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(88) Date of publication A3: 01.04.1999 (43) Date of publication A2: 19.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/20 (21) Application number: 98920255.1 (22) Date of filing: 04.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06K 19/06 (86) International application number: PCT/US9809/161 (87) International publication number: WO 9805/0882 (12.11.1998 Gazette 1998/45)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB SE (30) Priority: 05.05.1997 US 850973 (71) Applicant: INTERMEC IP CORP. Beverly Hills,California 90210 (US)	(72) Inventors: ROSS, James, G. Bothell, WA 98021 (US) WIKLOF, Christopher, A. Everett, WA 98298 (US) (74) Representative: Hoffmann, Jörg Peter, Dr. Ing. et al Müller Hoffmann & PartnerPatentanwälteInnere Wiener Strasse 17 81667 München 81667 München (DE)