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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
J. Carl Cooper, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pixel Instruments, Inc., Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 ;
Abstract
The apparatus and method described herein provides for creating multiple spatial patterns, such as magnetic patterns on credit cards. The invention includes storage of information from which patterns may be created, a pattern creation device for creating the spatial patterns, and control whereby the information which is stored is selectively utilized to cause the pattern creation. This allows multiple desired patterns to be simulated, allowing convenient replacement of a number of separate pattern carrying devices.
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