IP Library Granted Patent US 4,847,474
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US 4,847,474 · App. 07/142,974

Method and apparatus for reading a bar code

Inventors: Steven J. Engel, Kurt B. Augenblick, Lesley M. Freed, Charles T. Coffey, Paul C. Dryden
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Granted: Jul 11, 1989 Filed: Jan 12, 1988
Inventors
Steven J. Engel
Kurt B. Augenblick
Lesley M. Freed
Charles T. Coffey
Paul C. Dryden
Assignee (at issue)
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

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Patent No.
US 4,847,474
App. No.
07/142,974
Filed
1988-01-12
Granted
1989-07-11
Kind
A