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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicant:
James Michael Mattern, Bethany, CT (US);
Inventor:
James Michael Mattern, Bethany, CT (US);
Assignee:
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An item handling system for and method of handling items in an item stream, the system comprising: a validation unit for validating an element containing an authentication code on each item in an item stream, wherein an item is assigned as being spoiled where the element does not satisfy at least one validation criterion; and a sorting unit for separating spoiled items from the item stream.