US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Aug. 19 for "Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,437, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape device" was invented by Shinji Tsujimoto (Minamiashigara, Japan), Shunichi Hoshino (Minamiashigara, Japan) and Yoshihiro Sawayashiki (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a magnetic tape including a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape. An amount of a fluid lubricant collected by wiping a surface of the magnetic layer by a nonwoven fabric is in a range of 5 to 40...