IP Library Granted Patent US 5,871,287
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US 5,871,287 · App. 08/542,372

Extended ribbon life for improved bar code printing

Inventors: Robert Edward Boyanowski, Michael Robert Brechko, Ho Chong Lee, Jack Louis Zable
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Granted: Feb 16, 1999 Filed: Oct 12, 1995
Inventors
Robert Edward Boyanowski
Michael Robert Brechko
Ho Chong Lee
Jack Louis Zable
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,871,287
App. No.
08/542,372
Filed
1995-10-12
Granted
1999-02-16
Kind
A