Ceramic Data Solutions GmbH, Gmunden, Austria, has been assigned a patent (12594629) developed by Kunze; Martin, Gmunden, Austria, and Pflaum; Christian, Bernried, Germany, for “method for long-term storage of information and storage medium.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The present invention relates to an information storage medium and a method for long-term storage of information comprising the steps of: providing a ceramic substrate; coating the ceramic substrate with a layer of a second material different from the material of the ceramic substrate, the layer having a thickness no greater than 10 μm; tempering the coated ceramic substrate to form a writable plate or disc; encoding information on the writable plate or disc by using a laser and/or a focused particle beam to manipulate localized areas of the writable plate or disc.”

The patent application was filed on 2024-08-26 (18/815284).