(19)
(11) EP 1 293 969 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
25.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/26

(43) Date of publication:
19.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/12

(21) Application number: 02020514.2

(22) Date of filing: 13.09.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G11B 5/64
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 14.09.2001 JP 2001279403
21.09.2001 JP 2001288946
21.09.2001 JP 2001288947

(71) Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Kanagawa-ken, 250-0123 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Usuki, Kazuyuki
    Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-0001 (JP)
  • Moriwaki, Kenichi
    Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-0001 (JP)
  • Katayama, Kazutoshi
    Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-0001 (JP)
  • Nagao, Makoto
    Odawara-shi, Kanagawa 250-0001 (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Magnetic recording medium


(57) The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium, which comprises a chromium-containing primer layer and a magnetic layer at least on one surface of a nonmagnetic support member, said chromium-containing primer layer contains chromium and at least one type of element selected from a group of cobalt, beryllium, osmium, rhenium, titanium, zinc, tantalum, aluminum, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, iron, antimony, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, palladium, silicon, and zirconium, and said magnetic layer comprises a ferromagnetic metal alloy containing at least cobalt, platinum and chromium, and a nonmagnetic material.