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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. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Herbert S. Weiner, Portland, OR (US);
Eric G. Petersen, Aloha, OR (US);
Jon K. Fo, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Herbert S. Weiner, Portland, OR (US);
Eric G. Petersen, Aloha, OR (US);
Jon K. Fo, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed in this specification is a method for processing barcode data from one or more barcode scanners. The decoded data is reformatted in accordance with selected reformatting instructions and thereafter supplied to a software application for subsequent use. Preferably, the reformatting instructions can be customized by the end users, thus permitting the end users to adjust their system to receive previously unknown barcode formats.