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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:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G Miekka, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Dennis R Benoit, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Richard M Thomas, Dyer, IL (US);
James P Rettker, Glenwood, IL (US);
Karl Josephy, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430-1 ; 283 70 ; 430-2 ; 430-9 ; 430 16 ;
Abstract
A method of identifying an object by a machine readable image applied to it in which the image is produced by a plurality of fine particles embossed with a machine readable pattern produced by replicating contact with a diffraction grating having from about 5,000 to about 11,000 grooves per cm.