Patent ID: 7223439
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprising: a continuous recording layer formation step of forming a continuous recording layer on a surface of a substrate; an intermediate protective layer formation step of forming an intermediate protective layer on the continuous recording layer; a mask layer formation step of forming a mask layer on the intermediate protective layer; a mask layer processing step of partially removing the mask layer in a predetermined pattern; a continuous recording layer processing step of removing a part of the continuous recording layer exposed from the mask layer to divide the continuous recording layer into a number of divided recording elements in the predetermined pattern; and a mask layer removing step of removing the mask layer on the top of the intermediate protective layer while leaving the intermediate protective layer on the top of each of the divided recording elements, the continuous recording layer processing step and the mask layer removing step being performed in this order.