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Iomega Corp. announced yesterday that is has received a patent for a nanotechnology storage method that will allow up to 100 times the capacity on DVDs.

The first in a series of patents applied for, the method uses a nanotechnology based sub-wavelength optical technique of encoding data on the surface of a DVD by using reflective nano-structures to encode data in a highly multi-level format.

The technology, which has the potential of holding 40-100 times more information with data transfer rates up to 30 times faster than today's DVDs, was a product prizewinner of the Nanotech Briefs' Nano 50 awards.
Named AO-DVD (Articulated Optical-Digital Versatile Disc), the invention will move nanotechnology to mainstream markets.

Thomas Kampfer, Executive Vice President of Iomega Corporation seems optimistic about the marketing possibilities.

"As high definition content becomes more pervasive, Iomega sees significant technology partnership and licensing opportunities for this intellectual property," said Kampfer.

Kampfer will present the sub-wavelength optical data storage technology at the Information Storage Industry Consortium symposium in July in Monterey, CA.