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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:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
May. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235492 ; 235487 ; 235380 ;
Abstract
In an IC card reader and writer there is provided a judging means for judging the type of IC card inserted in the card reader and writer so as to make the card reader and writer compatible with various kinds of IC cards by providing a suitable power supply for accessing information stored in a particular type of memory in the IC card.