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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Roy Dale Crownover, Dallas, TX (US);
Ronnie Dwaine Phelps, Dallas, TX (US);
Preston Cray Smith, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Nameplate Company, Inc., Lancaster, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 15/00 (2006.01); B42D 15/10 (2006.01); G09C 3/00 (2006.01); B41M 3/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); B42D 25/43 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 3/001 (2013.01); B42D 25/43 (2014.10); G06K 19/06121 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A chemically etched two dimensional matrix symbol is provided on a substrate. The substrate may be metal or plastic. In another embodiment, a process is described for forming a plurality of two dimensional matrix symbols at the same time in batches. The two dimensional data matrix symbol comprises a substrate, a plurality of grooves and a plurality of raised areas and a plurality of ink spots disposed in the grooves according to a predefined code. The matrix is readable by a scanning device.