US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Sept. 2 for "Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,693, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, and magnetic tape apparatus" was invented by Nobuhito Onozuka (Minamiashigara, Japan), Norihito Kasada (Minamiashigara, Japan), Ryosuke Yumiyama (Minamiashigara, Japan) and Junya Sawada (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. VIVA 0.1, which is a height that is obtained by measuring a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic f...