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To: killybegs who wrote (3818)	11/13/1998 4:01:00 PM
From: Hal Campbell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Steve...Jubimer. Thanks. Quite positive.

To: killybegs who wrote (3818)	11/16/1998 1:32:00 AM
From: Gus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Soooo....AXC now has the right to exclude others from using KM up to the year 2016, or 20 years from the date of application under current patent laws. The 1991 patent was issued under the old system and was scheduled to go off-patent in 2008, or 17 years from the date of issuance. Anybody have an idea on when the industry will shift from horizontal to perpendicular recording? I don't believe there has been even a spin-stand demo yet which means that it may be a few years away. Much of the work here is being done in Japan. Even IBM uses its IBM-Japan storage unit to do the basic R&D in this area.

To: killybegs who wrote (3818)	11/16/1998 8:16:00 AM
From: Sean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

"….. For example, the present invention may operate with ferrite, thin-film or magnetoresistive heads, including giant MR heads." Whoa. Quite interesting. ….oh heck, probably won't amount to anything. Just something to spark some hope and then disappoint us. But what if….? GMR compatible? Hmmmmmm. I don't want to make something out of nothing but if this patent applies independently of the type of recording format perhaps it would also apply to CMR. Haven't checked the road map lately but CMR is supposed to be the next step after GMR. Keepering ahead of the curve instead of behind it? :) Gus, you out there?? Still hanging on, Sean