ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,181, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Seagate Technology LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Fiber based optical media" was invented by Brett R. Herdendorf (Mound, Minn.), Riyan Alex Mendonsa (Edina, Minn.) and Joachim Walter Ahner (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reading data stored on an optical fiber medium includes receiving an optical fiber having data stored thereon in a light-affecting format, guiding the optical fiber through a readback guide system causing a length of the optical fiber to align with an axis, directing light through at least a portion of the optical fiber, the light producing an observable light dispersi...