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EP 1 700 248 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 08.12.2005 (43) Date of publication: 13.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/37 (21) Application number: 04813407.6 (22) Date of filing: 08.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06K 7/10(2006.01) G06K 9/18(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/041084 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/029390 (31.03.2005 Gazette 2005/13)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 08.12.2003 US 528046 P (71) Applicant: International Barcode Corporation New York, NY 10010 (US)	(72) Inventor: LUBOW, Allen Brooklyn, NY 11215 (US) (74) Representative: Hackett, Sean James  Marks & Clerk, Patent Attorneys, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)