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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M Petigrew, Foxton, GB;
Alan J Harry, Royston, GB;
Paul R Nailor, London, GB;
Fred Adelmann, Eberbach am Neckar, DE;
Peter Franzen, Hirschhorn am Neckar, DE;
Juergen Schoon, Eberbach am Neckar, DE;
Vincent Geake, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Esselte Meto International Produktions GmbH, Neckar, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235454 ; 235455 ; 235468 ; 235491 ; 235487 ;
Abstract
A method of bar code printing is disclosed. The bar code is printed directly onto packaging material associated with the product, and in that the ink used to produce the bar code is such that indicia constituting the bar code can be discriminated regardless of the background onto which the bar code is printed.