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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:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
May. 13, 1988
Lester A Wanninger, Edina, MN (US);
John G Fahnlander, Shakopee, MN (US);
Vernon F Koch, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Thomas J Duxbury, Golden Valley, MN (US);
National Computer Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A desktop survey system for creating and scanning a survey form to be completed by a survey respondent, the survey form being printed on a scannable form having a preprinted timing track that can be scanned by an optical mark scanner is comprised of a processor for entering, editing, and formatting customized questions and corresponding response areas and for adjusting and aligning the locations of the questions and response areas to be printed on the scannable form, a printer for printing the customized questions and the corresponding response areas on the scannable form to create a customized survey form, and an optical mark scanner and attached processing means for defining the fields to be scanned, scanning the survey forms and tabulating and analyzing the results.