Appeal No. 97-0260
Application 08/287,477
for moving transducer means relative to the data storage media
for reading and writing data to the data storage media, said
method comprising the steps of:
rotating said data storage media using the drive motor;
using said transducer means, writing servo information on
the data storage media at a first portion of the data storage
media using timing information developed without requiring the
use of a clock track;
using said actuator and transducer means, moving offset
from said last written servo information and detecting said
written servo information until said detected servo signal
equals a predetermined value;
developing timing information from said last written
servo information;
using said transducer means, writing servo information on
said data storage media responsive to said detected servo
signal equal to said predetermined value using said timing
information developed from said last written servo information
without requiring the use of a clock track; and
sequentially repeating said moving, developing timing
information from said last written servo information and
writing steps until a second portion of the data storage media
is reached.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Oliver et al. (Oliver) 4,414,589 Nov. 8, 1983
Janz 4,912,576 Mar. 27, 1990
Sidman 5,109,307 Apr. 28, 1992
Lewis 5,416,652 May 16, 1995
(effective filing date Oct. 12,
1990)
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