VOTING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH CERTIFICATION, VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION THEREOF - Patent 1380002

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EP 1 380 002 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.07.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	14.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/03

(21)	Application number: 02715111.7

(22)	Date of filing: 08.03.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06K 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/007667

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/073509 (19.09.2002 Gazette 2002/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

09.03.2001 US 274704 P
05.04.2001 US 827231
25.04.2001 US 843042

(71)	Applicant: Gibbs, Athan
	Nashville, TN 37203 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Gibbs, Athan Nashville, TN 37203 (US)

(74)	Representative: McKeown, Yvonne Mary et al
	c/o MacLachlan & Donaldson,47 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)

(54)	VOTING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH CERTIFICATION, VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION THEREOF