| US 7,553,604 B2 | ||
| Cyanine compound, optical recording material, and optical recording medium | ||
| Toru Yano, Tokyo (Japan); Koichi Shigeno, Tokyo (Japan); and Mitsuhiro Okada, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Adeka Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/899,027. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-289165 (JP), filed on Aug. 07, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0031993 A1, Feb. 10, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 7/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 430—270.21 [430/945; 430/270.2; 430/270.18; 428/64.8; 369/283; 369/288] | 4 Claims |
4. An optical recording medium comprising a substrate and an optical recording layer, the optical recording layer being a
thin film formed of the optical recording material containing a cyanine compound represented by one of
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