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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:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Stierman, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Dan Hunt, Mounds View, MN (US);
Chris Zdon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Paul Meyers, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Stierman, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Dan Hunt, Mounds View, MN (US);
Chris Zdon, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Paul Meyers, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
SMI Holdings, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automatic reader system, apparatus, and method for the identification and authentication of articles enabling automatic collection and processing of code data associated with microparticle marks, automatic determination of the code from the code data associated with microparticle marks, and automatic retrieval of reference information associated with the code.