ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,355, issued on July 29, was assigned to ChannelScience LLC (Plano, Texas).

"Multi-format data retrieval from legacy tapes" was invented by Charles Sobey (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for retrieving information from tapes. The first group of read elements may be positioned adjacent to the first track and the second group of read element may be adjacent to the second track. In some embodiments, the system may include a second read sensor. Multiple readings of the electromagnetic fields generated by the first track may be collected using multiple read elements of the f...