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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:
Dec. 06, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis John Masciarelli, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Data General Corporation, Southboro, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235437 ; 250555 ; 235463 ;
Abstract
System and method for validating UPC (Universal Product Code) or TRI-BAR indicia on packaging or the like and which includes means for finding the start and end codes of the indicia, means for checking the tolerances of the black-white band pairs of the indicia, etc., in order to control the storage and use of information obtained from the indicia.