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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. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Roger Spitzig, Ontario, CA;
Walter S. Conard, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Leondo R. Phifer, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Inventors:
Roger Spitzig, Ontario, CA;
Walter S. Conard, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Leondo R. Phifer, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bell and Howell, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present application relates to a method, apparatus and programmable product for uniquely identifying a document. More specifically, the application allows for the identification of the document through collection of minutiae data at various points throughout the document's lifecycle without reliance upon or requirement for any unique identification characters, barcodes and/or objects that were added to the document specifically for the purpose of identification.