ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,360, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"High thermal stability lubricants" was invented by Bala Krishna Pathem (Fremont, Calif.) and Robert James Waltman (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multidentate lubricant comprising an anchoring moiety Ra attached to a plurality of sidechain moieties -(Rb-Re) according to the general formula: Ra-(Rb-Re)x; wherein Ra is a multivalent radical of valance x; and each sidechain includes a perfluoroethyl ether moiety. The lubricant can be used in conjunction with a magnetic recording medium and/or a magnetic data storage system."...