Patent ID: 8902537

Claim:
A product, comprising: a magnetic recording tape having opposite ends, a longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape being defined between the ends; the magnetic recording tape having at least one servo track, the at least one servo track having a plurality of first magnetic bars and a plurality of second magnetic bars, the first magnetic bars each having a longitudinal axis oriented between 2 and 88 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape, wherein a width of each of the at least one servo track is defined in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape between sides of the servo track, the sides of each servo track extending along ends of the first magnetic bars, wherein lengths of the second magnetic bars along, the longitudinal axes thereof are less than the width of the associated servo track, the second magnetic bars each having a longitudinal axis oriented substantially 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape.