IP Library Granted Patent US 5,340,971
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US 5,340,971 · App. 07/761,123

Automatic bar code reading system having selectable long range and short range modes of operation

Inventors: George B. Rockstein, David M. Wilz, Sr., Robert Blake, C. Harry Knowles
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Granted: Aug 23, 1994 Filed: Sep 17, 1991
Inventors
George B. Rockstein
David M. Wilz, Sr.
Robert Blake
C. Harry Knowles
Assignee (at issue)
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,340,971
App. No.
07/761,123
Filed
1991-09-17
Granted
1994-08-23
Kind
A