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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. 09, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred F Hubble, III, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael E Weber, Penfield, NY (US);
Gerald Abowitz, Bradenton, FL (US);
Raphael F Bov, Jr, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael G Swales, Sodus, NY (US);
Paul W Eakin, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355208 ; 355246 ; 346160 ;
Abstract
A magnetic ink monitoring system is provided including a reader which outputs an electrical signal representative of a magnetic flux, a storage mechanism which stores an integral representation of a signal from a standard magnetic ink display, and a comparator operatively connected to the read means and the storage means to compare an integral signal of the electrical signal of the magnetic ink display to the integral representation of a signal from a standard magnetic ink character.