Patent ID: 8804276

Claim:
A data storage tape comprising: a substrate; a magnetic layer formed over the substrate, wherein the magnetic layer comprises a perpendicular squareness greater than 50 percent and a longitudinal squareness less than 50 percent; a servo track on the magnetic layer; a servo pattern in the servo track, the servo pattern comprising a plurality of servo marks each having a pattern remanence magnetization in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate; and a non-pattern area in the servo track immediately adjacent and between the plurality of servo marks, the non-pattern area defining a non-pattern remanence magnetization in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate and opposite the first direction; wherein the remanence magnetization comprises a perpendicular component perpendicular to the substrate and a longitudinal component parallel with the substrate; and wherein the longitudinal component is less than 50 percent in magnitude than the perpendicular component.