IP Library Granted Patent US 5,612,830
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US 5,612,830 · App. 08/307,138

Method and apparatus for cleaning disks upon reaching a disk drive start-stop cycle threshold

Inventors: Thomas A. Gregory, Christopher Guild Keller, James M. Severson
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Granted: Mar 18, 1997 Filed: Sep 14, 1994
Inventors
Thomas A. Gregory
Christopher Guild Keller
James M. Severson
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,612,830
App. No.
08/307,138
Filed
1994-09-14
Granted
1997-03-18
Kind
A