to a data storage medium comprising at least one high modulus layer. In one embodiment, an asymmetric optical storage medium can comprise: a substrate layer comprising polyarylene ether, a high modulus layer comprising a thermoset, and a data layer ...

05/04/06 - 20060093779 - Radiation-curable compositions for optical media
Optical disc adhesives and lacquers comprising components that undergo free-radical polymerization when exposed to radiation and a cure-enhancing amount of R—SH, wherein R is a heterocycle; cationic, free-radical, and hybrid adhesives for digital versatile discs (DVD) comprising components that undergo cationic and/or free-radical polymerization when exposed to radiation and a ...

05/04/06 - 20060093778 - Optical information recording medium and method for producing the same
An optical information recording medium comprising a substrate, recording layer and reflecting layer, characterized in that a layer containing a mixture of carbide and oxide is disposed over a surface of the reflecting layer which faces to the recording layer. The carbide is a carbide of at least one metal ...

04/27/06 - 20060088684 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium including a substrate on which a first protective layer, an interface layer, a phase change recording layer, a second protective layer, an optional third protective layer (anti-sulfuration layer), and a reflective layer are accumulated in this order. The first protective layer contains a mixture of ZnS ...

04/20/06 - 20060083891 - Disc pairing in optical disc replication
In a pairing arrangement, a first half-disc and a second half-disc of an optical disc are bonded together by dispensing a bonding material onto the second half-disc and the first half-disc and second half-disc are placed in a chamber. The pressure within the chamber is reduced to a pressure below ...

04/13/06 - 20060078708 - Optical recording medium
The optical recording medium is an optical recording medium having at least one information layer including a recording film, characterized in that the recording film is formed by a phase change material including at least Sb, Ge and Mg as main components. ...

04/13/06 - 20060078707 - Changing light absorption by disruption of conjugation
Copy-protected optical medium utilizing a composition comprising a transient optical state change security materials constrained to change the optical state light absorption at a wavelength of about 400 nm and an electron transfer agent. ...

04/13/06 - 20060078706 - Optical recording medium and method for manufacturing the same
An inexpensive optical recording medium is provided that can ensure recording and reproduction of data even in case of using blue or blue-violet laser light as irradiation light and can be stored for a long time. The optical recording medium includes a recording layer. The recording layer includes a recording ...

03/30/06 - 20060068153 - Optical information recording medium
For improving the jitter property and ensuring the high reliability of an optical disk, a metal film containing phosphorus is disposed in a reflective layer. The layer has a hardness of 60 mgf/μm2 or more as nano indentation hardness, and an adhesive layer used for bonding has a glass transition ...

03/30/06 - 20060068152 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium is provided which enables overwriting at high speeds or the value of (λ/NA)/V being 70 or less (where λ is the wavelength of the laser beam, NA is the numerical aperture of the objective lens, and V is the overwrite linear speed), and which also enables ...

03/23/06 - 20060062958 - Conductive composition and production method thereof, antistatic coating material, antistatic coating, antistatic film, optical filter, and optical information recording medium, and capacitors and production method thereof
A conductive composition comprises a π conjugated conductive polymer, a dopant composed of polyanion, and at least one crosslinking site forming compound selected from (a) compounds having a glycidyl group and (b) compounds having a hydroxyl group and one selected from the group consisting of allyl, vinyl ether, methacryl, acryl ...

03/02/06 - 20060046015 - Optical recording medium and cover sheet for optical recording media
Provided are a cover sheet for optical recording media comprising a transparent disk-shaped sheet having a central hole and a hardcoat layer formed thereon wherein the hardcoat layer has a linear crack groove in the circumferential direction in the area close to the outer circumferential edge thereof; and an optical ...

03/02/06 - 20060046014 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium 1 includes a support substrate 2, an information layer 3 formed on one of the surfaces of the support substrate 2, a first resin layer 4 formed on the information layer 3 and having a thickness of 30 to 200 μm, a moisture-proof layer 5 formed ...

03/02/06 - 20060046013 - Super-resolution information storage medium and method of and apparatus for recording/reproducing data to/from the same
A super-resolution information storage medium and a method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from the same, the super-resolution information storage medium designed to allow reproduction of information recording marks smaller than a resolution limit of an incident beam and includes a substrate, a recording layer formed ...

03/02/06 - 20060046012 - Coating liquid, optical recording medium and method for producing the same
[where, each of R11, R12, R13 and R14 (hereinafter, represented as “R11-R14”) represents independently from one another a benzyl group that may have a substituent or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, R15 represents a trimethine chain that may have a substituent, each of R16 and R17 represents independently ...

03/02/06 - 20060046011 - Method for key generation for digital rights control, recording medium, player, recorder and system for copy right control
When a recording medium is recorded using a method for control of the crosstalk between tracks using control points any change in track pitch will directly result in other optimum values for those control points. If the recording medium is copied by a bit copier the control point values are ...

02/23/06 - 20060040088 - Information reproduction method and information recording medium
Disclosed are an information reproduction method and an information recording medium that allow reproducing information below a diffraction limit. A recording layer formed with recording marks consisting of a nucleation inducer and a reading layer are provided. When a reading beam is irradiated, a predetermined area of the reading layer ...

01/26/06 - 20060019054 - Optical information storage medium
An optical information storage medium includes a first substrate, a first recording layer, a first reflective layer, a spacer layer, a second recording layer, a second reflective layer and a second substrate. In this case, the first recording layer is disposed above the first substrate. The first reflective layer is ...

01/19/06 - 20060013988 - Silver alloy reflective film, sputtering target therefor, and optical information recording medium using the same
A Ag alloy reflective film for an optical information recording medium contains Ag as a main component, and at least one selected from Nd, Sn, Gd and In in a total amount of more than 3.0 atomic percent and less than or equal to 10 atomic percent. The reflective film ...

01/05/06 - 20060003136 - Write-once-read-many optical recording media and process for recording and reproducing information on the media
For recording information at high density even at blue-laser wavelengths a write-once-read-many optical recording medium includes a first inorganic thin film and at least one of a second inorganic thin film and an organic thin film, in which the first inorganic thin film contains at least “R” and “O,” wherein ...

01/05/06 - 20060003135 - Optical information storage medium
An optical information storage medium includes a first substrate, a first recording layer, a first reflective layer, a spacer layer, a second recording layer, a barrier layer, a second reflective layer, and a second substrate. In this case, the first recording layer is disposed above the first substrate. The first ...

12/29/05 - 20050287333 - Semi-reflective film and reflective film for optical information recording medium, optical information recording medium, and sputtering target
Each of a semi-reflective film or reflective film for an optical information recording medium, and a Ag based alloy sputtering target includes a Ag based alloy containing 0.01 to 10 atomic percent of Li. The Ag based alloy exhibits high cohesion resistance, high light resistance, high heat resistance, high reflectivity, ...

12/29/05 - 20050287332 - Optical information recording medium
wherein at least one of R1 to R8 represents a substituted alkyl group having a terminal cyano group, with the others represent other substituents; Y represents a monovalent or divalent cation; and Xm− represents a monovalent or divalent anion. ...

12/29/05 - 20050287331 - Optical disc
The present invention was made to improve the strength, such as heat resistance, of a disc comprising a biodegradable resin. The optical disc according to the present invention is formed by bonding two substrates, at least one of the substrates having an information recording area. One substrate disposed on a ...

12/15/05 - 20050276946 - Write once optical recording medium
A write once optical recording medium includes a substrate on which an oxide film 3 constituting an inorganic recording film is formed, the oxide film 3 being made of a recording material of an oxide Ge1Ox (x is an atomic number ratio) of germanium (Ge) and a composition of Ge1Ox ...

12/08/05 - 20050271856 - Optical recording medium and method for producing the same
A method for producing an optical recording medium of the present invention includes: a first step of laminating a substrate and a transfer stamper with a not cured ultraviolet-curable resin interposed therebetween, the transfer stamper having, on at least one of surfaces thereof, recesses/projections that provide information to be transferred; ...

12/08/05 - 20050271855 - Optical recording medium and method of fabricating the same
A method for manufacturing an optical recording medium of the present invention includes the steps of forming an underlying layer having a brightness of 8 or more and a chroma of 4 or less on a label surface of a disk body by a spin coating process, and forming an ...

12/08/05 - 20050271854 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium of the present invention includes a disk body and an ink-receiving layer disposed on a label surface of the disk body, wherein the ink-receiving layer has a brightness of 8 or more, a chroma of 4 or less, and an average surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1 ...

12/01/05 - 20050266202 - Optical recording medium substrate and method of injection molding same
A method of injection molding an optical recording medium substrate of 0.4 mm thickness. The method comprises: applying a mold clamping force of predetermined level after closing movable and stationary mold halves to define a mold cavity; injecting a given quantity of molten plastic material into the mold cavity at ...

12/01/05 - 20050266201 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium includes a support substrate, a first resin layer and a second resin layer formed on opposite surface sides of the support substrate, an information recording layer formed between the first resin layer and the support substrate and containing a recording film, and a moisture-proof layer formed ...

11/17/05 - 20050255283 - Optical recording medium
The optical recording medium includes a supporting substrate 2, an information layer 3 formed on a surface of the supporting substrate 2, a first resin layer 4 formed on the information layer 3 and having a thickness of 30 to 200 μm, a moisture-proof layer 5 formed on a rear ...

11/17/05 - 20050255282 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium that is constituted so that a laser beam is irradiated to record and reproduce data, the optical recording medium including a laminated body that is formed by sandwiching a second dielectric layer 6 between a recording layer 7 and a light absorption layer 5, the light ...

11/17/05 - 20050255281 - Optical recording medium, and, method for manufacturing the same, and method and apparatus for optical recording and reproduction thereof
The object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium which comprises a substrate, and a first information layer and a second information layer disposed on the substrate, and an intermediate layer disposed between the first information layer and the second information layer, wherein any one of ...

11/17/05 - 20050255280 - Hard coat and image receiving layer structures for identification documents
The invention provides hard coat and image receiving layer structures and related methods used in ID document production. These structures and methods provide ID documents that offer hard protection in areas where needed (e.g., in optical windows for machine readable data), and also provide image receiving layers for later printing ...

11/03/05 - 20050244604 - Optical recording medium and optical recording process using the same
An optical recording medium having two recording layer structures which includes a cover substrate, a grooved substrate, a first recording layer structure, an intermediate layer, a separation layer, and a second recording layer structure. In the optical recording medium, the two recording layer structures include a first recording layer structure, ...

10/27/05 - 20050238838 - Method and apparatus for recycling ultraviolet curing resin, and method for manufacturing optical recording medium using that recycling method
If an ultraviolet curing resin is colored by contamination by another substance, there have been issues regarding increased cost and the environmental burden of treating the waste solution due to an inability to recycle the resin as it is. The ultraviolet curing resin that is in a colored, uncured state ...

10/27/05 - 20050238837 - Optical recording medium
An optical recording medium of the present invention includes a support substrate, a functional layer for storing data, and a transparent ink-receiving layer provided opposite to the functional layer with respect to the support substrate, wherein the support substrate has a brightness of 8 or more, and a chroma of ...

10/20/05 - 20050233105 - Protective divider and enclosure disc assembly for laser discs and laser disc drives
A substantially circular disc of Totally Stable® 2095, wet laid, water based processed, cut away, 3.0 ounce, 0.018 to 0.040 inches, 18 to 40 mils thick, non-woven, 85% Acrylic Latex Polyester and 15% cellulose wood pulp fabric backing material and a substantially circular, releasably attached, spindle adaptor ring is disclosed ...

10/20/05 - 20050233104 - Optical information recording method and medium
An optical information recording medium includes a substrate having disposed thereon a recording layer that is recordable by irradiating the recording layer with a laser having a wavelength of 450 nm or less. The recording layer contains a specific phthalocyanine derivative. An optical information recording method uses the medium. ...

10/20/05 - 20050233103 - Composition for hard coat, surface protecting film, and optical disc
The present invention realizes forming of a hard coat having excellent leveling without lowering physical properties. An information signal portion is formed on a substrate. A light transmitting sheet is bonded to the substrate with a bonding layer disposed therebetween to form a light transmitting layer. There is obtained a ...

10/13/05 - 20050227035 - Information recording medium
In an information recording medium, a Bi—Ge—Te material is adopted as a phase-change recording layer material. A C—Ta—O material is used for at least any one of first and second boundary layers which are in contact with a recording layer. ...

10/13/05 - 20050227034 - Protected activators for use in leuco dye compositions
Compositions and methods for production of color images using leuco dye-containing color forming compositions are described. The color forming composition can include a color forming leuco dye, an activator having at least one acid group which can be protected by a protection leaving group; and a deprotecting agent configured for ...

10/06/05 - 20050221050 - Two-layered optical recording medium, method for manufacturing the same, and, method and apparatus for optical recording and reproducing using the same
The object of the present invention is to provide a two-layered optical recording medium using dye layers for a recording layer which triggers no jitter noise and the like against not only a red laser beam but also against low-power output laser beam such as a blue laser beam, has ...

10/06/05 - 20050221049 - Optical recording medium
The optical recording medium according to the present invention includes a recording layer, a second absorbing layer and a heat sink layer formed in order from an incident side for laser light, the second absorbing layer having an extinction coefficient k for a wavelength of the laser light that satisfies ...

09/22/05 - 20050208258 - Recording medium and method of making the same
First and second print layers extend on the surface of a medium body in a recording medium. The first print layer has a first thickness. The second print layer has a second thickness larger than the first thickness. A print protection layer covers over the first and second print layers ...

09/22/05 - 20050208257 - Optical data storage medium with super resolution layer
An optical data storage medium comprises a super-resolution (SR) layer consisting of thermoelectric material, said SR layer having light absorption, transmittance and reflectance at the wavelength of an incident light and maintaining a crystalline single phase without a structural or chemical change below the melting temperature of the material. SR ...

09/22/05 - 20050208256 - Optical recording medium, method for producing the same, and optical recording and reproducing devices using the same
An optical recording medium including an optically-active recording layer, wherein the recording layer includes a polymer microcrystalline phase. ...

09/15/05 - 20050202204 - Information recording medium and method for manufacturing the same
An information recording medium is provided that has high recording sensitivity for recording information and superior repeated rewriting performance. The information recording medium has at least a recording layer that is changeable between a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase by applying a laser beam or electric current and a ...

09/15/05 - 20050202203 - Optical information recording medium, and manufacturing method, recording method, and recording apparatus thereof
A recording medium is provided that has at least a recording layer on a transparent substrate. The recording layer has at least a first phase-changeable film and a second phase-changeable film in that order, starting on the side closest to the transparent substrate. The first phase-changeable film and the second ...

09/15/05 - 20050202202 - Production method for disk-like recording medium
A disc-shaped recording medium manufacturing method involves the use of electron beams for easily curing a resin layer composed of a resin material that is hard to be cured by irradiation of ultraviolet rays and capable of manufacturing a disc-shaped recording medium with a high yield without affecting a recording ...

09/08/05 - 20050196576 - Method for evaluating optical information medium and optical information medium
A simple method for evaluating an optical information medium by judging quantitatively and reproducibly the surface quality of the optical information medium by the use of an artificial fingerprint liquid as an evaluation dispersion liquid, is provided. An optical information medium having a remarkably excellent anti-staining property of the surface ...

09/08/05 - 20050196575 - Optical information recording medium and method of manufacturing the same
An optical information recording medium includes an oxide/nitride dielectric film that shows a film forming rate higher than that of SiON film and hence is adapted to mass production. The recording medium shows little change in the reflectivity after a long environment test. A first dielectric layer made of ZnS—SiO2, ...

09/01/05 - 20050191458 - Cover sheet package
A cover sheet package is structured so as to satisfy the relationship AP1≦AP2 where AP1 indicates an adhesive force for adhering a peeling sheet to an adhesive film of a cover sheet and AP2 indicates an adhesive force for adhering a protective sheet to a resin film of the cover ...

08/25/05 - 20050186382 - Laser reactive dyes for dvd copy protection system
A method and system for providing copy-protected optical medium using transient optical state change security materials capable of changing optical state when exposed to a wavelength of about 630 nm to about 660 nm and software code to detect such change in optical state. ...

08/25/05 - 20050186381 - Optically readable data storage medium
A thin, flexible, optically readable, data storage medium is disclosed. The media comprises a thin, flexible substrate, and at least one thin, resiliently flexible, optically readable data storage carrier releasably held on the substrate. The substrate and carrier(s) thereon form a thin flexible lamination which is resiliently deformable from a ...

08/18/05 - 20050181169 - Directory read inhibitor for optical storage media
Systems and methods are described for inhibiting the readability of an optical media due to changes in a pseudo-reflective material that composes the optical media after the optical media has been exposed to air for a predetermined time. An optical media includes a data encoded component. At least a fraction ...

08/11/05 - 20050175808 - Optical information recording medium and optical recording method
An optical information recording medium for recording information by a plurality of record mark lengths, wherein the shortest mark length is at most 0.5 μm, and a crystal state is an unrecorded or erased state and an amorphous state is a recorded state, wherein the erasing is carried out by ...

08/04/05 - 20050170135 - Artificial finger print liquid, testing method for optical information medium using it, and optical information medium
The present invention provides a low-cost artificial fingerprint liquid for quantitatively and with a good reproducibility evaluating an anti-staining property, and a fingerprint adhering property or a fingerprint removing property on the surface of an optical disk such as a reproduction-only optical disk, optical recording disk, magneto-optical recording disk, various ...

08/04/05 - 20050170134 - Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
A silver-based alloy thin film is provided for the highly reflective or semi-reflective layer of optical discs. Alloy additions to silver include gold, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, platinum, palladium, copper, silicon, cadmium, tin, lithium, nickel, cobalt, indium, chromium, antimony, gallium, boron, molybdenum, zirconium, beryllium, titanium, magnesium, and zinc. These alloys have ...

08/04/05 - 20050170133 - Super resolution optical disc
Disclosed is a super resolution optical disc. The super resolution optical disc comprises at least two mask layers. In one embodiment, the super resolution optical mask comprises a plurality of mask layers and impact absorption layers between the mask layers, and may further comprise diffusing prevention layers between the mask ...

08/04/05 - 20050170132 - Multi-layer optical information storage medium and method of making the same
A new multi-layer optical disc structure with semi-reflective and highly reflective layers suitable for the next generation optical information storage medium is disclosed. The medium has three information layers each has about 20 Giga-bytes of storage capacity, a substrate with a thickness between 0.35 to 0.42 mm, suitable for use ...

07/28/05 - 20050163961 - Optical recording medium
where Rf denotes a perfluoropolyether group and R1, R2 and R3 denote hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group, is held on the surface side illuminated by light. ...

07/21/05 - 20050158505 - Optical recording medium and optical recording method
wherein each of R1 to R6 which are independent of one another, is a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group which may be substituted, each of k and n which are independent of each other, is an integer of from 0 to 2, provided 0≦k+n≦4, each of ...

07/14/05 - 20050153094 - Optical storage medium
An optical disk has a recording substrate and a support base. The substrate has a first light incident plane and a first bonding surface on both sides thereof, data being to be recorded in the substrate via the first plane. The base is constituted by at least one component and ...

06/30/05 - 20050142324 - Method of testing an information recording medium and an information recording medium testing apparatus
A method of testing an information recording medium includes a step of attaching an artificial fingerprint to an incident surface of an information recording medium, a step of reproducing a signal recorded in an attached region to which the artificial fingerprint has been attached, and a step of judging whether ...

06/30/05 - 20050142323 - Optical storage media and fabrication method thereof
An optical storage medium having a three-dimensional data pattern, and fabrication method thereof. The optical storage medium includes a substrate and a plurality of recording layers, each constituting a fluorescent oligomer. Due to the high quantum yield and high stock shift of the fluorescent oligomer, the recording layers emit intensive ...

06/30/05 - 20050142322 - Optical recording media and dipyrrpomethene-metal chelate compounds
An optical recording medium containing in the recording layer a dipyrromethene-metal chelate compound of which the initial principal weight loss temperature is thermogravimetrically from 330° C. through 500° C. inclusive, capable of high speed and high density recording and playback with a laser having a wavelength of 520 to 690 ...

06/23/05 - 20050136209 - Phase-change recording media based on the ga-sb-te system for ultra-high density optical recording
This invention discloses a novel rewritable phase-change recording medium for optical data storage, which is based on the GaSbTe ternary alloy system. The designed compositions reside on the Sb7Te3—GaSb and Sb2Te3—GaSb pseudo-binary tielines, and the claimed region can be expressed by the formula (SbxTe100-x)1-z(GaySb100-y)z, 35≦x≦80, 40≦y≦50, 0.05≦z≦0.9. The crystallized phase ...

06/16/05 - 20050129900 - Thin film formation use sputtering target material, thin film formed using same, and optical recording medium
An alloy material, a thin film and an optical recording medium to achieve various tasks such as maintenance of a high reflectivity, improved corrosion resistance, simplified production of the alloy, and realization of stability and simplicity/easiness of a sputtering process when being used as a sputtering target. An AgPd alloy ...

06/16/05 - 20050129899 - Optical recording medium and method for manufacturing same
In an optical recording medium 1 having a configuration in which on one main surface of a substrate 2, a reflective layer 3, a lower dielectrics layer 4, a recording layer 5, an upper dielectrics layer 6 and a light transmissive layer 7 are sequentially laminated, the lower dielectrics layer ...

06/09/05 - 20050123710 - Optical storage medium
An optical disk consists of a first laminated layer structure and a second laminated layer structure. The first structure has a first transparent substrate having a first surface and a second surface on both sides thereof, provided on the first surface being a light-incident plane via which a light beam ...

06/02/05 - 20050118381 - Diimonium salt mixtures, aminium salts mixtures and use thereof
wherein A and B may have additional substituents; R1 and R2 attached to terminal nitrogen atoms of tetrakis(aminophenyl)-phenylenediamine skeleton are different from each other and each substituted or unsubstituted alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, or aryl; and m and n are integers of 0 to 8 ...

06/02/05 - 20050118380 - Optical information medium
An optical information medium having a light transmission layer obtained by curing a composition containing a urethane di(meth)acrylate (A) of the formula (I) and the other urethane di(meth)acrylate (B), and having a tensile elastic modulus of 600 to 1300 MPa at 25° C. and a light transmittance of 80% or ...



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