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EP 1 523 722 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 24.02.2005 (43) Date of publication: 20.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/16 (21) Application number: 03718496.7 (22) Date of filing: 17.04.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/60 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/012425 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/089313 (30.10.2003 Gazette 2003/44)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 17.04.2002 US 373740 P 19.06.2002 US 390254 P 25.06.2002 US 392060 P 17.12.2002 US 341763 P (71) Applicant: International Barcode Corporation New York, NY 10036 (US)	(72) Inventor: LUBOW, Allen Brooklyn, NY 11215-4502 (US) (74) Representative: Somervell, Thomas Richard  Marks & Clerk, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)