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| EP0469868A2 | 1.316 | Binary image processing for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codes | GRANT | 1992-02-05 | 1990-07-31 | 24238765 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0469864A2 | 1.287 | Method of encoding digital information | GRANT | 1992-02-05 | 1990-07-31 | 24238116 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5091966A | 1.258 | Adaptive scaling for decoding spatially periodic self-clocking glyph shape codes | GRANT | 1992-02-25 | 1990-07-31 | 24238761 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5128525A | 1.250 | Convolution filtering for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codes | GRANT | 1992-07-07 | 1990-07-31 | 24238740 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| USRE38758E1 | 1.247 | Self-clocking glyph shape codes | GRANT | 2005-07-19 | 1990-07-31 | 34743618 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1319520A2 | 1.231 | Method and apparatus for embedding encrypted images of signatures and other data on checks | GRANT | 2003-06-18 | 2001-12-14 | 21765782 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5221833A | 1.230 | Methods and means for reducing bit error rates in reading self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 1993-06-22 | 1991-12-27 | 25216594 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0660261A2 | 1.214 | Explicit synchronization for self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 1995-06-28 | 1993-12-22 | 22624362 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0549315A1 | 1.193 | Method of encoding multi-bit digital information | GRANT | 1993-06-30 | 1991-12-27 | 25216136 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0660260A2 | 1.191 | Global addressability for self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 1995-06-28 | 1993-12-22 | 22627999 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5862255A | 1.186 | Broad bandwidth image domain communication channel with symbol interference suppression | GRANT | 1999-01-19 | 1996-06-18 | 24671224 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5449896A | 1.184 | Random access techniques for use with self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 1995-09-12 | 1993-12-22 | 22628018 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6182901B1 | 1.172 | Orientational disambiguation for self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 2001-02-06 | 1993-12-22 | 22624317 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5521372A | 1.170 | Framing codes for robust synchronization and addressing of self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 1996-05-28 | 1993-12-22 | 22627713 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6678425B1 | 1.148 | Method and apparatus for decoding angular orientation of lattice codes | GRANT | 2004-01-13 | 1999-12-06 | 29780597 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6714677B1 | 1.137 | Use of correlation histograms for improved glyph decoding | GRANT | 2004-03-30 | 1999-12-17 | 23850102 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1215617A2 | 1.133 | Method of providing user interface | GRANT | 2002-06-19 | 2000-12-18 | 24965636 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5245165A | 1.127 | Self-clocking glyph code for encoding dual bit digital values robustly | GRANT | 1993-09-14 | 1991-12-27 | 25216133 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1217579A2 | 1.119 | Method and apparatus for implementing occlusion glyph code tilings | GRANT | 2002-06-26 | 2000-12-19 | 24971664 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1107184A2 | 1.111 | Method and apparatus for registering displaying and decoding spatially registered imformation | GRANT | 2001-06-13 | 1999-12-06 | 27412606 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6880755B2 | 1.110 | Method and apparatus for display of spatially registered information using embedded data | GRANT | 2005-04-19 | 1999-12-06 | 23804967 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6708894B2 | 1.106 | Method for invisible embedded data using yellow glyphs | GRANT | 2004-03-23 | 2001-06-26 | 25393307 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0740263A2 | 1.097 | Method of training character templates for use in a recognition system | GRANT | 1996-10-30 | 1995-04-28 | 23711011 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5706099A | 1.082 | Method and apparatus for generating serpentine halftone images | GRANT | 1998-01-06 | 1995-06-05 | 23839160 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5710636A | 1.077 | Method and apparatus for generating halftone images having human readable patterns formed therein | GRANT | 1998-01-20 | 1995-06-05 | 23835874 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20030043151A1 | 1.074 | Method for lossy optimization and storage of font | APPLICATION | 2003-03-06 | 2001-07-12 | 19712122 | Great | NEOPUS CO Ltd | NEOPUS CO Ltd |
| US6419162B1 | 1.045 | Maximizing data capacity for embedded data blocks with occlusions therein | GRANT | 2002-07-16 | 1999-09-22 | 23587987 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5572010A | 1.044 | Distributed type labeling for embedded data blocks | GRANT | 1996-11-05 | 1995-01-03 | 23449909 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5901224A | 1.039 | Quasi-reprographics with variable embedded data with applications to copyright management and distribution control | GRANT | 1999-05-04 | 1996-10-21 | 24952217 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5611575A | 1.035 | Distributed state flags or other unordered information for embedded data blocks | GRANT | 1997-03-18 | 1995-01-03 | 23449395 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1001605A2 | 1.033 | Document processing | GRANT | 2000-05-17 | 1998-11-13 | 26887594 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0984390A2 | 1.030 | Apparatus for providing location information in a multidimensional address space | GRANT | 2000-03-08 | 1998-08-31 | 22507759 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5929429A | 1.019 | Distributed dimensional labeling for dimensional characterization of border-type embedded data blocks | GRANT | 1999-07-27 | 1995-01-03 | 46253041 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5939703A | 1.018 | Distributed dimensional labeling for dimensional characterization of embedded data blocks | GRANT | 1999-08-17 | 1995-01-03 | 23449948 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5956419A | 1.016 | Unsupervised training of character templates using unsegmented samples | GRANT | 1999-09-21 | 1995-04-28 | 23708396 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6439465B1 | 1.015 | Encoding small amounts of embedded digital data at arbitrary locations within an image | GRANT | 2002-08-27 | 1999-09-24 | 23601735 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1048456A2 | 1.010 | Generating a glyph | GRANT | 2000-11-02 | 1999-02-17 | 26941769 | Great | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US7168036B2 | 1.010 | User interface identification and service tags for a document processing system | GRANT | 2007-01-23 | 1998-11-13 | 33129938 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5706364A | 1.007 | Method of producing character templates using unsegmented samples | GRANT | 1998-01-06 | 1995-04-28 | 23713118 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1217537A2 | 1.000 | Method and apparatus for embedding translation information in text-based image data | GRANT | 2002-06-26 | 2000-12-18 | 24967377 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5594809A | 0.996 | Automatic training of character templates using a text line image a text line transcription and a line image source model | GRANT | 1997-01-14 | 1995-04-28 | 23711149 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6296192B1 | 0.994 | Machine-readable record with a two-dimensional lattice of synchronization code interleaved with data code | GRANT | 2001-10-02 | 1999-12-16 | 23849998 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1523849A1 | 0.991 | HALFTONE DOT THINNING | GRANT | 2005-04-20 | 2002-07-24 | 30769033 | Great | Kodak Graphics Holding Inc | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5926189A | 0.987 | Method and apparatus for typographic glyph construction including a glyph server | GRANT | 1999-07-20 | 1996-03-29 | 24528867 | Great | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| US7016082B2 | 0.978 | Halftone dot thinning | GRANT | 2006-03-21 | 2001-07-05 | 25411402 | Great | Kodak Graphics Holding Inc | Eastman Kodak Co, Kodak Graphics Holding Inc |
| EP1374557A2 | 0.976 | DIGITAL HALFTONING | GRANT | 2004-01-02 | 2001-03-27 | 25224235 | Great | Polaroid Corp | Intellectual Ventures I LLC |
| US6678410B1 | 0.955 | Generating a glyph | GRANT | 2004-01-13 | 1999-02-17 | 29780346 | Great | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| EP0924650A2 | 0.953 | Method of generating multiple master typefaces containing kanji characters | GRANT | 1999-06-23 | 1997-12-05 | 25531961 | Great | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US6470096B2 | 0.953 | Method for locating user interface tags in a document processing system | GRANT | 2002-10-22 | 1998-11-13 | 22707662 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0493053A2 | 0.950 | Method and means for embedding machine readable digital data in halftone images | GRANT | 1992-07-01 | 1990-12-27 | 24545965 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6256398B1 | 0.948 | Encoding and decoding a message within an image | GRANT | 2001-07-03 | 1998-08-22 | 22482715 | Great | CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL LLC | CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL LLC |
| EP0672982A1 | 0.946 | Printer system with compressed font procedure that enables memory conservation | GRANT | 1995-09-20 | 1994-03-18 | 22782015 | Great | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| US5576532A | 0.944 | Interleaved and interlaced sync codes and address codes for self-clocking glyph codes | GRANT | 1996-11-19 | 1995-01-03 | 23449895 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5825933A | 0.944 | Parallel propagating embedded binary sequence for parameterizing two dimensional image domain code patterns in two dimensional address space | GRANT | 1998-10-20 | 1996-12-20 | 25088038 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6091505A | 0.943 | Method and system for achieving enhanced glyphs in a font | GRANT | 2000-07-18 | 1998-01-30 | 21778329 | Great | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| US6771267B1 | 0.935 | Merging digital fonts | GRANT | 2004-08-03 | 2000-03-22 | 32772227 | Great | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| EP0745952A2 | 0.934 | Method and system for automatic transcription correction | GRANT | 1996-12-04 | 1995-06-02 | 23828779 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6661417B1 | 0.931 | System and method for converting an outline font into a glyph-based font | GRANT | 2003-12-09 | 2000-08-28 | 29712517 | Great | DynaLab Inc | DynaComware Taiwan Inc |
| US6993655B1 | 0.928 | Record and related method for storing encoded information using overt code characteristics to identify covert code characteristics | GRANT | 2006-01-31 | 1999-12-20 | 35695004 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0849704A2 | 0.925 | Multi-dimensional address spaces | GRANT | 1998-06-24 | 1996-12-20 | 25094119 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1382193A1 | 0.923 | DETECTING HALFTONE MODULATIONS EMBEDDED IN AN IMAGE | GRANT | 2004-01-21 | 2001-04-26 | 25292389 | Great | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| US5729666A | 0.919 | Efficient method and apparatus for downloading of fonts from a processor to a printer | GRANT | 1998-03-17 | 1996-08-05 | 24781493 | Great | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US7219310B2 | 0.918 | Instruction generating system and process via symbolic representations | GRANT | 2007-05-15 | 2001-11-05 | 21725709 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6356268B1 | 0.917 | Method and system for providing multiple glyphs at a time from a font scaler sub-system | GRANT | 2002-03-12 | 1996-04-26 | 24560249 | Great | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| EP1229725A2 | 0.917 | System and method for generating color digital watermarks using conjugate halftone screens | GRANT | 2002-08-07 | 2001-01-31 | 25096883 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0493091A1 | 0.916 | Method and system for embedding machine readable digital data in grayscale images | GRANT | 1992-07-01 | 1990-12-27 | 24543506 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0459792A2 | 0.915 | Electronic document processing systems | GRANT | 1991-12-04 | 1990-05-30 | 24114539 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6762770B1 | 0.913 | Method and system for the representation of color and other attributes in bitmap fonts | GRANT | 2004-07-13 | 1999-10-29 | 32681939 | Great | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| US6427920B1 | 0.912 | High frequency masking of embedded digital data to improve appearance | GRANT | 2002-08-06 | 1999-09-24 | 23601731 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7149000B1 | 0.911 | Apparatus for recording two-dimensional code and human-readable data on print medium | GRANT | 2006-12-12 | 1999-06-03 | 15622757 | Great | Fujitsu Ltd | Fujitsu Ltd |
| EP0836149A2 | 0.910 | Method and apparatus for reading out dot patterns | GRANT | 1998-04-15 | 1996-10-10 | 24927744 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0649074A1 | 0.907 | A system and method to measure and accrue copyright royalties | GRANT | 1995-04-19 | 1993-10-18 | 22474611 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5870510A | 0.904 | Parallel propagating embedded binary sequences for parameterizing two dimensional image domain code patterns in N-dimensional address space | GRANT | 1999-02-09 | 1996-12-20 | 25094107 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6501475B1 | 0.903 | Glyph-based outline font generation independent of resolution | GRANT | 2002-12-31 | 1999-10-22 | 23686624 | Great | DynaLab Inc | DynaComware Taiwan Inc |
| US6340118B1 | 0.896 | Exclusive or cross-coupled framing codes for self-clocking glyphs | GRANT | 2002-01-22 | 1999-12-16 | 23845851 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5940581A | 0.895 | Dynamic font management for large character sets | GRANT | 1999-08-17 | 1996-03-21 | 24481059 | Great | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
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| US5937110A | 0.888 | Parallel propagating embedded binary sequences for characterizing objects in N-dimensional address space | GRANT | 1999-08-10 | 1996-12-20 | 25094114 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| WO2002082264A2 | 0.888 | A FONT FOR DISPLAYING GENETIC INFORMATION | APPLICATION | 2002-10-17 | 2001-04-06 | 23079759 | Great | ||
| EP1554662A2 | 0.887 | GLYPHLETS | GRANT | 2005-07-20 | 2002-07-31 | 31187351 | Great | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US5734752A | 0.877 | Digital watermarking using stochastic screen patterns | GRANT | 1998-03-31 | 1996-09-24 | 24889297 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1456812A1 | 0.876 | GENERATING GRAPHICAL CODES BY HALFTONING WITH EMBEDDED GRAPHICAL ENCODING | GRANT | 2004-09-15 | 2001-12-19 | 21838220 | Great | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| US6738526B1 | 0.874 | Method and apparatus for filtering and caching data representing images | GRANT | 2004-05-18 | 1999-07-30 | 23435449 | Great | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US5771245A | 0.868 | Process for independently protecting two dimensional codes from one or more burst errors patterns | GRANT | 1998-06-23 | 1992-03-20 | 25322660 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1016953A2 | 0.867 | Multi-level selection methods and apparatus using context identification | GRANT | 2000-07-05 | 1998-12-31 | 22838352 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6457651B2 | 0.866 | Dual mode dual information document bar coding and reading system | GRANT | 2002-10-01 | 1999-10-01 | 23627089 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
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| EP1107171A2 | 0.859 | Method and apparatus for implementing a camera mouse | GRANT | 2001-06-13 | 1999-12-06 | 27038102 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5668636A | 0.859 | Embedded data controlled digital highlight color copier | GRANT | 1997-09-16 | 1995-12-20 | 24301614 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5790703A | 0.858 | Digital watermarking using conjugate halftone screens | GRANT | 1998-08-04 | 1997-01-21 | 25136285 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5291243A | 0.855 | System for electronically printing plural-color tamper-resistant documents | GRANT | 1994-03-01 | 1993-02-05 | 21765735 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7020349B2 | 0.854 | Halftone watermarking and related applications | GRANT | 2006-03-28 | 2000-10-11 | 24767559 | Great | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6038575A | 0.854 | Method of sharing glyphs between computers having graphical user interfaces | GRANT | 2000-03-14 | 1996-09-11 | 24863849 | Great | Intel Corp | Intel Corp |
| EP1287483B1 | 0.853 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF ENCODING AND DECODING | GRANT | 2009-12-23 | 2000-05-09 | 26637971 | Great | Colorzip Media Inc | Colorzip Media Inc, Cheong Cheol-Ho, Han Tack-Don, Lee Nam-Kyu, Shin Eun-Dong |
| US5951055A | 0.852 | Security document containing encoded data block | GRANT | 1999-09-14 | 1997-06-11 | 25360520 | Great | Standard Register Co | Standard Register Co |
| US7394573B1 | 0.849 | System for authenticating hardcopy documents | GRANT | 2008-07-01 | 1999-04-14 | 39561151 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6783069B1 | 0.847 | Method and apparatus for implementing a camera mouse | GRANT | 2004-08-31 | 1999-12-06 | 23811444 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20110216367A1 | 0.843 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Backup Font Support for Missing Device Glyphs | APPLICATION | 2011-09-08 | 1998-11-12 | 44358575 | Great | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| EP0781035A2 | 0.842 | Process for producing highlight color copies | GRANT | 1997-06-25 | 1995-12-20 | 24299748 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5412771A | 0.838 | Generation of interdependent font characters based on ligature and glyph categorizations | GRANT | 1995-05-02 | 1992-02-07 | 25262137 | Great | Signature Software Inc | FENBAT MANAGEMENT Inc, FENWICK & FENWICK Inc |
| US6445458B1 | 0.838 | Method and system for virtual machine rendering of non-Latin1 Unicode glyphs | GRANT | 2002-09-03 | 1998-12-03 | 22758240 | Great | International Business Machines Corp | LinkedIn Corp |
| EP0902378A2 | 0.835 | A font architecture and creation tool for producing richer text | GRANT | 1999-03-17 | 1997-09-15 | 25645607 | Great | Canon Information Systems Research Australia Pty Ltd, Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| EP0992006A1 | 0.829 | A METHOD FOR RENDERING GLYPHS USING A LAYOUT SERVICES LIBRARY | GRANT | 2000-04-12 | 1997-06-27 | 25383985 | Great | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Corp |
| US5771034A | 0.829 | Font format | GRANT | 1998-06-23 | 1995-01-23 | 23486286 | Great | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US4679153A | 0.826 | Printing systems for typesetter emulation | GRANT | 1987-07-07 | 1985-04-26 | 24924539 | Great | RR Donnelley and Sons Co | RR Donnelley and Sons Co |
| US5765176A | 0.826 | Performing document image management tasks using an iconic image having embedded encoded information | GRANT | 1998-06-09 | 1996-09-06 | 24848304 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1325464A1 | 0.824 | HALFTONE WATERMARKING AND RELATED APPLICATIONS | GRANT | 2003-07-09 | 2000-10-11 | 27418513 | Great | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6078698A | 0.820 | System for reading data glyphs | GRANT | 2000-06-20 | 1999-09-20 | 23580339 | Great | Flir Systems Inc | Teledyne Flir LLC |
| US6341730B1 | 0.820 | Method of encoding embedded data blocks containing occlusions | GRANT | 2002-01-29 | 1999-09-22 | 23588174 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0780790A2 | 0.820 | Tiled embedded data blocks | GRANT | 1997-06-25 | 1995-12-21 | 24302684 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6421055B1 | 0.818 | Method and apparatus for system enhancement to device backup font support | GRANT | 2002-07-16 | 1999-03-25 | 23056457 | Great | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6657625B1 | 0.817 | System and method of caching glyphs for display by a remote terminal | GRANT | 2003-12-02 | 1999-06-09 | 29549839 | Great | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US6252671B1 | 0.815 | System for downloading fonts | GRANT | 2001-06-26 | 1998-05-22 | 22179366 | Great | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US6151032A | 0.810 | Stroke-based glyph-outline font generation in low/high resolution space | GRANT | 2000-11-21 | 1996-09-20 | 46203300 | Great | DynaLab Inc | DynaComware Taiwan Inc, Dynalab S Ltd |
| US6641051B1 | 0.810 | System for embedded digital data that allows embedding of data around known obstructions | GRANT | 2003-11-04 | 1999-09-24 | 29270830 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1331598A2 | 0.807 | A method of encoding data in a monochrome media | GRANT | 2003-07-30 | 2002-01-29 | 22026644 | Great | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6041335A | 0.807 | Method of annotating a primary image with an image and for transmitting the annotated primary image | GRANT | 2000-03-21 | 1997-02-10 | 26795752 | Great | I-GLYPH TECHNOLOGY Inc | I-GLYPH TECHNOLOGY Inc |
| US5828771A | 0.806 | Method and article of manufacture for determining whether a scanned image is an original image or fax image | GRANT | 1998-10-27 | 1995-12-15 | 24292714 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0912042B1 | 0.804 | Method for embedding signals in a color image | GRANT | 2004-08-04 | 1997-10-23 | 27130378 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5689585A | 0.800 | Method for aligning a text image to a transcription of the image | GRANT | 1997-11-18 | 1995-04-28 | 23710023 | Great | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5717197A | 0.798 | Tiled embedded data block-types for generic embedded data block systems | GRANT | 1998-02-10 | 1995-12-21 | 24303032 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| WO1995034046A1 | 0.797 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR READING DATA FROM PRESCRIBED REGIONS OF A DOCUMENT OF VARIABLE SIZE | APPLICATION | 1995-12-14 | 1994-06-09 | 22975796 | Good | ||
| US5946103A | 0.796 | Halftone patterns for trusted printing | GRANT | 1999-08-31 | 1998-01-29 | 21772847 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5416898A | 0.793 | Apparatus and method for generating textual lines layouts | GRANT | 1995-05-16 | 1992-05-12 | 25379219 | Good | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| US7177476B2 | 0.793 | Method of decoding data encoded in a monochrome medium | GRANT | 2007-02-13 | 2002-02-28 | 22196540 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| EP0544430B1 | 0.790 | Method and apparatus for determining the frequency of words in a document without document image decoding | GRANT | 1999-06-23 | 1991-11-19 | 25164902 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6092732A | 0.790 | Selectively accented serpentine halftone patterns for embedding human readable information in images | GRANT | 2000-07-25 | 1998-01-29 | 21770385 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6000621A | 0.790 | Tilings of mono-code and dual-code embedded data pattern strips for robust asynchronous capture | GRANT | 1999-12-14 | 1995-12-21 | 24305268 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6760464B2 | 0.789 | Halftone watermarking and related applications | GRANT | 2004-07-06 | 2000-10-11 | 33313728 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6583789B1 | 0.789 | Method and system for processing glyph-based quality variability requests | GRANT | 2003-06-24 | 1998-12-03 | 22760243 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | Google LLC |
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| US6081345A | 0.784 | Line screen having extended dynamic tone range for embedding machine readable data in halftone images | GRANT | 2000-06-27 | 1998-01-29 | 21772836 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
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| US6081623A | 0.780 | Method for lossless bandwidth compression of a series of glyphs | GRANT | 2000-06-27 | 1995-10-11 | 24156966 | Good | Citrix Systems Inc | Citrix Systems Inc |
| US6141441A | 0.776 | Decoding data from patterned color modulated image regions in a color image | GRANT | 2000-10-31 | 1998-09-28 | 22584855 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7251365B2 | 0.772 | Scalable stroke font system and method | GRANT | 2007-07-31 | 2002-07-03 | 30003842 | Good | Research in Motion Ltd | BlackBerry Ltd |
| EP1540572A2 | 0.768 | SCALABLE STROKE FONT SYSTEM AND METHOD | GRANT | 2005-06-15 | 2002-07-03 | 30119164 | Good | 2012244 Ontario Inc | 2012244 Ontario Inc |
| EP0544431A2 | 0.768 | Methods and apparatus for selecting semantically significant images in a document image without decoding image content | GRANT | 1993-06-02 | 1991-11-19 | 25161959 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0546843A2 | 0.768 | Image recognition method using finite state networks | GRANT | 1993-06-16 | 1991-12-10 | 25192281 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7064757B1 | 0.764 | Automatic synthesis of font tables for character layout | GRANT | 2006-06-20 | 1999-05-07 | 36586438 | Good | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| EP0544432B1 | 0.764 | Method and apparatus for document processing | GRANT | 1999-07-07 | 1991-11-19 | 25162943 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5946414A | 0.762 | Encoding data in color images using patterned color modulated image regions | GRANT | 1999-08-31 | 1998-08-28 | 22584240 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5635694A | 0.762 | System and method for embedding machine coded destination information into a postal mark | GRANT | 1997-06-03 | 1995-09-27 | 24131062 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5684885A | 0.758 | Binary glyph codes based on color relationships | GRANT | 1997-11-04 | 1995-09-27 | 24130428 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6614541B1 | 0.756 | Method and system for specification of data-presentation variability data via scaleable interface | GRANT | 2003-09-02 | 1998-12-03 | 27765823 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | Google LLC |
| EP1226508A1 | 0.756 | ADJUSTING CHARACTER DIMENSIONS TO COMPENSATE FOR LOW CONTRAST CHARACTER FEATURES | GRANT | 2002-07-31 | 1999-07-30 | 27002576 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| EP1364343B1 | 0.754 | FONT COMPRESSION AND RETRIEVAL | GRANT | 2006-07-19 | 2001-02-27 | 25163415 | Good | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB |
| US5949055A | 0.748 | Automatic geometric image transformations using embedded signals | GRANT | 1999-09-07 | 1997-10-23 | 25498756 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0990212A1 | 0.746 | A METHOD FOR LAYING OUT A PARAGRAPH USING A LAYOUT SERVICES LIBRARY | GRANT | 2000-04-05 | 1997-06-27 | 25383073 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Corp |
| EP1003109A2 | 0.743 | Applying a computer-implemented test to determine whether to replace adjacent characters in a word with a ligature glyph | GRANT | 2000-05-24 | 1998-11-17 | 22714172 | Good | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US6747758B1 | 0.742 | Digital halftoning method and apparatus and its computer readable medium | GRANT | 2004-06-08 | 1999-07-28 | 26520201 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6313920B1 | 0.740 | System and method for remote printing using incremental font subsetting | GRANT | 2001-11-06 | 1998-08-17 | 22468531 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US6665490B2 | 0.738 | Obtaining and using data associating annotating activities with portions of recordings | GRANT | 2003-12-16 | 1998-04-01 | 28678969 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1404102A1 | 0.736 | System and method for printing from a digital camera image proof sheet | GRANT | 2004-03-31 | 2002-09-26 | 31970486 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| EP0543598B1 | 0.736 | Method and apparatus for document image processing | GRANT | 1998-08-12 | 1991-11-19 | 25164906 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5761686A | 0.735 | Embedding encoded information in an iconic version of a text image | GRANT | 1998-06-02 | 1996-06-27 | 24694454 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7123742B2 | 0.733 | Print user interface system and its applications | GRANT | 2006-10-17 | 2002-04-06 | 28677961 | Good | CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL LLC | CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL LLC |
| EP0590923B1 | 0.731 | Method for compressing processing and storing grayscale bitmaps | GRANT | 1999-01-13 | 1992-09-28 | 25492399 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6426751B1 | 0.726 | Font feature file processing | GRANT | 2002-07-30 | 1999-04-01 | 23098291 | Good | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| EP1488302A2 | 0.724 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL RIGHTS EXPRESSIONS | GRANT | 2004-12-22 | 2002-03-14 | 28041836 | Good | Contentguard Holdings Inc | Contentguard Holdings Inc |
| US6869022B2 | 0.722 | Computer-and human-readable part markings and system and method using same | GRANT | 2005-03-22 | 2001-06-29 | 24737561 | Good | General Electric Co | General Electric Co |
| EP0693740B1 | 0.717 | Method of font rendering employing greyscale processing of grid-fitted fonts | GRANT | 1999-02-24 | 1994-07-19 | 23059005 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Corp |
| EP1089192A2 | 0.713 | Computer system for composing a message and message obtained therewith | GRANT | 2001-04-04 | 1999-09-13 | 22546466 | Good | Signature Software Inc | Print Personal! Bv Io, Signature Software Inc, Print Personal! Bv Io |
| US6330976B1 | 0.713 | Marking medium area with encoded identifier for producing action through network | GRANT | 2001-12-18 | 1998-04-01 | 27451772 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6175714B1 | 0.707 | Document control system and method for digital copiers | GRANT | 2001-01-16 | 1999-09-02 | 23535042 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6141002A | 0.705 | System and method for downloading and rendering glyphs in a set top box | GRANT | 2000-10-31 | 1996-11-12 | 25004101 | Good | OpenTV Inc | OpenTV Inc |
| EP1157538B1 | 0.704 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING THE RESOLUTION OF IMAGES TO BE RENDERED ON PATTERNED DISPLAY DEVICES | GRANT | 2008-09-10 | 1999-01-12 | 26813345 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Corp |
| EP1360639A1 | 0.702 | DOCUMENT PRINTED WITH GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS WHICH ENCODE INFORMATION | GRANT | 2003-11-12 | 2001-02-09 | 27516006 | Good | Enseal Systems Ltd | Enseal Systems Ltd |
| EP1014171B1 | 0.701 | Auto restoration of a print | GRANT | 2006-02-15 | 1998-12-14 | 26905969 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| WO1999050736A1 | 0.695 | PAPER INDEXING OF RECORDINGS | APPLICATION | 1999-10-07 | 1998-04-01 | 27269269 | Good | ||
| US7647555B1 | 0.694 | System and method for video access from notes or summaries | GRANT | 2010-01-12 | 2000-04-13 | 24189943 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd, Xerox Corp | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp, Xerox Corp |
| US7321688B2 | 0.693 | Image processor for character recognition | GRANT | 2008-01-22 | 2000-06-09 | 18675903 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| EP0770248B1 | 0.692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TEXT IMAGE ON A DISPLAY WITH ANTI-ALIASING EFFECT | GRANT | 2002-08-14 | 1995-05-09 | 23737270 | Good | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| EP0544434A2 | 0.691 | Method and apparatus for processing a document image | GRANT | 1993-06-02 | 1991-11-19 | 25165475 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6687404B1 | 0.690 | Automatic training of layout parameters in a 2D image model | GRANT | 2004-02-03 | 1997-06-20 | 30444494 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP0777197A2 | 0.690 | Method for embedding digital information in an image | GRANT | 1997-06-04 | 1995-11-30 | 24260169 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| EP0661670A2 | 0.690 | System and method for generating glyphs for unknown characters | GRANT | 1995-07-05 | 1994-01-04 | 22646945 | Good | Digital Equipment Corp | Digital Equipment Corp |
| US6753977B2 | 0.688 | Machine-readable information embedded on a document | GRANT | 2004-06-22 | 2001-01-31 | 25098168 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| EP1349370B1 | 0.686 | Image processing | GRANT | 2014-08-13 | 2002-03-29 | 27807047 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| EP0844586B1 | 0.686 | Information input method information input sheet and information input apparatus | GRANT | 2005-01-12 | 1996-11-26 | 18063613 | Good | Sony Corp | Sony Corp |
| EP1485863A2 | 0.685 | AUTHENTICATING PRINTED OBJECTS USING DIGITAL WATERMARKS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUALITY METRICS | GRANT | 2004-12-15 | 2002-02-15 | 27732629 | Good | Digimarc Corp, Pitney Bowes Inc | Digimarc Corp, Pitney Bowes Inc |
| US6814289B2 | 0.684 | Self-registering spread-spectrum barcode method | GRANT | 2004-11-09 | 2001-05-30 | 25355278 | Good | Sandia Corp | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC |
| US6865284B2 | 0.684 | Method and system for processing an electronic version of a hardcopy of a document | GRANT | 2005-03-08 | 1999-12-20 | 28042172 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| EP0736999B1 | 0.682 | Method and apparatus for scanning a document | GRANT | 2003-03-05 | 1995-04-04 | 23649021 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| EP0770301B1 | 0.679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING IMAGE DATA | GRANT | 2001-04-04 | 1995-05-09 | 23737275 | Good | Apple Computer Inc | Apple Inc |
| US6731800B1 | 0.676 | Method for compressing scanned colored and gray-scaled documents | GRANT | 2004-05-04 | 1999-12-04 | 32826353 | Good | Algo Vision LuraTech GmbH | FOXIT EUROPE GMBH, Algo Vision LuraTech GmbH |
| US6970259B1 | 0.674 | Systems and methods for forgery detection and deterrence of printed documents | GRANT | 2005-11-29 | 2000-11-28 | 35405229 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5710420A | 0.673 | Method for embedding and recovering machine-readable information | GRANT | 1998-01-20 | 1995-12-05 | 24268642 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1182863B1 | 0.672 | A print having encoded metadata coupled thereto | GRANT | 2008-12-31 | 2000-08-17 | 24570416 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| EP1209897A2 | 0.669 | Systems and method for policy based printing and forgery detection | GRANT | 2002-05-29 | 2000-11-28 | 27110583 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7149352B2 | 0.667 | Image processing device program product and system | GRANT | 2006-12-12 | 2000-06-28 | 18693855 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| EP0862318A2 | 0.666 | Distribution and usage rights enforcement | GRANT | 1998-09-02 | 1997-02-28 | 26715973 | Good | Contentguard Holdings Inc, Xerox Corp | Contentguard Holdings Inc |
| US6490051B1 | 0.660 | Printer driver and method for supporting worldwide single binary font format with built in support for double byte characters | GRANT | 2002-12-03 | 1998-09-21 | 22565877 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US6556690B1 | 0.657 | Articles bearing invisible encodements on curved surfaces | GRANT | 2003-04-29 | 1999-06-17 | 23311687 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5715382A | 0.654 | Generation of halftone overlays for combination with halftoned images | GRANT | 1998-02-03 | 1995-05-05 | 8220261 | Good | Agfa Gevaert NV, Xeikon NV | Agfa Gevaert NV, Xeikon NV, Agfa Corp |
| US6606395B1 | 0.653 | Method to allow automated image quality analysis of arbitrary test patterns | GRANT | 2003-08-12 | 1999-11-29 | 27663381 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6937762B2 | 0.653 | Image processing device and program product | GRANT | 2005-08-30 | 2000-06-20 | 18685607 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US6345304B1 | 0.652 | Obtaining network addresses from identifiers | GRANT | 2002-02-05 | 1998-04-01 | 27451771 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6275304B1 | 0.649 | Automated enhancement of print quality based on feature size shape orientation and color | GRANT | 2001-08-14 | 1998-12-22 | 22820561 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7028902B2 | 0.649 | Barcode having enhanced visual quality and systems and methods thereof | GRANT | 2006-04-18 | 2002-10-03 | 32030284 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US7324247B2 | 0.648 | Image processing apparatus image processing program and storage medium storing the program | GRANT | 2008-01-29 | 2002-03-22 | 27800391 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6771820B1 | 0.648 | Encoding information within text printed on a page using differing gray or color levels | GRANT | 2004-08-03 | 1999-08-12 | 32771428 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5649024A | 0.647 | Method for color highlighting of black and white fonts | GRANT | 1997-07-15 | 1994-11-17 | 23335596 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7120297B2 | 0.646 | Segmented layered image system | GRANT | 2006-10-10 | 2002-04-25 | 37694355 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US7031011B2 | 0.646 | Image forming apparatus using image data and identification information in relation to an output apparatus | GRANT | 2006-04-18 | 1998-12-09 | 18405796 | Good | Sharp Corp | Sharp Corp |
| WO2003041014A1 | 0.646 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING CODE | APPLICATION | 2003-05-15 | 2001-11-03 | 19715674 | Good | ||
| US6002491A | 0.643 | Apparatus for processing human-readable and machine-readable documents | GRANT | 1999-12-14 | 1990-01-05 | 27383033 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| EP0671037A1 | 0.640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SPECIFYING AND GENERATING PARAMETRIC FONTS | GRANT | 1995-09-13 | 1993-06-10 | 22123152 | Good | ElseWare Corp | ElseWare Corp |
| US4994987A | 0.640 | Image access system providing easier access to images | GRANT | 1991-02-19 | 1987-11-20 | 27382924 | Good | Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co | 3M Co |
| US6763121B1 | 0.638 | Halftone watermarking method and system | GRANT | 2004-07-13 | 2000-06-14 | 32682697 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6956958B2 | 0.637 | Method of embedding color information in printed documents using watermarking | GRANT | 2005-10-18 | 2002-02-21 | 27733349 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6865001B2 | 0.633 | System and method for encoding and decoding an image or document and document encoded thereby | GRANT | 2005-03-08 | 2001-08-07 | 23203933 | Good | Pacific Holographics Inc | Pacific Holographics Inc |
| US6655592B2 | 0.631 | Graphically demodulating graphical bar codes without foreknowledge of the original unmodulated base image | GRANT | 2003-12-02 | 2001-10-10 | 25522857 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| EP0578257B1 | 0.630 | System and method for mode switching of a printing device | GRANT | 1999-10-06 | 1992-07-10 | 27420623 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Corp |
| EP1351781B1 | 0.622 | READING AND DECODING INFORMATION ON PACKAGES | GRANT | 2007-09-05 | 2001-01-18 | 21742257 | Good | Federal Express Corp | Federal Express Corp |
| WO1997026619A1 | 0.620 | DATA ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEMS | APPLICATION | 1997-07-24 | 1996-01-15 | 26308462 | Good | ||
| US6325420B1 | 0.618 | Method for embedding non-intrusive encoded data in printed matter and system for reading same | GRANT | 2001-12-04 | 1998-08-17 | 22468463 | Good | Inspectron Corp | Inspectron Corp |
| US6869015B2 | 0.614 | Tamper-indicating barcode and method | GRANT | 2005-03-22 | 2001-05-30 | 46281300 | Good | Sandia National Laboratories | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC |
| US6959866B2 | 0.612 | 2-Dimensional code pattern 2-dimensional code pattern supporting medium 2-dimensional code pattern generating method and 2-dimensional code reading apparatus and method | GRANT | 2005-11-01 | 2002-05-30 | 31891891 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| EP0975146B1 | 0.612 | Locating the position and orientation of multiple objects with a smart platen | GRANT | 2006-08-30 | 1998-07-24 | 8234967 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5625721A | 0.611 | Certifiable optical character recognition | GRANT | 1997-04-29 | 1992-10-09 | 25501468 | Good | Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory | Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory |
| US6515764B1 | 0.607 | Method and apparatus for detecting photocopier tracking signatures | GRANT | 2003-02-04 | 1998-12-18 | 22806299 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6738518B1 | 0.607 | Document image decoding using text line column-based heuristic scoring | GRANT | 2004-05-18 | 2000-05-12 | 24277797 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1312030B1 | 0.606 | AUTHENTICATION WATERMARKS FOR PACKAGED PRODUCTS | GRANT | 2011-08-24 | 2000-07-25 | 27089956 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6176427B1 | 0.606 | Variable formatting of digital data into a pattern | GRANT | 2001-01-23 | 1996-03-01 | 24441255 | Good | Cobblestone Software Inc | KALDREN LLC |
| US6212234B1 | 0.606 | Color image encoding apparatus and color image decoding apparatus | GRANT | 2001-04-03 | 1997-06-04 | 15417302 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp |
| US5568248A | 0.606 | Black and white reproducible pattern highlight color printing | GRANT | 1996-10-22 | 1994-12-05 | 23371689 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6820807B1 | 0.605 | Variable formatting of digital data into a pattern | GRANT | 2004-11-23 | 1996-03-01 | 33436667 | Good | Cobblestone Software Inc | KALDREN LLC |
| US6160913A | 0.604 | Method and apparatus for digital halftone dots detection and removal in business documents | GRANT | 2000-12-12 | 1998-03-25 | 21950236 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Kodak Alaris Inc |
| EP0978087B1 | 0.604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OCR ASSISTED BAR CODE DECODING | GRANT | 2009-06-10 | 1997-04-24 | 25281330 | Good | United Parcel Service of America Inc, United Parcel Service Inc | United Parcel Service of America Inc, United Parcel Service Inc |
| US7057764B1 | 0.604 | Color image processing apparatus and method and storage medium | GRANT | 2006-06-06 | 1999-03-09 | 13199773 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US4889367A | 0.603 | Multi-readable information system | GRANT | 1989-12-26 | 1988-10-07 | 22965809 | Good | Frito Lay Inc | Frito Lay North America Inc |
| US6885768B2 | 0.603 | Image recognition apparatus method and program product | GRANT | 2005-04-26 | 2000-05-09 | 18644264 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US7095905B1 | 0.602 | Merging images to form a panoramic image | GRANT | 2006-08-22 | 2000-09-08 | 36821783 | Good | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US5301271A | 0.602 | Image processing separately processing two-density-level image data and multi-level image data | GRANT | 1994-04-05 | 1991-07-11 | 27528517 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Holdings Corp |
| US4803558A | 0.592 | Halftone image estimation methods for dither images | GRANT | 1989-02-07 | 1985-11-15 | 26543228 | Good | Konica Minolta Inc | Konica Minolta Inc |
| US6678415B1 | 0.591 | Document image decoding using an integrated stochastic language model | GRANT | 2004-01-13 | 2000-05-12 | 24280814 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5537223A | 0.589 | Rotating non-rotationally symmetrical halftone dots for encoding embedded data in a hyperacuity printer | GRANT | 1996-07-16 | 1994-06-02 | 22957901 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6307962B1 | 0.588 | Document data compression system which automatically segments documents and generates compressed smart documents therefrom | GRANT | 2001-10-23 | 1995-09-01 | 24082304 | Good | University of Rochester | University of Rochester |
| US6289364B1 | 0.587 | Transparency processing in a page description language | GRANT | 2001-09-11 | 1997-12-22 | 25542005 | Good | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US5550363A | 0.587 | Optical information reading apparatus | GRANT | 1996-08-27 | 1993-02-25 | 26375961 | Good | NipponDenso Co Ltd | Denso Corp |
| US5278400A | 0.586 | Multiple threshold encoding of machine readable code | GRANT | 1994-01-11 | 1991-08-19 | 24986960 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20020191216A1 | 0.585 | Image processing apparatus and its control method computer program and storage medium | APPLICATION | 2002-12-19 | 2001-06-11 | 26616709 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US8009893B2 | 0.584 | Security document carrying machine readable pattern | GRANT | 2011-08-30 | 1995-05-08 | 46329538 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US4728984A | 0.583 | Data handling and archiving system | GRANT | 1988-03-01 | 1986-11-17 | 25460853 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5825947A | 0.581 | Optical reproducing system for multimedia information recorded with code data having function for correcting image reading distortion | GRANT | 1998-10-20 | 1995-09-01 | 16826733 | Good | Olympus Optic Co Ltd | Olympus Corp |
| EP0981113B1 | 0.580 | Digital watermarking and methods for security documents | GRANT | 2005-09-14 | 1998-07-31 | 22430478 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US5131049A | 0.579 | IDENTIFICATION CHARACTERIZATION AND SEGMENTATION OF HALFTONE OR STIPPLED REGIONS OF BINARY IMAGES BY GROWING A SEED TO A CLIPPING MASK | GRANT | 1992-07-14 | 1989-12-08 | 23779364 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5818032A | 0.579 | Encoded color halftone micro-dots for high density digital information storage | GRANT | 1998-10-06 | 1997-01-03 | 25114024 | Good | ||
| US6567530B1 | 0.579 | Device and method for authenticating and certifying printed documents | GRANT | 2003-05-20 | 1997-11-25 | 3804815 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| EP0751672A2 | 0.572 | System and method for archiving digital versions of documents and for generating quality printed documents therefrom | GRANT | 1997-01-02 | 1995-06-27 | 23967623 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Corp |
| US6788810B2 | 0.571 | Optical character recognition device and method and recording medium | GRANT | 2004-09-07 | 2000-06-09 | 18675909 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US7720249B2 | 0.569 | Watermark embedder and reader | GRANT | 2010-05-18 | 1993-11-18 | 27586814 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US5539841A | 0.569 | Method for comparing image sections to determine similarity therebetween | GRANT | 1996-07-23 | 1993-12-17 | 22618451 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6651894B2 | 0.569 | Imaging method imaging apparatus and image information management system | GRANT | 2003-11-25 | 2000-12-12 | 26605636 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| EP1307840A1 | 0.567 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION AND AUTHENTICATION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS | GRANT | 2003-05-07 | 2000-05-24 | 24309137 | Good | eSecure biz Inc | eSecure biz Inc |
| US20030056169A1 | 0.566 | Cyclic position codes | APPLICATION | 2003-03-20 | 2001-04-12 | 3828405 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US5768403A | 0.566 | Image-area identifying system for a color image processing apparatus | GRANT | 1998-06-16 | 1991-05-14 | 14472610 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp |
| US6742708B2 | 0.564 | Fiducial mark patterns for graphical bar codes | GRANT | 2004-06-01 | 2001-06-07 | 25370137 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6498660B2 | 0.564 | System and method for the dynamic thresholding of grayscale image data | GRANT | 2002-12-24 | 2001-02-16 | 25136969 | Good | Oak Technology Inc | Zoran Corp, Oak Technology Inc, CSR Imaging US LP |
| US5956157A | 0.564 | Method and apparatus for locally blending gray dot types of the same or different types to reproduce an image with gray level printing | GRANT | 1999-09-21 | 1994-12-08 | 23389971 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5822660A | 0.564 | Copyright protection in color thermal prints | GRANT | 1998-10-13 | 1996-02-08 | 24395567 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5696365A | 0.562 | Bar code recording device for a paper media system | GRANT | 1997-12-09 | 1994-06-30 | 15480777 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US7143952B2 | 0.562 | Apparatus and methods relating to image coding | GRANT | 2006-12-05 | 2000-03-21 | 27354521 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| EP1019868B1 | 0.562 | COMPUTER SYSTEM LINKED BY USING INFORMATION IN DATA OBJECTS | GRANT | 2009-01-07 | 1996-05-16 | 27095598 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| EP1388814B1 | 0.560 | Clustering of a document image | GRANT | 2017-10-11 | 2002-04-25 | 29249000 | Good | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US5153418A | 0.560 | Multiple resolution machine readable symbols | GRANT | 1992-10-06 | 1990-10-30 | 24426121 | Good | Omniplanar Inc | Omniplanar Inc |
| US5729632A | 0.559 | Reproduction apparatus and method for adjusting rendering with toners of different particle sizes | GRANT | 1998-03-17 | 1994-12-08 | 23389992 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5781914A | 0.558 | Converting documents with links to other electronic information between hardcopy and electronic formats | GRANT | 1998-07-14 | 1995-06-30 | 23979146 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd, Ricoh Americas Corp | RICHOH Corp, Ricoh Co Ltd, Ricoh Americas Corp |
| US7113615B2 | 0.558 | Watermark embedder and reader | GRANT | 2006-09-26 | 1993-11-18 | 29741299 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6115508A | 0.558 | Clock free two-dimensional barcode and method for printing and reading the same | GRANT | 2000-09-05 | 1995-12-08 | 24274776 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Holdings Corp |
| US6321981B1 | 0.557 | Method and apparatus for transaction card security utilizing embedded image data | GRANT | 2001-11-27 | 1998-12-22 | 22815787 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC |
| EP0805410A2 | 0.555 | Formless forms and paper web | GRANT | 1997-11-05 | 1996-05-03 | 26689100 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| EP1253551A2 | 0.554 | Incorporating data in hardcopy correspondence | GRANT | 2002-10-30 | 2001-04-24 | 25285719 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| EP0660275A2 | 0.553 | Document copying deterrent method | GRANT | 1995-06-28 | 1993-12-20 | 22620629 | Good | AT&T Corp | AT&T Corp |
| EP0809192A2 | 0.553 | Method and apparatus for rendering fontless structured documents | GRANT | 1997-11-26 | 1996-05-23 | 24618504 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
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| US7131061B2 | 0.549 | System for processing electronic documents using physical documents | GRANT | 2006-10-31 | 2001-11-30 | 24742977 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6722567B2 | 0.548 | Generating and decoding graphical bar codes | GRANT | 2004-04-20 | 2001-06-07 | 25370135 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5682540A | 0.548 | System for representing electronic files using a paper based medium | GRANT | 1997-10-28 | 1993-04-22 | 21975392 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US4786940A | 0.546 | Data handling and archiving system | GRANT | 1988-11-22 | 1986-11-17 | 26806398 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5752152A | 0.543 | Copy restrictive system | GRANT | 1998-05-12 | 1996-02-08 | 24396878 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5187753A | 0.542 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CORRECTION OF DOCUMENT SKEW | GRANT | 1993-02-16 | 1989-12-08 | 23781626 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US4924078A | 0.542 | Identification symbol system and method | GRANT | 1990-05-08 | 1987-11-25 | 22420600 | Good | Veritec Inc | VCODE HOLDINGS Inc, Individual |
| US5748807A | 0.540 | Method and means for enhancing optical character recognition of printed documents | GRANT | 1998-05-05 | 1992-10-09 | 22482145 | Good | Panasonic Technologies Inc | Panasonic Corp of North America |
| US7415154B2 | 0.538 | Compression of palettized color images with variable length color codes | GRANT | 2008-08-19 | 2002-02-01 | 27635865 | Good | Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV | Koninklijke Philips NV |
| US6023534A | 0.538 | Method of extracting image data from an area generated with a halftone pattern | GRANT | 2000-02-08 | 1997-08-04 | 25421137 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5930404A | 0.537 | Image processing system and method | GRANT | 1999-07-27 | 1996-01-26 | 11796463 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US6636614B1 | 0.534 | Method for preventing the falsification of documents comprising a photograph preferably a facial-view photograph | GRANT | 2003-10-21 | 1998-03-24 | 7862066 | Good | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV |
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| US6201901B1 | 0.534 | Border-less clock free two-dimensional barcode and method for printing and reading the same | GRANT | 2001-03-13 | 1998-06-01 | 22209897 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Holdings Corp |
| US5726435A | 0.533 | Optically readable two-dimensional code and method and apparatus using the same | GRANT | 1998-03-10 | 1994-03-14 | 26382300 | Good | Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc, NipponDenso Co Ltd | Denso Wave Inc, Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc |
| US6631495B2 | 0.532 | Electronic document identification filing and retrieval system | GRANT | 2003-10-07 | 1997-06-12 | 15605925 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp |
| US7286684B2 | 0.532 | Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information | GRANT | 2007-10-23 | 1994-03-17 | 29424978 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6941011B2 | 0.532 | Method and system for image processing including mixed resolution multi-channel color compression transmission and decompression | GRANT | 2005-09-06 | 2002-06-27 | 29779778 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| EP0809210A2 | 0.528 | Method and apparatus for rendering fontless structured documents | GRANT | 1997-11-26 | 1996-05-23 | 27096384 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7016532B2 | 0.528 | Image capture and identification system and process | GRANT | 2006-03-21 | 2000-11-06 | 25538910 | Good | Evryx Technologies Inc | Nant Holdings IP LLC |
| US5396559A | 0.525 | Anticounterfeiting method and device utilizing holograms and pseudorandom dot patterns | GRANT | 1995-03-07 | 1990-08-24 | 24297010 | Good | ||
| US6948068B2 | 0.521 | Method and apparatus for reading digital watermarks with a hand-held reader device | GRANT | 2005-09-20 | 2000-08-15 | 26919586 | Good | Spectra Systems Corp | Spectra Systems Corp |
| US20020081023A1 | 0.520 | Text color detection for copier image processing | APPLICATION | 2002-06-27 | 2000-12-22 | 24998191 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US6831990B2 | 0.520 | System and method for image tamper detection via thumbnail hiding | GRANT | 2004-12-14 | 2001-01-02 | 30771463 | Good | US Department of Army | US Department of Army |
| US9811671B1 | 0.518 | Authentication method and system | GRANT | 2017-11-07 | 2000-05-24 | 37633536 | Good | CoPilot Ventures Fund III LLC | CoPilot Ventures Fund III LLC |
| US6604682B2 | 0.518 | Method of and apparatus for reading a two-dimensional bar code symbol and data storage medium | GRANT | 2003-08-12 | 2000-04-06 | 27481198 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US5661506A | 0.518 | Pen and paper information recording system using an imaging pen | GRANT | 1997-08-26 | 1994-11-10 | 23323079 | Good | SIA Technology Corp | SIA Technology Corp |
| US20010000711A1 | 0.517 | Method and apparatus for pre-processing mixed raster content planes to improve the quality of a decompressed image and increase document compression ratios | APPLICATION | 2001-05-03 | 1998-12-07 | 22766621 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20040066538A1 | 0.517 | Conversion of halftone bitmaps to continuous tone representations | APPLICATION | 2004-04-08 | 2002-10-04 | 32042600 | Good | Kodak Graphics Holding Inc | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6701010B1 | 0.516 | Color image processing apparatus and pattern extracting apparatus | GRANT | 2004-03-02 | 1998-02-06 | 26363018 | Good | Fujitsu Ltd | Fujitsu Ltd |
| US7024043B1 | 0.515 | Color document image recognizing apparatus | GRANT | 2006-04-04 | 1998-12-11 | 18428205 | Good | Fujitsu Ltd | Fujitsu Ltd |
| US6873711B1 | 0.514 | Image processing device image processing method and storage medium | GRANT | 2005-03-29 | 1999-11-18 | 18210149 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US6586688B2 | 0.514 | Information-related devices and methods | GRANT | 2003-07-01 | 2000-04-05 | 27354529 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US6453079B1 | 0.514 | Method and apparatus for displaying regions in a document image having a low recognition confidence | GRANT | 2002-09-17 | 1997-07-25 | 25412693 | Good | Claritech Corp | RPX Corp, JustSystems Evans Research Inc |
| US6070805A | 0.512 | Distortion resistant double-data correcting color transition barcode and method of generating and using same | GRANT | 2000-06-06 | 1997-04-08 | 21927189 | Good | Zebra Technologies Corp | Zebra Technologies Corp |
| US6460766B1 | 0.510 | Graphic symbols and method and system for identification of same | GRANT | 2002-10-08 | 1996-10-28 | 27791790 | Good | ||
| US5956468A | 0.509 | Document segmentation system | GRANT | 1999-09-21 | 1996-07-12 | 27361704 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US6647130B2 | 0.509 | Printable interfaces and digital linking with embedded codes | GRANT | 2003-11-11 | 1993-11-18 | 30004116 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US5568571A | 0.509 | Image enhancement system | GRANT | 1996-10-22 | 1992-12-14 | 25535490 | Good | University Microfilms Inc | Proquest LLC |
| US7175095B2 | 0.509 | Coding pattern | GRANT | 2007-02-13 | 2001-09-13 | 29219489 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US6088479A | 0.509 | Method and recording medium for separating and composing background and character image data | GRANT | 2000-07-11 | 1994-11-29 | 26559985 | Good | Hitachi Ltd | Hitachi Ltd |
| US7089420B1 | 0.508 | Authentication method and system | GRANT | 2006-08-08 | 2000-05-24 | 36942143 | Good | Tracer Detection Technology Corp | CoPilot Ventures Fund III LLC |
| US6778703B1 | 0.507 | Form recognition using reference areas | GRANT | 2004-08-17 | 2000-04-19 | 32851160 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US5298731A | 0.507 | Method for printing and reading for orthogonal bar code patterns | GRANT | 1994-03-29 | 1992-12-23 | 25542737 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US20050083553A1 | 0.506 | Half toner and compositor circuit for a printer | APPLICATION | 2005-04-21 | 1998-11-09 | 3811237 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Memjet Technology Ltd |
| US20040042680A1 | 0.503 | System and method for enhancement of document images | APPLICATION | 2004-03-04 | 2002-08-29 | 31981341 | Good | Palo Alto Research Center Inc | Palo Alto Research Center Inc |
| US6389162B2 | 0.501 | Image processing apparatus and method and medium | GRANT | 2002-05-14 | 1996-02-15 | 26365891 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US5640253A | 0.501 | Image processing apparatus | GRANT | 1997-06-17 | 1992-05-08 | 14668152 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US6366685B1 | 0.500 | Image processing apparatus and method and storing medium | GRANT | 2002-04-02 | 1997-09-30 | 17433230 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US6735337B2 | 0.500 | Robust method for automatic reading of skewed rotated or partially obscured characters | GRANT | 2004-05-11 | 2001-02-02 | 25106041 | Good | Nikon Corp | Nikon Corp |
| US20030048954A1 | 0.498 | Multilayered image file | APPLICATION | 2003-03-13 | 2001-09-13 | 25493103 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Sharp Corp |
| US7085006B2 | 0.497 | Apparatus for generating two color printing data a method for generating two color printing data and recording media | GRANT | 2006-08-01 | 2000-12-28 | 27554887 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US6760126B1 | 0.497 | Adaptive halftoning method and apparatus | GRANT | 2004-07-06 | 2000-06-20 | 24393220 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6987879B1 | 0.496 | Method and system for extracting information from images in similar surrounding color | GRANT | 2006-01-17 | 1999-05-26 | 35550838 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US20040031852A1 | 0.495 | Redundant two-dimensional code and a decoding method | APPLICATION | 2004-02-19 | 2002-02-04 | 8185423 | Good | Baumer Optronic GmbH | Baumer Optronic GmbH |
| US5086434A | 0.492 | DATA COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN BLOCKS WHICH MAY INCLUDE MIXED DATA TYPES | GRANT | 1992-02-04 | 1985-09-30 | 27470137 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US7155051B2 | 0.492 | Image recognition apparatus image recognition method and image recognition program for specific pattern | GRANT | 2006-12-26 | 2001-05-24 | 18999755 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US7672022B1 | 0.492 | Methods and apparatus for analyzing an image | GRANT | 2010-03-02 | 2000-04-07 | 24850914 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6400848B1 | 0.491 | Method for modifying the perspective of a digital image | GRANT | 2002-06-04 | 1999-03-30 | 23077867 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Apple Inc |
| US6616038B1 | 0.490 | Selective text retrieval system | GRANT | 2003-09-09 | 1996-10-28 | 46279667 | Good | ||
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| US20020071131A1 | 0.489 | Method and apparatus for color image processing and a computer product | APPLICATION | 2002-06-13 | 1999-12-14 | 18437391 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
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| US7058196B2 | 0.485 | Apparatus and method for processing image and computer-readable storage medium | GRANT | 2006-06-06 | 1998-01-30 | 12002854 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US6279830B1 | 0.483 | Two-dimensional code reading and producing method and recording medium storing related software | GRANT | 2001-08-28 | 1998-09-03 | 26465217 | Good | Denso Corp | Denso Corp |
| US7389420B2 | 0.483 | Content authentication and recovery using digital watermarks | GRANT | 2008-06-17 | 2000-11-08 | 27400038 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6771816B1 | 0.483 | Generating a text mask for representing text pixels | GRANT | 2004-08-03 | 2000-01-19 | 32772199 | Good | Adobe Systems Inc | Adobe Inc |
| US7016552B2 | 0.482 | Image processing device image processing method and recording medium storing image processing program | GRANT | 2006-03-21 | 2000-09-07 | 18757532 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp |
| US7373008B2 | 0.482 | Grayscale and binary image data compression | GRANT | 2008-05-13 | 2002-03-28 | 28041014 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6078697A | 0.482 | Method and apparatus for segmenting image data into contone text and halftone classifications | GRANT | 2000-06-20 | 1996-10-01 | 24911243 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5778092A | 0.482 | Method and apparatus for compressing color or gray scale documents | GRANT | 1998-07-07 | 1996-12-20 | 25088396 | Good | Xerox Corp | Nuance Communications Inc |
| US6701012B1 | 0.482 | Out-of-layer pixel generation for a decomposed-image layer | GRANT | 2004-03-02 | 2000-07-24 | 24501977 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Rakuten Group Inc |
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| US8418052B2 | 0.479 | Processing of documents | GRANT | 2013-04-09 | 2000-03-21 | 27354524 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US6689966B2 | 0.479 | System and method for determining positional information | GRANT | 2004-02-10 | 2000-03-21 | 20278903 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US4722008A | 0.478 | Halftone picture processing apparatus | GRANT | 1988-01-26 | 1985-01-10 | 27453636 | Good | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp |
| US7330600B2 | 0.478 | Image processing device estimating black character color and ground color according to character-area pixels classified into two classes | GRANT | 2008-02-12 | 2002-09-05 | 32097010 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6606396B1 | 0.477 | Method and apparatus for detecting forgery | GRANT | 2003-08-12 | 1999-06-18 | 15953022 | Good | Denso Corp | Denso Corp |
| US20040236791A1 | 0.477 | Image searching method and image processing method | APPLICATION | 2004-11-25 | 1999-07-14 | 33301337 | Good | Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd | Fujifilm Holdings Corp, Fujifilm Corp |
| US7130442B2 | 0.477 | Protecting images with an image watermark | GRANT | 2006-10-31 | 1996-10-28 | 26794467 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | RPX Corp |
| US5995665A | 0.476 | Image processing apparatus and method | GRANT | 1999-11-30 | 1995-05-31 | 27316852 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US7583814B2 | 0.475 | Protecting images with an image watermark | GRANT | 2009-09-01 | 1996-10-28 | 24970091 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6947571B1 | 0.474 | Cell phones with optical capabilities and related applications | GRANT | 2005-09-20 | 1999-05-19 | 27585812 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6912069B1 | 0.474 | Image processing apparatus | GRANT | 2005-06-28 | 1999-10-29 | 17989515 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp |
| US20040200904A1 | 0.473 | Machine-readable symbol and related method | APPLICATION | 2004-10-14 | 2001-09-17 | 26937369 | Good | Codemagic | Codemagic |
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| WO2003038741A1 | 0.473 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING A POSITION-CODING PATTERN | APPLICATION | 2003-05-08 | 2001-10-29 | 20285797 | Good | ||
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| US6975761B1 | 0.472 | Image processing for clustering related text objects | GRANT | 2005-12-13 | 2000-06-30 | 9894859 | Good | Consignia PLC | Consignia PLC |
| US6738517B2 | 0.472 | Document image segmentation using loose gray scale template matching | GRANT | 2004-05-18 | 2000-12-19 | 24976644 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20010000314A1 | 0.472 | Iterative smoothing technique for pre-processing mixed raster content planes to improve the quality of a decompressed image and increase document compression ratios | APPLICATION | 2001-04-19 | 1998-12-07 | 22766626 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6163623A | 0.471 | Method and apparatus for recognizing images of documents and storing different types of information in different files | GRANT | 2000-12-19 | 1994-07-27 | 15999738 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US5526444A | 0.471 | Document image decoding using modified branch-and-bound methods | GRANT | 1996-06-11 | 1991-12-10 | 22027967 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20040201768A1 | 0.471 | Electronic imaging system having a sensor for correcting perspective projection distortion | APPLICATION | 2004-10-14 | 2002-01-17 | 33129560 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Monument Peak Ventures LLC |
| EP1376467A2 | 0.470 | System and method for real time wide angle digital image correction | GRANT | 2004-01-02 | 2002-06-28 | 29718030 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US5303312A | 0.470 | Handwriting recognition by character template | GRANT | 1994-04-12 | 1991-04-19 | 24765765 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd |
| US7110607B2 | 0.468 | Image processing apparatus | GRANT | 2006-09-19 | 2001-03-14 | 18929536 | Good | Fujitsu Ltd | Fujitsu Ltd |
| US9940685B2 | 0.467 | Digital watermarking in data representing color channels | GRANT | 2018-04-10 | 2000-04-19 | 46322113 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US20050004897A1 | 0.467 | Information search and retrieval system | APPLICATION | 2005-01-06 | 1997-10-27 | 22050433 | Good | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| US20030052178A1 | 0.467 | Method for embedding information in an image | APPLICATION | 2003-03-20 | 2001-04-13 | 26777065 | Good | Pitney Bowes Inc | Pitney Bowes Inc |
| US7609411B2 | 0.466 | Digital duplication of images using encoded data | GRANT | 2009-10-27 | 2000-10-20 | 24784169 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Google LLC |
| US5129014A | 0.465 | Image registration | GRANT | 1992-07-07 | 1989-12-08 | 23783300 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6123261A | 0.464 | Optical scanner and image reader for reading images and decoding optical information including one and two dimensional symbologies at variable depth of field | GRANT | 2000-09-26 | 1997-05-05 | 21938505 | Good | Semiconductor Insights Inc, Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6644764B2 | 0.463 | Integrated printing/scanning system using invisible ink for document tracking | GRANT | 2003-11-11 | 1998-10-28 | 22664920 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5514860A | 0.462 | Document authentication system utilizing a transparent label | GRANT | 1996-05-07 | 1993-05-24 | 22223776 | Good | Pitney Bowes Inc | Pitney Bowes Inc |
| US4874936A | 0.461 | Hexagonal information encoding article process and system | GRANT | 1989-10-17 | 1988-04-08 | 22653186 | Good | United Parcel Service of America Inc | United Parcel Service of America Inc |
| US5984366A | 0.461 | Unalterable self-verifying articles | GRANT | 1999-11-16 | 1994-07-26 | 23074655 | Good | International Data Matrix Inc | TRANSPACIFIC SILICA LLC, Computer Identics Corp |
| US6556688B1 | 0.461 | Watermarking with random zero-mean patches for printer tracking | GRANT | 2003-04-29 | 1999-03-15 | 23024391 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US6621595B1 | 0.461 | System and method for enhancing scanned document images for color printing | GRANT | 2003-09-16 | 2000-11-01 | 24829138 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5737455A | 0.460 | Antialiasing with grey masking techniques | GRANT | 1998-04-07 | 1994-12-12 | 23390468 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US4896029A | 0.460 | Polygonal information encoding article process and system | GRANT | 1990-01-23 | 1988-04-08 | 26874476 | Good | United Parcel Service of America Inc | PA CONSULTING SERVICES Inc, United Parcel Service of America Inc |
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| US5485554A | 0.459 | Method and apparatus for processing an image in a video printing apparatus | GRANT | 1996-01-16 | 1993-10-29 | 22502387 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6685095B2 | 0.459 | Apparatus and method for decoding damaged optical codes | GRANT | 2004-02-03 | 1998-05-05 | 25180214 | Good | Symagery Microsystems Inc | Psion Inc, Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US7184609B2 | 0.459 | System and method for head size equalization in 360 degree panoramic images | GRANT | 2007-02-27 | 2002-06-28 | 37115614 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| EP0670555A1 | 0.458 | DOT CODE AND INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING DOT CODE | GRANT | 1995-09-06 | 1992-09-28 | 17317794 | Good | Olympus Optic Co Ltd | Olympus Corp |
| US6315202B2 | 0.457 | Material coding using lasers | GRANT | 2001-11-13 | 1997-08-11 | 25424876 | Good | Technolines LLC | RevoLaze LLC |
| US6285459B1 | 0.457 | Printing apparatus including print image storage and control method therefor | GRANT | 2001-09-04 | 1995-10-13 | 17423358 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US20030116630A1 | 0.456 | Encrypted biometric encoded security documents | APPLICATION | 2003-06-26 | 2001-12-21 | 27496688 | Good | KBA Giori SA | KBA Notasys SA |
| US5784501A | 0.454 | Image processing method and apparatus | GRANT | 1998-07-21 | 1990-05-15 | 14922607 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| WO2001031519A1 | 0.453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN | APPLICATION | 2001-05-03 | 1999-10-25 | 3817783 | Good | ||
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| US20020168105A1 | 0.452 | Method and apparatus for adaptive compression of scanned documents | APPLICATION | 2002-11-14 | 2001-03-28 | 25229979 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc |
| US6732929B2 | 0.452 | Led-based planar light illumination beam generation module employing a focal lens for reducing the image size of the light emmiting surface of the led prior to beam collimation and planarization | GRANT | 2004-05-11 | 1990-09-10 | 27586948 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US4998010A | 0.452 | Polygonal information encoding article process and system | GRANT | 1991-03-05 | 1988-04-08 | 27390998 | Good | United Parcel Service of America Inc | United Parcel Service of America Inc |
| US7084877B1 | 0.451 | Global motion estimation for sprite generation | GRANT | 2006-08-01 | 2000-06-06 | 24351891 | Good | General Instrument Corp | Google Technology Holdings LLC |
| US20030052179A1 | 0.451 | Machine-readable symbol and related method | APPLICATION | 2003-03-20 | 2001-09-17 | 23256977 | Good | Codemagic | Codemagic |
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| US20030117652A1 | 0.451 | Rotationally symmetric tags | APPLICATION | 2003-06-26 | 1999-09-17 | 43706199 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US4977605A | 0.448 | Binary quantification of an image having multiple levels of greys | GRANT | 1990-12-11 | 1986-09-30 | 9339379 | Good | Bertin et Cie | Bertin Technologies SA |
| US5128528A | 0.448 | Matrix encoding devices and methods | GRANT | 1992-07-07 | 1990-10-15 | 24391485 | Good | Dittler Brothers Inc | DITTLER BROTHERS INCORPORATED A CORP OF, Dittler Brothers Inc |
| US6198545B1 | 0.447 | Method and apparatus for generating halftone images by evolutionary screen dot contours | GRANT | 2001-03-06 | 1994-03-30 | 4198872 | Good | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL |
| US6731814B2 | 0.447 | Method for compressing digital documents with control of image quality and compression rate | GRANT | 2004-05-04 | 2000-05-01 | 26896533 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20040017579A1 | 0.444 | Method and apparatus for enhancement of digital image quality | APPLICATION | 2004-01-29 | 2002-07-27 | 29997547 | Good | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |
| US5995638A | 0.444 | Methods and apparatus for authentication of documents by using the intensity profile of moire patterns | GRANT | 1999-11-30 | 1995-08-28 | 46253084 | Good | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL |
| US6739511B2 | 0.443 | METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE TEMPORAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING TEMPORAL PHASE MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET | GRANT | 2004-05-25 | 1999-06-07 | 27569676 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6957775B2 | 0.443 | INTERNET-BASED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MONITORING CONFIGURING AND SERVICING PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED NETWORKS WITH NODES FOR SUPPORTING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS | GRANT | 2005-10-25 | 1995-12-18 | 35134441 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6985643B1 | 0.442 | Device and method for recording hand-written information | GRANT | 2006-01-10 | 1998-04-30 | 35517884 | Good | Anoto Group AB | Anoto IP LIC HB, Anoto Group AB |
| US6340114B1 | 0.440 | Imaging engine and method for code readers | GRANT | 2002-01-22 | 1998-06-12 | 22258028 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US20030133629A1 | 0.439 | System and method for using printed documents | APPLICATION | 2003-07-17 | 2002-01-17 | 21945631 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US7149367B2 | 0.439 | User interface for a system and method for head size equalization in 360 degree panoramic images | GRANT | 2006-12-12 | 2002-06-28 | 37115453 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US6732932B2 | 0.438 | Bar code symbology with integrated user-interface graphic pattern | GRANT | 2004-05-11 | 2000-10-12 | 26932759 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5502568A | 0.437 | Optical position detecting unit optical coordinate input unit and optical position detecting method employing a pattern having a sequence of 1's and 0's | GRANT | 1996-03-26 | 1993-03-23 | 27305636 | Good | Wacom Co Ltd | Wacom Co Ltd |
| US5235654A | 0.437 | Advanced data capture architecture data processing system and method for scanned images of document forms | GRANT | 1993-08-10 | 1992-04-30 | 25367345 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US20020039439A1 | 0.437 | Interpretation of coloured documents | APPLICATION | 2002-04-04 | 2000-08-16 | 19771901 | Good | Oce Technologies BV | Oce Technologies BV |
| US6964374B1 | 0.436 | Retrieval and manipulation of electronically stored information via pointers embedded in the associated printed material | GRANT | 2005-11-15 | 1998-10-02 | 35266268 | Good | Lucent Technologies Inc | Nokia of America Corp, WSOU Investments LLC |
| US5897648A | 0.436 | Apparatus and method for editing electronic documents | GRANT | 1999-04-27 | 1994-06-27 | 23013335 | Good | Numonics Corp | Numonics Corp |
| US20020156866A1 | 0.436 | Method product and apparatus for requesting a resource from an identifier having a character image | APPLICATION | 2002-10-24 | 2001-04-19 | 25277015 | Good | ||
| US5304786A | 0.435 | High density two-dimensional bar code symbol | GRANT | 1994-04-19 | 1990-01-05 | 23834318 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US7280688B2 | 0.434 | Image processing apparatus and pattern extraction apparatus | GRANT | 2007-10-09 | 1998-12-09 | 18409844 | Good | Fujitsu Ltd | Fujitsu Ltd |
| US5920655A | 0.434 | Binarization image processing for multi-level image data | GRANT | 1999-07-06 | 1995-02-10 | 27284010 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US5999766A | 0.433 | Image processing apparatus with user authorization mechanism | GRANT | 1999-12-07 | 1997-03-05 | 12846487 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Holdings Corp |
| US6625313B1 | 0.432 | Business form handling method and system for carrying out the same | GRANT | 2003-09-23 | 1999-03-01 | 12939187 | Good | Hitachi Ltd | Hitachi Omron Terminal Solutions Corp |
| US20030016844A1 | 0.432 | Image composition system and method thereof image generation apparatus and method thereof storage medium and computer program for image composition | APPLICATION | 2003-01-23 | 2001-06-27 | 19032317 | Good | Sony Corp | Sony Corp |
| US8866923B2 | 0.432 | Modular camera and printer | GRANT | 2014-10-21 | 1999-05-25 | 3814761 | Good | Google LLC | Google LLC |
| US20030031377A1 | 0.432 | Apparatus and method for removing block artifacts and displaying device having the same apparatus | APPLICATION | 2003-02-13 | 2001-08-13 | 19713162 | Good | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |
| US5640466A | 0.431 | Method of deriving wordshapes for subsequent comparison | GRANT | 1997-06-17 | 1991-11-19 | 25162513 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US4939354A | 0.430 | Dynamically variable machine readable binary code and method for reading and producing thereof | GRANT | 1990-07-03 | 1988-05-05 | 22700422 | Good | Datacode International Inc | Siemens Energy and Automation Inc, Computer Identics Corp |
| US6941024B2 | 0.428 | Coder matched layer separation and interpolation for compression of compound documents | GRANT | 2005-09-06 | 2002-01-14 | 21948121 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6360951B1 | 0.427 | Hand-held scanning system for heuristically organizing scanned information | GRANT | 2002-03-26 | 1999-12-16 | 23843719 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6328214B1 | 0.426 | Opto-electronic device for acquisition of images of codes in one and two dimensions | GRANT | 2001-12-11 | 1999-01-22 | 9541139 | Good | Intermec IP Corp | Intermec IP Corp |
| US5444230A | 0.426 | Solid state optical reader with bi-directional protocol | GRANT | 1995-08-22 | 1993-11-30 | 22573785 | Good | Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co | 3M Co |
| US7194327B2 | 0.426 | Body profile coding method and apparatus useful for assisting users to select wearing apparel | GRANT | 2007-03-20 | 2002-07-12 | 22715222 | Good | People Innovate for Economy Foundation Inc | People Innovate for Economy Foundation Inc |
| US20030005303A1 | 0.426 | Method and system for validating a security marking | APPLICATION | 2003-01-02 | 2001-05-10 | 26826277 | Good | Pitney Bowes Inc | Pitney Bowes Inc |
| US6151423A | 0.425 | Character recognition with document orientation determination | GRANT | 2000-11-21 | 1998-03-04 | 21879707 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US7128270B2 | 0.424 | Scanning device for coded data | GRANT | 2006-10-31 | 1999-09-17 | 46301144 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US5745600A | 0.424 | Word spotting in bitmap images using text line bounding boxes and hidden Markov models | GRANT | 1998-04-28 | 1992-12-17 | 25538238 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5416312A | 0.422 | Document bearing an image or a text and provided with an indexing frame and associated document analysis system | GRANT | 1995-05-16 | 1992-11-20 | 26230341 | Good | Cherloc SA | PURPLEEYES SA |
| US6529645B2 | 0.422 | Recording method and apparatus | GRANT | 2003-03-04 | 1996-11-01 | 20404465 | Good | C Technologies AB | Anoto Group AB |
| US6212504B1 | 0.422 | Self-authentication of value documents using encoded indices | GRANT | 2001-04-03 | 1998-01-12 | 26751908 | Good | Unisys Corp | Unisys Corp |
| US6633670B1 | 0.421 | Mask generation for multi-layer image decomposition | GRANT | 2003-10-14 | 2000-03-31 | 28792271 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Rakuten Group Inc |
| US7016899B1 | 0.420 | Camera device methods and program products for location and environmental stamping of images communications and other applications | GRANT | 2006-03-21 | 2000-09-21 | 36045702 | Good | Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd | Lenovo PC International Ltd |
| US20040227758A1 | 0.420 | Segmentation method and system for scanned documents | APPLICATION | 2004-11-18 | 2002-07-01 | 34711834 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5897669A | 0.420 | Information recording medium for recording multimedia information as optical readable code data thereon and information recording/reproducing system using the same | GRANT | 1999-04-27 | 1995-09-20 | 17073866 | Good | Olympus Optic Co Ltd | Olympus Corp |
| US6749120B2 | 0.419 | Method and apparatus for scanning electronic barcodes | GRANT | 2004-06-15 | 2000-12-11 | 24961075 | Good | CPO Tech Corp | Cedar Lane Technologies Inc |
| US5802203A | 0.417 | Image segmentation using robust mixture models | GRANT | 1998-09-01 | 1995-06-07 | 23937968 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20050052661A1 | 0.417 | Cartridge with identifiers | APPLICATION | 2005-03-10 | 1999-06-30 | 46303105 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US6256051B1 | 0.417 | Electrophotographic device electrophotography and process for preparing sheet bearing toner images | GRANT | 2001-07-03 | 1995-02-27 | 12518585 | Good | Toray Industries Inc | Toray Industries Inc |
| US4494862A | 0.417 | Computerized information processing system equipped with copying apparatus | GRANT | 1985-01-22 | 1980-09-30 | 26458875 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US6683967B1 | 0.416 | Area extraction method address area extraction method address area extraction apparatus and image processing apparatus | GRANT | 2004-01-27 | 1999-10-06 | 17688093 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | Google LLC |
| US20030146282A1 | 0.416 | Bioptical product and produce identification systems employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIM) based subsystems | APPLICATION | 2003-08-07 | 1999-06-07 | 46278785 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6585158B2 | 0.415 | Combined pointing device and bar code scanner | GRANT | 2003-07-01 | 2000-11-30 | 24919870 | Good | Agilent Technologies Inc | Pixart Imaging Inc |
| WO2001022208A1 | 0.415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT SELECTION | APPLICATION | 2001-03-29 | 1999-09-17 | 3817077 | Good | ||
| US20020084327A1 | 0.415 | Scratch-off material sensor system for lottery game tickets | APPLICATION | 2002-07-04 | 1998-05-29 | 22204594 | Good | Welch Allyn Data Collection Inc | Hand Held Products Inc |
| US5266805A | 0.414 | System and method for image recovery | GRANT | 1993-11-30 | 1992-05-05 | 25372337 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6766942B1 | 0.413 | Method and system for collaborative document markup | GRANT | 2004-07-27 | 1999-06-30 | 25646091 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US7027647B2 | 0.412 | Coder matched layer separation for compression of compound documents | GRANT | 2006-04-11 | 2001-12-31 | 21891766 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5592561A | 0.412 | Anti-counterfeiting system | GRANT | 1997-01-07 | 1994-04-14 | 22853978 | Good | SICPA INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA Inc | SICPA INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA Inc |
| US4969013A | 0.411 | Apparatus and method for digitizing a document for selective area treatment | GRANT | 1990-11-06 | 1989-06-13 | 23439440 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6830189B2 | 0.411 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIGITAL IMAGES OF OBJECTS WITH SUBTANTIALLY REDUCED SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERNS BY ILLUMINATING SAID OBJECTS WITH SPATIALLY AND/OR TEMPORALLY COHERENT-REDUCED PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION | GRANT | 2004-12-14 | 1995-12-18 | 27586003 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US5212739A | 0.410 | Noise tolerant optical character recognition system | GRANT | 1993-05-18 | 1990-10-17 | 27083365 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| US5572601A | 0.410 | Mark sensing on a form | GRANT | 1996-11-05 | 1992-03-20 | 25322617 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5384899A | 0.409 | Apparatus and method for emulating a substrate | GRANT | 1995-01-24 | 1991-04-16 | 24754151 | Good | Scitex Corp Ltd | Kodak IL Ltd, Scintex Corp Ltd |
| US5495565A | 0.409 | Integrated form document editor with form descriptor table background bitmap graphics editor and text editor composite image generator and intelligent autofill | GRANT | 1996-02-27 | 1994-06-21 | 22999189 | Good | Wang Laboratories Inc | CASCABEL RESEARCH LLC, Wang Laboratories Inc |
| US5892846A | 0.408 | Process and apparatus for reading a dot matrix code marking on an article | GRANT | 1999-04-06 | 1995-04-06 | 10772604 | Good | Rolls Royce PLC | Rolls Royce PLC |
| US20030156118A1 | 0.408 | Method and system for cleaning images to highlight information recorded on a background surface | APPLICATION | 2003-08-21 | 2002-02-19 | 29402864 | Good | SMART Technologies Inc | SMART TECHNOLOGIES Inc |
| US6728005B1 | 0.407 | Method for automatic removal of image artifacts | GRANT | 2004-04-27 | 1999-09-10 | 32107828 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| EP0926879A2 | 0.405 | Recording audio and electronic images | GRANT | 1999-06-30 | 1997-12-18 | 25540179 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6904168B1 | 0.405 | Workflow system for detection and classification of images suspected as pornographic | GRANT | 2005-06-07 | 2001-03-29 | 25237901 | Good | Fotonation Holdings LLC | Cedar Lane Technologies Inc |
| US4695884A | 0.404 | Correction of shading effects in video images | GRANT | 1987-09-22 | 1982-12-30 | 23806568 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6072598A | 0.404 | Method for enhancing usability of fax on small device | GRANT | 2000-06-06 | 1996-02-27 | 25194733 | Good | Intel Corp | Intel Corp |
| US6651886B2 | 0.403 | Optical code readers with holographic optical elements | GRANT | 2003-11-25 | 2001-04-13 | 25265472 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5987459A | 0.402 | Image and document management system for content-based retrieval | GRANT | 1999-11-16 | 1996-03-15 | 26684864 | Good | University of Minnesota | University of Minnesota |
| US5988506A | 0.402 | System and method for reading and decoding two dimensional codes of high density | GRANT | 1999-11-23 | 1996-07-16 | 24742468 | Good | Galore Scantec Ltd | Galore Scantec Ltd |
| US5193124A | 0.401 | Computational methods and electronic camera apparatus for determining distance of objects rapid autofocusing and obtaining improved focus images | GRANT | 1993-03-09 | 1989-06-29 | 23474793 | Good | Research Foundation of State University of New York | Research Foundation of State University of New York |
| US5157726A | 0.401 | Document copy authentication | GRANT | 1992-10-20 | 1991-12-19 | 25204329 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6832717B1 | 0.400 | Computer system interface surface | GRANT | 2004-12-21 | 1999-05-25 | 27424494 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US5652412A | 0.399 | Pen and paper information recording system | GRANT | 1997-07-29 | 1994-07-11 | 23043763 | Good | SIA Technology Corp | SIA Technology Corp |
| US6701020B2 | 0.399 | JADE-JPEG based adaptive document compression engine | GRANT | 2004-03-02 | 2001-03-15 | 25198531 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US20030142753A1 | 0.399 | Correction of image signals characteristic of non-uniform images in an endoscopic imaging system | APPLICATION | 2003-07-31 | 1997-01-31 | 27617517 | Good | ACMI Corp | Gyrus ACMI Inc |
| US20010016058A1 | 0.398 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING MULTIRESOLUTION WATERMARK IMAGES TO DETERMINE RIGHTFUL OWNERSHIP | APPLICATION | 2001-08-23 | 1998-03-16 | 26760258 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Rakuten Group Inc |
| US6658145B1 | 0.398 | Fast high-accuracy multi-dimensional pattern inspection | GRANT | 2003-12-02 | 1997-12-31 | 29547618 | Good | Cognex Corp | Cognex Corp |
| US6879733B2 | 0.397 | Image artifact removal technique for LCP | GRANT | 2005-04-12 | 2001-01-18 | 25075469 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US6211903B1 | 0.397 | Video telephone headset | GRANT | 2001-04-03 | 1997-01-14 | 25129389 | Good | Cambridge Tech Dev Inc | CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Inc, Cambridge Tech Dev Inc |
| US5982956A | 0.396 | Secure method for duplicating sensitive documents | GRANT | 1999-11-09 | 1995-03-29 | 9477531 | Good | Xerox SAS | BANK ZEROX DOCUMENT Co SA, PAUL LAHMI, SECURITY OFFICE OF DOCUMENTS (SOOD), ZEROX - DOCUMENT Co Sas, Xerox SAS |
| US6663008B1 | 0.396 | Coding pattern and apparatus and method for determining a value of at least one mark of a coding pattern | GRANT | 2003-12-16 | 1999-10-01 | 20417215 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US6879734B2 | 0.396 | Memory efficient image artifact removal technique for LCP | GRANT | 2005-04-12 | 2001-01-18 | 25075472 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US20040094627A1 | 0.395 | MENU SYMBOL CONTROLLED OPTICAL READER | APPLICATION | 2004-05-20 | 1996-09-03 | 27409721 | Good | Welch Allyn Data Collection Inc | Hand Held Products Inc |
| US6808118B2 | 0.393 | Security code verification for identification cards | GRANT | 2004-10-26 | 2001-12-31 | 26980480 | Good | Zebra Atlantek Inc | Zebra Technologies Corp |
| US6813039B1 | 0.392 | Method and system for accessing the internet | GRANT | 2004-11-02 | 1999-05-25 | 27158146 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US5604596A | 0.392 | Copying apparatus having determination unit for special original and for controlling copying and marking based on determination | GRANT | 1997-02-18 | 1992-10-09 | 17851523 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6751343B1 | 0.392 | Method for indexing and retrieving manufacturing-specific digital imagery based on image content | GRANT | 2004-06-15 | 1999-09-20 | 23579340 | Good | UT Battelle LLC | UT Battelle LLC, Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp |
| US5067162A | 0.391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING IDENTITY USING IMAGE CORRELATION | GRANT | 1991-11-19 | 1986-06-30 | 25375295 | Good | Identix Inc | Idemia Identity and Security USA LLC |
| US5241166A | 0.391 | LOW RESOLUTION TARGET ACQUISITION | GRANT | 1993-08-31 | 1990-07-02 | 24186001 | Good | United Parcel Service of America Inc | United Parcel Service of America Inc, Omniplanar Inc |
| US6422476B1 | 0.391 | Method apparatus and character set for encoding and decoding data characters in data carriers such as RFID tags | GRANT | 2002-07-23 | 1993-11-05 | 27567640 | Good | Intermec IP Corp | Intermec IP Corp |
| US6915103B2 | 0.390 | System for enhancing books with special paper | GRANT | 2005-07-05 | 2002-07-31 | 31187154 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6097849A | 0.389 | Automated image enhancement for laser line scan data | GRANT | 2000-08-01 | 1998-08-10 | 22467545 | Good | US Department of Navy | US Department of Navy |
| US5342671A | 0.389 | Encoded dye receiver | GRANT | 1994-08-30 | 1992-06-05 | 25403395 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US5687249A | 0.389 | Method and apparatus for extracting features of moving objects | GRANT | 1997-11-11 | 1993-09-06 | 26450329 | Good | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp |
| US5029020A | 0.389 | Scanner with slow scan image context processing | GRANT | 1991-07-02 | 1989-11-17 | 23737646 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US6072917A | 0.389 | Code sheet and information reproduction apparatus | GRANT | 2000-06-06 | 1995-08-03 | 16394788 | Good | Olympus Optic Co Ltd | Olympus Corp |
| US8902340B2 | 0.388 | Multi-core image processor for portable device | GRANT | 2014-12-02 | 1997-07-12 | 25446806 | Good | Google LLC | Google LLC |
| EP0919650A1 | 0.387 | Woven strip particularly label strip and method of manufacturing and using the same | GRANT | 1999-06-02 | 1997-11-29 | 7850308 | Good | Rinke Etiketten Karl Rinke GmbH and Co KG | Avery Dennison Central Europe GmbH |
| US6788982B1 | 0.386 | Audio player with code sensor | GRANT | 2004-09-07 | 1999-12-01 | 3818534 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| WO2001019082A1 | 0.386 | CONVERTING NON-TEMPORAL BASED COMPRESSED IMAGE DATA TO TEMPORAL BASED COMPRESSED IMAGE DATA | APPLICATION | 2001-03-15 | 1999-09-07 | 23546121 | Good | ||
| US5974150A | 0.385 | System and method for authentication of goods | GRANT | 1999-10-26 | 1997-09-30 | 26741028 | Good | Tracer Detection Technology Corp | CoPilot Ventures Fund III LLC |
| US6992655B2 | 0.385 | Input unit arrangement | GRANT | 2006-01-31 | 2000-02-18 | 27532709 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US7254174B2 | 0.385 | Process for changing the resolution of MPEG bitstreams and a system and a computer program product therefor | GRANT | 2007-08-07 | 2001-02-09 | 26077467 | Good | STMicroelectronics SRL | STMicroelectronics SRL |
| US5740514A | 0.385 | Information carrying sheet and illegal copying preventive image pattern | GRANT | 1998-04-14 | 1992-11-20 | 18027307 | Good | Toppan Printing Co Ltd | Toppan Printing Co Ltd |
| US6757438B2 | 0.385 | Method and apparatus for video compression using microwavelets | GRANT | 2004-06-29 | 2000-02-28 | 24047307 | Good | Next Software Inc | Apple Inc, Next Software Inc |
| US5369261A | 0.383 | Multi-color information encoding system | GRANT | 1994-11-29 | 1992-02-12 | 25267494 | Good | COLORCODE UNLIMITED Corp A DE CORPORATION | COLORCODE UNLIMITED Corp A DE CORPORATION, COLORCORDE UNLIMITED CORP |
| US6533168B1 | 0.383 | Method and apparatus for computer-readable purchase receipts using multi-dimensional bar codes | GRANT | 2003-03-18 | 1999-05-27 | 26834498 | Good | ||
| US5401944A | 0.383 | Traveler security and luggage control system | GRANT | 1995-03-28 | 1990-11-20 | 27417167 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US20040240704A1 | 0.382 | Applying digital watermarks using printing process correction | APPLICATION | 2004-12-02 | 2000-04-19 | 24208062 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US6052159A | 0.382 | Image signal reproducing apparatus having means for concealing image signals | GRANT | 2000-04-18 | 1992-12-24 | 26339318 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US5917464A | 0.382 | Combination of 2-D detector array with display for image processing | GRANT | 1999-06-29 | 1994-10-18 | 23266057 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5771101A | 0.381 | Data security system | GRANT | 1998-06-23 | 1994-08-02 | 10759238 | Good | Ricoh Europe PLC | Ricoh Europe PLC |
| US6697056B1 | 0.380 | Method and system for form recognition | GRANT | 2004-02-24 | 2000-01-11 | 27613624 | Good | WorkOnce Wireless Corp | LLLMP FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LLC, WorkOnce Wireless Corp |
| US5784485A | 0.378 | Method and apparatus for automated pattern recognition | GRANT | 1998-07-21 | 1994-08-25 | 23140345 | Good | ||
| US5835638A | 0.378 | Method and apparatus for comparing symbols extracted from binary images of text using topology preserved dilated representations of the symbols | GRANT | 1998-11-10 | 1996-05-30 | 24629329 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7007852B2 | 0.378 | Data distribution mechanism in the form of ink dots on cards | GRANT | 2006-03-07 | 1997-07-15 | 36144289 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Google LLC |
| US6502756B1 | 0.378 | Recording of information | GRANT | 2003-01-07 | 1999-05-28 | 44881987 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US5756981A | 0.377 | Optical scanner for reading and decoding one- and-two-dimensional symbologies at variable depths of field including memory efficient high speed image processing means and high accuracy image analysis means | GRANT | 1998-05-26 | 1992-02-27 | 27578246 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC, Technologies Inc |
| EP1158452A2 | 0.376 | Cloth pattern reading apparatus | GRANT | 2001-11-28 | 2000-03-31 | 18613388 | Good | Toshiba Corp | Toshiba Corp |
| US6827277B2 | 0.375 | Use of pearlescent and other pigments to create a security document | GRANT | 2004-12-07 | 2001-10-02 | 25515300 | Good | Digimarc Corp | L 1 Secure Credentialing LLC |
| US6958747B2 | 0.375 | Method for making a product | GRANT | 2005-10-25 | 2000-08-30 | 27354667 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US20030117675A1 | 0.375 | Curved image conversion method and record medium where this method for converting curved image is recorded | APPLICATION | 2003-06-26 | 2000-08-30 | 27344465 | Good | USC Co Ltd | USC Co Ltd |
| US5625833A | 0.375 | Document annotation & manipulation in a data processing system | GRANT | 1997-04-29 | 1988-05-27 | 22740297 | Good | Wang Laboratories Inc | Global 360 Inc, eiSolutions Inc |
| US7123768B2 | 0.373 | Apparatus and method for detecting a pattern | GRANT | 2006-10-17 | 2000-04-26 | 27343206 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US5723853A | 0.373 | Bar code reader | GRANT | 1998-03-03 | 1995-01-10 | 23462235 | Good | Welch Allyn Inc | Hand Held Products Inc |
| US6384744B1 | 0.371 | Method and system for data transmission from an optical reader | GRANT | 2002-05-07 | 1998-09-11 | 27558385 | Good | Digital Convergence Corp | JACK A TURPIN, RPX Corp |
| US6764008B2 | 0.371 | Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing an area-type image detection array | GRANT | 2004-07-20 | 1999-06-07 | 24899713 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US5898166A | 0.370 | Information reproduction system which utilizes physical information on an optically-readable code and which optically reads the code to reproduce multimedia information | GRANT | 1999-04-27 | 1995-05-23 | 26458050 | Good | Olympus Optic Co Ltd | Olympus Corp |
| US6816274B1 | 0.370 | Method and system for composition and delivery of electronic mail | GRANT | 2004-11-09 | 1999-05-25 | 27158145 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US20040027618A1 | 0.369 | Image defect detecting method | APPLICATION | 2004-02-12 | 2002-06-03 | 31491997 | Good | Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd | Fujifilm Holdings Corp, Fujifilm Corp |
| US5763864A | 0.368 | Dataform reader including dual laser and imaging reading assemblies | GRANT | 1998-06-09 | 1994-07-26 | 27403153 | Good | Meta Holding Corp | Symbol Technologies LLC, Meta Holdings Corp |
| US6064769A | 0.367 | Character extraction apparatus dictionary production apparatus and character recognition apparatus using both apparatuses | GRANT | 2000-05-16 | 1995-04-21 | 27308179 | Good | ||
| US6289121B1 | 0.367 | Method and system for automatically inputting text image | GRANT | 2001-09-11 | 1996-12-30 | 18461357 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US20050013462A1 | 0.366 | Paper products and physical objects as means to access and control a computer or to navigate over or act as a portal on a network | APPLICATION | 2005-01-20 | 1994-11-16 | 34069494 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
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| US6873430B2 | 0.362 | Knowledge management system and method | GRANT | 2005-03-29 | 2000-12-22 | 25002888 | Good | Xerox Corp | Google LLC |
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| EP0206246A2 | 0.360 | Absolute position mouse | GRANT | 1986-12-30 | 1985-06-21 | 25004672 | Good | ||
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| WO2000073981A1 | 0.358 | RECORDING OF INFORMATION | APPLICATION | 2000-12-07 | 1999-05-28 | 27354531 | Good | ||
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| WO2000073887A1 | 0.353 | CALENDAR | APPLICATION | 2000-12-07 | 1999-05-28 | 26663583 | Good | ||
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| US6227725B1 | 0.352 | Text enhancement for color and gray-scale documents | GRANT | 2001-05-08 | 1998-08-18 | 22470110 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US4921278A | 0.352 | Identification system using computer generated moire | GRANT | 1990-05-01 | 1985-04-01 | 4791372 | Good | Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS | Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS |
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| US20040096122A1 | 0.351 | Segmentation method and system for multiple raster content (MRC) representation of documents | APPLICATION | 2004-05-20 | 2002-07-01 | 32302389 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US20040211883A1 | 0.351 | Object detection device object detection server and object detection method | APPLICATION | 2004-10-28 | 2002-04-25 | 29267513 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Holdings Corp, Individual |
| US6363484B1 | 0.350 | Method of verifying unreadable indicia for an information-based indicia program | GRANT | 2002-03-26 | 1996-11-07 | 24990924 | Good | Pitney Bowes Inc | Pitney Bowes Inc |
| US4263504A | 0.350 | High density matrix code | GRANT | 1981-04-21 | 1979-08-01 | 22043909 | Good | NCR Corp | NCR Corp |
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| US7010155B2 | 0.349 | Negotiable instrument processing apparatus and method for background removal | GRANT | 2006-03-07 | 2001-10-10 | 19131513 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US5329108A | 0.348 | Map with indexes for a geographical information system and system for applying same | GRANT | 1994-07-12 | 1991-11-22 | 9419218 | Good | Cherloc SA | PURPLEEYES SA, SEPRO ROBOTIQUE 44 BOULEVARD DES ETATS UNIS |
| US20030133164A1 | 0.348 | Method for producing indicators and processing apparatus and system utilizing the indicators | APPLICATION | 2003-07-17 | 2002-01-11 | 21688204 | Good | Sonix Technology Co Ltd | Sonix Technology Co Ltd |
| US5790114A | 0.348 | Electronic whiteboard with multi-functional user interface | GRANT | 1998-08-04 | 1996-10-04 | 24914648 | Good | MicroTouch Systems Inc | Steelcase Inc |
| US6570104B1 | 0.348 | Position determination | GRANT | 2003-05-27 | 1999-05-28 | 20415784 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| WO2001075781A1 | 0.347 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION ASSOCIATION | APPLICATION | 2001-10-11 | 2000-04-05 | 27354534 | Good | ||
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| US6223988B1 | 0.345 | Hand-held bar code reader with laser scanning and 2D image capture | GRANT | 2001-05-01 | 1996-10-16 | 21844301 | Good | Omniplanar Inc | Omniplanar Inc |
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| US20060023956A1 | 0.343 | Systems and methods for information storage | APPLICATION | 2006-02-02 | 2000-03-21 | 27354518 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US5436974A | 0.343 | Method of encoding confidentiality markings | GRANT | 1995-07-25 | 1993-10-12 | 22466457 | Good | Innovator Corp | Innovator Corp |
| US5736723A | 0.343 | Method and apparatus for identifying the orientation of a dot matrix code marking of an article | GRANT | 1998-04-07 | 1994-03-18 | 10752086 | Good | Rolls Royce PLC | Rolls Royce PLC |
| US5640193A | 0.341 | Multimedia service access by reading marks on an object | GRANT | 1997-06-17 | 1994-08-15 | 23117030 | Good | Lucent Technologies Inc | AT&T Corp, Nokia of America Corp |
| US6536670B1 | 0.341 | PCMCIA interface card for coupling input devices such as barcode scanning engines to personal digital assistants and palmtop computers | GRANT | 2003-03-25 | 1994-04-29 | 22890314 | Good | PSC Scanning Inc | Datalogic Scanning Inc, TPS Electronics |
| US5905248A | 0.340 | System and method for carrying out information-related transactions using web documents embodying transaction enabling applets automatically launched and executed in response to reading URL-encoded symbols pointing thereto | GRANT | 1999-05-18 | 1990-09-11 | 27586540 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| EP1387560A2 | 0.338 | Portable terminal device in particular a mobile phone for barcode reading and for taking photographs | GRANT | 2004-02-04 | 2002-07-24 | 30112874 | Good | Sharp Corp | Sharp Corp |
| US20030077561A1 | 0.338 | Web server for printable whiteboards | APPLICATION | 2003-04-24 | 2001-10-18 | 25529330 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| US5238272A | 0.338 | Protected bar code label | GRANT | 1993-08-24 | 1992-03-04 | 25296575 | Good | NCR Corp | NCR Corp |
| US5710830A | 0.337 | Method of and apparatus for segmenting foreground and background information for optical character recognition of labels employing single layer recurrent neural network | GRANT | 1998-01-20 | 1994-10-05 | 23237823 | Good | United Parcel Service of America Inc | United Parcel Service of America Inc |
| US6686579B2 | 0.336 | Digital pen using speckle tracking | GRANT | 2004-02-03 | 2000-04-22 | 24226005 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | Google LLC |
| US20030120555A1 | 0.336 | Information processing apparatus with optical data reader servers and electronic commerce method | APPLICATION | 2003-06-26 | 2000-03-09 | 27531438 | Good | ||
| WO2000073983A1 | 0.335 | POSITION DETERMINATION | APPLICATION | 2000-12-07 | 1999-05-28 | 26663582 | Good | ||
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| US20010035861A1 | 0.334 | Controlling and electronic device | APPLICATION | 2001-11-01 | 2000-02-18 | 27532708 | Good | C Technologies AB | Anoto AB |
| US20040046888A1 | 0.334 | Method for presenting fisheye-camera images | APPLICATION | 2004-03-11 | 2002-07-26 | 32716518 | Good | APPRO Tech Inc | APPRO Tech Inc |
| US6184534B1 | 0.332 | Method of pulsing light emitting diodes for reading fluorescent indicia data reader and system | GRANT | 2001-02-06 | 1998-08-04 | 22437442 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Smartrac Technology Fletcher Inc |
| US5393967A | 0.330 | Method and apparatus for non-contact reading of a relief pattern | GRANT | 1995-02-28 | 1993-07-21 | 22253317 | Good | Sensis Corp | INGOMAR ACQUISITION LLC, TRACEABILITY SYSTEMS Inc, TRACEABILITY SYSTEMS Inc (PREVIOUSLY BYMBY BAR CODE TECHNOLOGIES INC), Mecco Partners LLC |
| US20070098172A1 | 0.330 | Digital Watermarking Applications | APPLICATION | 2007-05-03 | 2002-07-16 | 32233282 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US5984193A | 0.329 | Printer media with bar code identification system | GRANT | 1999-11-16 | 1998-03-04 | 21878602 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6766954B2 | 0.328 | Omnidirectional linear sensor-based code reading engines | GRANT | 2004-07-27 | 2001-06-15 | 25377357 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6633223B1 | 0.328 | Wireless LAN scholastic tracking system | GRANT | 2003-10-14 | 1999-02-10 | 28791712 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5243149A | 0.327 | Method and apparatus for improving the paper interface to computing systems | GRANT | 1993-09-07 | 1992-04-10 | 25348161 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6398117B1 | 0.327 | Method and system for combining bar codes of different encoding dimensions | GRANT | 2002-06-04 | 2000-01-14 | 23920925 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | HP Inc |
| US6041138A | 0.327 | Method and device for extracting features from gray-scale image and generating boundaries of document elements | GRANT | 2000-03-21 | 1996-08-05 | 16520523 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US5343031A | 0.326 | Method of decoding a two-dimensional code symbol mark | GRANT | 1994-08-30 | 1992-04-06 | 14627110 | Good | Teiryo Sangyo Co Ltd | Teiryo Sangyo Co Ltd |
| US5869819A | 0.326 | Internet-based system and method for tracking objects bearing URL-encoded bar code symbols | GRANT | 1999-02-09 | 1994-08-17 | 27584588 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| WO2001002948A1 | 0.325 | INTERACTIVE PRINTER REWARD SCHEME | APPLICATION | 2001-01-11 | 1999-06-30 | 27424500 | Good | ||
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| US6134338A | 0.322 | Computer automated system and method for converting source documents bearing symbols and alphanumeric text relating to three dimensional objects | GRANT | 2000-10-17 | 1995-05-22 | 23769835 | Good | Solberg Creations Inc | EXTRACT SYSTEMS F/K/A MSI LLC LLC |
| US6550685B1 | 0.321 | Methods and apparatus utilizing visually distinctive barcodes | GRANT | 2003-04-22 | 2000-11-14 | 24866282 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US20030061188A1 | 0.321 | General information management system | APPLICATION | 2003-03-27 | 1999-12-23 | 27582362 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| EP0171284A2 | 0.321 | Optical digitizer | GRANT | 1986-02-12 | 1984-08-07 | 15809900 | Good | NEC Corp | NEC Corp |
| US6994254B2 | 0.321 | Tape indicia on clear film media | GRANT | 2006-02-07 | 1992-05-01 | 32719434 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5852434A | 0.320 | Absolute optical position determination | GRANT | 1998-12-22 | 1992-04-03 | 25339914 | Good | Anoto AB | DENT-A-MED Inc |
| US20020091711A1 | 0.320 | Centralized information management | APPLICATION | 2002-07-11 | 1999-08-30 | 27585429 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| WO2000072241A1 | 0.319 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE PAYMENTS | APPLICATION | 2000-11-30 | 1999-05-25 | 27507480 | Good | ||
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| US4389712A | 0.318 | High information density laser image recording method and apparatus | GRANT | 1983-06-21 | 1978-03-09 | 25386032 | Good | Itek Corp | Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co Inc, Raytheon Co |
| US6439682B1 | 0.316 | Printing method printing apparatus and recording medium | GRANT | 2002-08-27 | 1998-03-05 | 26414565 | Good | Seiko Epson Corp | Seiko Epson Corp |
| US6262743B1 | 0.316 | Autostereoscopic image acquisition method and system | GRANT | 2001-07-17 | 1995-06-22 | 9480267 | Good | ALIOSCOPY | ALIOSCOPY |
| US5555556A | 0.316 | Method and apparatus for document segmentation by background analysis | GRANT | 1996-09-10 | 1994-09-30 | 23226440 | Good | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd, Xerox Corp | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp, Xerox Corp |
| US8180844B1 | 0.315 | System for linking from objects to remote resources | GRANT | 2012-05-15 | 2000-03-18 | 39499537 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
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| US5842191A | 0.312 | Neural network that incorporates direct optical imaging | GRANT | 1998-11-24 | 1994-12-12 | 23393953 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US5430284A | 0.312 | Bar code reading apparatus capable of reading bar codes having long and short bars | GRANT | 1995-07-04 | 1992-11-13 | 17926490 | Good | NipponDenso Co Ltd | Denso Corp |
| US6628819B1 | 0.311 | Estimation of 3-dimensional shape from image sequence | GRANT | 2003-09-30 | 1998-10-09 | 28456105 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US5160171A | 0.311 | Security coding | GRANT | 1992-11-03 | 1988-04-05 | 26293735 | Good | Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd | Syngenta Ltd, Fujifilm Imaging Colorants Ltd |
| US5067165A | 0.311 | Character recognition method | GRANT | 1991-11-19 | 1989-04-19 | 27290495 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US4813078A | 0.310 | Character recognition apparatus | GRANT | 1989-03-14 | 1985-02-15 | 12254519 | Good | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd | Panasonic Holdings Corp |
| US6032861A | 0.309 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding bar codes with primary and secondary information and method of using such bar codes | GRANT | 2000-03-07 | 1995-01-03 | 34656774 | Good | ||
| US6952799B2 | 0.308 | User interface for network browser including pre-processor for links embedded in hypermedia documents | GRANT | 2005-10-04 | 1996-06-17 | 27268331 | Good | British Telecommunications PLC | British Telecommunications PLC |
| US7206820B1 | 0.308 | System for linking from object to remote resource | GRANT | 2007-04-17 | 2000-03-18 | 37914217 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US5194852A | 0.307 | Electro-optic slate for direct entry and display and/or storage of hand-entered textual and graphic information | GRANT | 1993-03-16 | 1986-12-01 | 27004097 | Good | ||
| WO2001016691A1 | 0.306 | NOTEPAD | APPLICATION | 2001-03-08 | 1999-08-30 | 27354523 | Good | ||
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| US6474888B1 | 0.306 | Universal pen with code sensor | GRANT | 2002-11-05 | 1999-10-25 | 25646186 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | SILBERBROOK RESEARCH PTY Ltd, Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US6195119B1 | 0.303 | Digitally measuring scopes using a high resolution encoder | GRANT | 2001-02-27 | 1994-12-28 | 27003023 | Good | Olympus America Inc | Olympus America Inc |
| US6729543B1 | 0.302 | Page identification system and method | GRANT | 2004-05-04 | 1998-03-06 | 32180824 | Good | AudioVelocity Inc | AudioVelocity Inc |
| US6820808B2 | 0.302 | Resilient bar code and scanner | GRANT | 2004-11-23 | 2001-05-30 | 26853653 | Good | GLOSH Ltd | GLOSH Ltd |
| US5477012A | 0.302 | Optical position determination | GRANT | 1995-12-19 | 1992-04-03 | 26789921 | Good | ||
| US8908075B2 | 0.300 | Image capture and processing integrated circuit for a camera | GRANT | 2014-12-09 | 1997-07-15 | 46300477 | Good | Google LLC | Google LLC |
| US4627819A | 0.300 | Teaching or amusement apparatus | GRANT | 1986-12-09 | 1985-01-23 | 27106124 | Good | Price Stern Sloan Publishers Inc | Price Stern Sloan Inc |
| US6178243B1 | 0.299 | User-controlled document processing | GRANT | 2001-01-23 | 1995-08-27 | 27271723 | Good | Aliroo Ltd | Activepath Ltd |
| US6970577B2 | 0.299 | Fast fourier transform correlation tracking algorithm with background correction | GRANT | 2005-11-29 | 2000-12-19 | 34794611 | Good | Lockheed Martin Corp | Lockheed Martin Corp |
| US20010024193A1 | 0.298 | Written command | APPLICATION | 2001-09-27 | 1999-12-23 | 27356009 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US5773807A | 0.298 | Arrangement for and method of minimizing reading errors in bar code symbol readers | GRANT | 1998-06-30 | 1995-07-28 | 24023305 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6758398B1 | 0.297 | Optical reader with ultraviolet wavelength capability | GRANT | 2004-07-06 | 1998-09-11 | 31192332 | Good | LV Partners LP | JACK A TURPIN, RPX Corp |
| US5557095A | 0.297 | System for enabling decoding of bar code and other symbols with a digital microcomputer connected via the input/output port thereof to the scanner | GRANT | 1996-09-17 | 1993-05-10 | 22025290 | Good | PSC Inc USA | PSC Inc USA |
| US5138140A | 0.297 | Signature capture using electro-optical scanning | GRANT | 1992-08-11 | 1990-08-22 | 24284000 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5415553A | 0.296 | Device for identifying an object using an omnidirectional bar code | GRANT | 1995-05-16 | 1992-11-13 | 10725065 | Good | ||
| US20040181747A1 | 0.295 | Multimedia print driver dialog interfaces | APPLICATION | 2004-09-16 | 2001-11-19 | 32966947 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US7221799B2 | 0.295 | Image processing based on degree of white-background likeliness | GRANT | 2007-05-22 | 1999-09-17 | 27335282 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US20020166895A1 | 0.294 | Charge card purchase | APPLICATION | 2002-11-14 | 1999-12-23 | 27532711 | Good | Anoto AB | Anoto AB |
| US20020135808A1 | 0.293 | Method and apparatus for printing video data | APPLICATION | 2002-09-26 | 2001-03-22 | 25216941 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5675136A | 0.291 | Optoelectric device for the recognition of contrast marks | GRANT | 1997-10-07 | 1994-03-30 | 6514228 | Good | Leuze Electronic GmbH and Co KG | Leuze Electronic GmbH and Co KG |
| US5717221A | 0.290 | Multiple laser indicia reader optionally utilizing a charge coupled device (CCD) detector and operating method therefor | GRANT | 1998-02-10 | 1994-06-30 | 23023645 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5063600A | 0.289 | Hybrid information management system for handwriting and text | GRANT | 1991-11-05 | 1990-05-14 | 24084180 | Good | ||
| US20030121980A1 | 0.287 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding bar codes with primary and secondary information and method of using such bar codes | APPLICATION | 2003-07-03 | 1995-01-03 | 27408830 | Good | ||
| US5128526A | 0.286 | Identification code | GRANT | 1992-07-07 | 1987-07-11 | 26495361 | Good | Teiryo Sangyo Co Ltd | Teiryo Sangyo Co Ltd |
| US6661920B1 | 0.285 | Method and apparatus for multiple simultaneously active data entry mechanisms on a computer system | GRANT | 2003-12-09 | 2000-01-19 | 29712368 | Good | Palm Inc | Qualcomm Inc |
| US5890177A | 0.283 | Method and apparatus for consolidating edits made by multiple editors working on multiple document copies | GRANT | 1999-03-30 | 1996-04-24 | 24562296 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US5355001A | 0.283 | Method for recording data and printed body printed by the method and data recording medium and method for reading data from data recording the medium | GRANT | 1994-10-11 | 1990-11-28 | 26518132 | Good | Toppan Printing Co Ltd | Toppan Printing Co Ltd |
| WO2000048139A1 | 0.279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING APPAREL USING A MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM | APPLICATION | 2000-08-17 | 1999-02-09 | 22932981 | Good | ||
| US4602152A | 0.276 | Bar code information source and method for decoding same | GRANT | 1986-07-22 | 1983-05-24 | 23977672 | Good | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| US5796089A | 0.276 | Bar code scanner with simplified auto-focus capability | GRANT | 1998-08-18 | 1995-09-21 | 24117878 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6792129B1 | 0.275 | Digital watermarking in a perceptually uniform domain | GRANT | 2004-09-14 | 1999-08-25 | 32929961 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Rakuten Group Inc |
| US5428805A | 0.272 | Method and apparatus for recognizing and performing handwritten calculations | GRANT | 1995-06-27 | 1992-12-22 | 25541253 | Good | AI AUTOMATION LLC | AI AUTOMATION LLC |
| US6817525B2 | 0.271 | Apparatus and method for reading an optical code | GRANT | 2004-11-16 | 1998-06-01 | 8236671 | Good | Datalogic SpA | Datalogic SpA |
| US6304898B1 | 0.270 | Method and system for creating and sending graphical email | GRANT | 2001-10-16 | 1999-10-13 | 22573354 | Good | Datahouse Inc | Sendsig LLC |
| US20020023957A1 | 0.270 | Method and apparatus for providing audio/visual feedback to scanning pen users | APPLICATION | 2002-02-28 | 2000-08-21 | 26920844 | Good | RR Donnelley and Sons Co | RR Donnelley and Sons Co |
| US6412695B1 | 0.269 | Optical code and delineator apparatus and method | GRANT | 2002-07-02 | 2000-04-07 | 24174255 | Good | Motorola Inc | William Reber LLC |
| US5633489A | 0.269 | Combination mouse and scanner for reading optically encoded indicia | GRANT | 1997-05-27 | 1992-06-03 | 25400669 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6330486B1 | 0.268 | Acoustic perspective in a virtual three-dimensional environment | GRANT | 2001-12-11 | 1997-07-16 | 25404235 | Good | Silicon Graphics Inc | Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd, RPX Corp, Morgan Stanley and Co LLC |
| US20010001473A1 | 0.267 | Multi-channel signal processing in an optical reader | APPLICATION | 2001-05-24 | 1991-07-25 | 27380585 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6176425B1 | 0.267 | Information management system supporting multiple electronic tags | GRANT | 2001-01-23 | 1998-09-10 | 22537590 | Good | Xerox Corp | Bicameral LLC |
| US5532467A | 0.266 | Optical scanning head | GRANT | 1996-07-02 | 1992-02-27 | 27126400 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Taco Bell Corp, Symbol Technologies LLC, Spectragraphics Corp, SCANQUEST Corp |
| US6704431B1 | 0.265 | Method and apparatus for digital watermarking | GRANT | 2004-03-09 | 1998-09-04 | 27459274 | Good | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp |
| US7152805B2 | 0.264 | Dot-based data package template | GRANT | 2006-12-26 | 2000-06-30 | 31994519 | Good | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd |
| US20040001223A1 | 0.264 | Service system server and client application | APPLICATION | 2004-01-01 | 2002-04-26 | 29540090 | Good | Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd | Fujifilm Corp |
| US20020026359A1 | 0.263 | Targeted advertising method and system | APPLICATION | 2002-02-28 | 2000-02-22 | 26879646 | Good | CLICK TACTICS Inc | CLICK TACTICS Inc |
| US6325505B1 | 0.262 | Media type detection system for inkjet printing | GRANT | 2001-12-04 | 1997-06-30 | 26878744 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US5331176A | 0.262 | Hand held two dimensional symbol reader with a symbol illumination window | GRANT | 1994-07-19 | 1992-04-10 | 25346843 | Good | Veritec Inc | VCODE HOLDINGS Inc |
| US5448049A | 0.262 | Film latent image bar-code (LIBC) reader | GRANT | 1995-09-05 | 1994-02-16 | 22730708 | Good | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6766363B1 | 0.261 | System and method of linking items in audio visual and printed media to related information stored on an electronic network using a mobile device | GRANT | 2004-07-20 | 2000-02-28 | 32685945 | Good | BarPoint com Inc | Nm LLC |
| US6301044B1 | 0.261 | Apparel color and image effect system | GRANT | 2001-10-09 | 2000-03-30 | 24147834 | Good | Disney Enterprises Inc | Disney Enterprises Inc |
| US5408543A | 0.260 | Digital data reader of digital data recording sheet | GRANT | 1995-04-18 | 1989-08-02 | 26512205 | Good | Teiryo Sangyo Co Ltd | Teiryo Sangyo Co Ltd |
| US5969712A | 0.260 | Coordinate reading apparatus and status converting method interface unit and coordinate reading system therefor | GRANT | 1999-10-19 | 1996-03-27 | 26413829 | Good | Seiko Instruments Information Devices Inc | Wacom Co Ltd |
| US20050073544A1 | 0.258 | Early transparency detection routine for inkjet printing | APPLICATION | 2005-04-07 | 1997-06-30 | 27497546 | Good | ||
| US4443694A | 0.258 | Multilevel bar code reader | GRANT | 1984-04-17 | 1981-11-05 | 23239112 | Good | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| US6571279B1 | 0.255 | Location enhanced information delivery system | GRANT | 2003-05-27 | 1997-12-05 | 23219499 | Good | Pinpoint Inc | IREACTOR Inc, Fred Herz Patents LLC |
| US20030089777A1 | 0.254 | Method and system for authoring and playback of audio coincident with label detection | APPLICATION | 2003-05-15 | 2001-11-15 | 28673511 | Good | NAVISCAN LLC | NAVISCAN LLC |
| US4902880A | 0.253 | Card reader system and method with printing and verification capability | GRANT | 1990-02-20 | 1988-09-30 | 22954932 | Good | Peripheral Dynamics Inc | PERIPHERAL DYNAMICS Inc A CORP OF, Peripheral Dynamics Inc |
| US6804659B1 | 0.252 | Content based web advertising | GRANT | 2004-10-12 | 2000-01-14 | 23918621 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6651053B1 | 0.252 | Interactive system for investigating products on a network | GRANT | 2003-11-18 | 1999-02-01 | 29424714 | Good | BarPoint com Inc | Nm LLC |
| WO2001048591A1 | 0.252 | CENTRALIZED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | APPLICATION | 2001-07-05 | 1999-12-23 | 27555292 | Good | ||
| US5394487A | 0.250 | Forms recognition management system and method | GRANT | 1995-02-28 | 1993-10-27 | 22496985 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6675165B1 | 0.250 | Method for linking a billboard or signage to information on a global computer network through manual information input or a global positioning system | GRANT | 2004-01-06 | 2000-02-28 | 29739015 | Good | BarPoint com Inc | Nm LLC |
| US6448979B1 | 0.250 | Printed medium activated interactive communication of multimedia information including advertising | GRANT | 2002-09-10 | 1999-01-25 | 22888440 | Good | Airclic Inc | Descartes Systems Group Inc, Descartes US Holdings Inc |
| US7916124B1 | 0.249 | Interactive apparatus using print media | GRANT | 2011-03-29 | 2001-06-20 | 32718091 | Good | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US6592039B1 | 0.249 | Digital pen using interferometry for relative and absolute pen position | GRANT | 2003-07-15 | 2000-08-23 | 24586422 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US4495646A | 0.249 | On-line character recognition using closed-loop detector | GRANT | 1985-01-22 | 1982-04-20 | 23458149 | Good | ||
| US5818027A | 0.248 | Control circuit for a bar code scanner | GRANT | 1998-10-06 | 1996-11-22 | 25037686 | Good | Intermec Corp | Intermec Technologies Corp |
| US5497432A | 0.248 | Character reading method and apparatus effective for condition where a plurality of characters have close relationship with one another | GRANT | 1996-03-05 | 1992-08-25 | 16841225 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6478232B1 | 0.247 | Compact optically readable data encoding | GRANT | 2002-11-12 | 2001-06-12 | 25376407 | Good | ||
| US20050111691A1 | 0.246 | Method for the enhancement of complex peaks | APPLICATION | 2005-05-26 | 2001-12-19 | 3833248 | Good | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US5258605A | 0.245 | Scan generators for bar code reader using linear array of lasers | GRANT | 1993-11-02 | 1990-03-13 | 27050978 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5095197A | 0.245 | Instant portable bar code reader | GRANT | 1992-03-10 | 1981-12-28 | 27502505 | Good | Norand Corp | Intermec IP Corp, First National Bank of Chicago |
| US20030058340A1 | 0.245 | Video monitoring system employing hierarchical hidden markov model (HMM) event learning and classification | APPLICATION | 2003-03-27 | 2001-09-27 | 26879416 | Good | Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV | Koninklijke Philips NV |
| US8902333B2 | 0.244 | Image processing method using sensed eye position | GRANT | 2014-12-02 | 1997-07-15 | 30771558 | Good | Google LLC | Google LLC |
| US5945656A | 0.244 | Apparatus and method for stand-alone scanning and audio generation from printed material | GRANT | 1999-08-31 | 1997-05-27 | 25342125 | Good | ||
| US5640002A | 0.243 | Portable RF ID tag and barcode reader | GRANT | 1997-06-17 | 1995-08-15 | 24050611 | Good | SCAN-EM CORP | RUPPERT JONATHAN P |
| US6607134B1 | 0.243 | Finger-mounted readers with low power radio frequency communications | GRANT | 2003-08-19 | 1997-07-17 | 27737673 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6484944B1 | 0.243 | Optoelectronic device for acquiring images of planes such as bar code symbols | GRANT | 2002-11-26 | 1999-09-10 | 9549730 | Good | Intermec IP Corp | Intermec IP Corp |
| US5515491A | 0.243 | Method and system for managing communications within a collaborative data processing system | GRANT | 1996-05-07 | 1992-12-31 | 25546317 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6608618B2 | 0.241 | Interactive apparatus using print media | GRANT | 2003-08-19 | 2001-06-20 | 25388986 | Good | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US20030229678A1 | 0.238 | System and method for processing wireless data | APPLICATION | 2003-12-11 | 2002-06-10 | 29708456 | Good | Inventec Tomorrow Studio Corp | Inventec Tomorrow Studio Corp |
| US20020042722A1 | 0.238 | Settlement system settlement program settlement method order placing device and information providing device | APPLICATION | 2002-04-11 | 2000-10-11 | 18790869 | Good | Sharp Corp | Sharp Corp |
| US6357659B1 | 0.237 | Hands free optical scanner trigger | GRANT | 2002-03-19 | 1999-06-03 | 23265130 | Good | PSC Scanning Inc | Datalogic Scanning Inc |
| US5388197A | 0.234 | Video editing system operator inter-face for visualization and interactive control of video material | GRANT | 1995-02-07 | 1991-08-02 | 24971914 | Good | Grass Valley Group Inc | Tektronix Inc |
| US20050010860A1 | 0.233 | Systems and methods for generating and providing previews of electronic files such as Web files | APPLICATION | 2005-01-13 | 2000-02-23 | 26880029 | Good | ||
| US6736322B2 | 0.231 | Method and apparatus for acquiring maintaining and using information to be communicated in bar code form with a mobile communications device | GRANT | 2004-05-18 | 2000-11-20 | 27400511 | Good | Ecrio Inc | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |
| US5932863A | 0.231 | Method and apparatus for accessing electric data via a familiar printed medium | GRANT | 1999-08-03 | 1994-05-25 | 22949201 | Good | Marshall Feature Recognition LLC | Marshall Feature Recognition LLC |
| US7101284B2 | 0.230 | Object display system in a virtual world | GRANT | 2006-09-05 | 2001-12-18 | 27482739 | Good | Sony Computer Entertainment Inc | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc, Sony Network Entertainment Platform Inc |
| US6691914B2 | 0.227 | Method and system for directing end user to network location of provider based on user-provided codes | GRANT | 2004-02-17 | 1999-01-25 | 46278278 | Good | Airclic Inc | Descartes Systems Group Inc, Descartes US Holdings Inc |
| US6006241A | 0.227 | Production of a video stream with synchronized annotations over a computer network | GRANT | 1999-12-21 | 1997-03-14 | 25226456 | Good | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US6085981A | 0.227 | Automatic hand-mounted bar code symbol laser scanner | GRANT | 2000-07-11 | 1990-09-11 | 46251916 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US5446267A | 0.226 | Laer-beam bar code reader | GRANT | 1995-08-29 | 1990-10-09 | 11111349 | Good | Datalogic SpA | Datalogic SpA |
| US5950173A | 0.223 | System and method for delivering consumer product related information to consumers within retail environments using internet-based information servers and sales agents | GRANT | 1999-09-07 | 1996-10-25 | 46253420 | Good | IPF Inc | IPF Inc |
| US6050490A | 0.222 | Handheld writing device and related data entry system | GRANT | 2000-04-18 | 1997-10-31 | 25505381 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6430554B1 | 0.222 | Interactive system for investigating products on a network | GRANT | 2002-08-06 | 1999-02-01 | 22376242 | Good | BarPoint com Inc | Nm LLC |
| US6628314B1 | 0.222 | Computer interface method and apparatus with targeted advertising | GRANT | 2003-09-30 | 1998-07-17 | 22378049 | Good | B E Tech LLC | B E Tech LLC |
| US20020161636A1 | 0.220 | Information providing system | APPLICATION | 2002-10-31 | 2001-04-26 | 18977273 | Good | Hitachi Ltd | Hitachi Ltd |
| US6519571B1 | 0.220 | Dynamic customer profile management | GRANT | 2003-02-11 | 1999-05-27 | 23249917 | Good | Accenture LLP | Accenture Global Services Ltd |
| US5942743A | 0.220 | Portable automatic hand-supportable omnidirectional laser projection scanner with power conserving control system | GRANT | 1999-08-24 | 1994-08-17 | 27581211 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6935563B2 | 0.218 | Code reader | GRANT | 2005-08-30 | 2002-04-04 | 29397571 | Good | Aisin Engineering Co Ltd | Aisin Engineering Co Ltd |
| US20020035697A1 | 0.217 | Systems and methods for distributing and viewing electronic documents | APPLICATION | 2002-03-21 | 2000-06-30 | 22803939 | Good | Zinio Systems Inc | Zinio LLC |
| US5340971A | 0.216 | Automatic bar code reading system having selectable long range and short range modes of operation | GRANT | 1994-08-23 | 1990-09-17 | 25061220 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6692031B2 | 0.216 | Quantum dot security device and method | GRANT | 2004-02-17 | 1998-12-31 | 22842854 | Good | ||
| WO2001061449A2 | 0.215 | SPECIALLY FORMATTED PAPER BASED APPLICATIONS OF A MOBILE PHONE | APPLICATION | 2001-08-23 | 2000-02-16 | 27558731 | Good | ||
| US5796091A | 0.215 | Automatic hand-supportable omnidirectional laser projection scanner with handle-controllable projection axis | GRANT | 1998-08-18 | 1993-11-24 | 46251970 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US4963718A | 0.214 | Method of reading a bar code on a moving cylindrical body | GRANT | 1990-10-16 | 1988-12-21 | 23102608 | Good | Konica Minolta Inc | Konica Minolta Inc |
| US6182898B1 | 0.214 | Bar code scanner with intuitive head aiming and collimated scan volume | GRANT | 2001-02-06 | 1993-11-24 | 27583795 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6015090A | 0.214 | Hand mountable adaptive barcode scanner | GRANT | 2000-01-18 | 1992-06-12 | 25408511 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6688527B2 | 0.213 | Bar code scanning system with wireless communication links | GRANT | 2004-02-10 | 1990-09-17 | 31192575 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US5767501A | 0.213 | Mass-balanced automatic hand-supportable laser projection scanner for fatigue-free omnidirectional scanning of bar code symbols | GRANT | 1998-06-16 | 1993-11-24 | 27578768 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| US6161971A | 0.213 | Image-forming system | GRANT | 2000-12-19 | 1997-11-14 | 18242141 | Good | Asahi Optical Industries Co Ltd | Pentax Corp |
| US5317649A | 0.212 | Method for classifying line patterns of characters in dictionary | GRANT | 1994-05-31 | 1990-11-30 | 18329924 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US6424746B1 | 0.210 | FIGURE CLASSIFYING METHOD FIGURE CLASSIFYING SYSTEM FEATURE EXTRACTING METHOD FOR FIGURE CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR PRODUCING TABLE FOR FIGURE CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM METHOD FOR EVALUATING DEGREE OF SIMILARITY OR DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIGURES FIGURE NORMALIZING METHOD AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN FIGURES | GRANT | 2002-07-23 | 1997-10-28 | 27326033 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US5065000A | 0.208 | AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC POSTAGE METER HAVING A DIRECT ACESS BAR CODE PRINTER | GRANT | 1991-11-12 | 1988-08-01 | 22850357 | Good | USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC | USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC |
| US20020065717A1 | 0.208 | System method and article of manufacture for commoditizing the delivery of promotions | APPLICATION | 2002-05-30 | 1999-04-22 | 23142176 | Good | Neomedia Technologies Inc | Neomedia Technologies Inc |
| US6837436B2 | 0.208 | Consumer interactive shopping system | GRANT | 2005-01-04 | 1996-09-05 | 33556656 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6247648B1 | 0.207 | Bar code scanner utilizing multiple light beams output by a light beam splitter | GRANT | 2001-06-19 | 1999-04-29 | 23164204 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US8896724B2 | 0.206 | Camera system to facilitate a cascade of imaging effects | GRANT | 2014-11-25 | 1997-07-15 | 28042532 | Good | Google LLC | Google LLC |
| US5894119A | 0.206 | Device for enabling listeners to preview music recordings | GRANT | 1999-04-13 | 1996-07-01 | 24731379 | Good | Sun Microsystems Inc | Sun Microsystems Inc |
| US5483051A | 0.206 | Laser bar code reader measuring phase of the pulse laser to determine the distance | GRANT | 1996-01-09 | 1993-11-04 | 11339297 | Good | Datalogic SpA | Datalogic SpA |
| US3983366A | 0.206 | Article sorting apparatus and method | GRANT | 1976-09-28 | 1973-06-27 | 27006459 | Good | ZEGEER JIM | ZEGEER JIM |
| US5629499A | 0.203 | Electronic board to store and transfer information | GRANT | 1997-05-13 | 1993-11-30 | 22571868 | Good | Hewlett Packard Co | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP |
| US6766956B1 | 0.201 | System and method for using portable device with bar-code scanner | GRANT | 2004-07-27 | 2000-06-08 | 32716734 | Good | United Video Properties Inc | Rovi Guides Inc, TV Guide Inc |
| US5587560A | 0.199 | Portable handwritten data capture device and method of using | GRANT | 1996-12-24 | 1995-04-10 | 23663175 | Good | AT&T Global Information Solutions Co | NCR Corp |
| US6334109B1 | 0.197 | Distributed personalized advertisement system and method | GRANT | 2001-12-25 | 1998-10-30 | 22672652 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | PayPal Inc |
| US4549867A | 0.197 | Electronic learning aid with random number modes | GRANT | 1985-10-29 | 1982-05-25 | 23507187 | Good | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| US10380374B2 | 0.197 | System and method for preventing identity theft or misuse by restricting access | GRANT | 2019-08-13 | 2001-04-20 | 51588261 | Good | JPMorgan Chase Bank NA | JPMorgan Chase Bank NA |
| US5313528A | 0.197 | Method for extracting features from on-line handwritten characters | GRANT | 1994-05-17 | 1990-11-29 | 18256652 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US20020067827A1 | 0.196 | Method for preventing check fraud | APPLICATION | 2002-06-06 | 2000-12-04 | 24933133 | Good | National Systems Corp | National Systems Corp |
| WO2001061635A2 | 0.196 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AND UNLOCKING AN ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE | APPLICATION | 2001-08-23 | 2000-02-16 | 27558730 | Good | ||
| US20040073574A1 | 0.194 | Identifier-based information processing system | APPLICATION | 2004-04-15 | 2002-05-13 | 29267754 | Good | NTT Docomo Inc, Hewlett Packard Co | NTT Docomo Inc, HP Inc |
| US5946664A | 0.192 | Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein | GRANT | 1999-08-31 | 1995-06-30 | 15835786 | Good | Sony Corp | Sony Corp |
| US4869532A | 0.192 | Prints and production method thereof | GRANT | 1989-09-26 | 1986-10-07 | 26533063 | Good | Dainichiseika Color and Chemicals Mfg Co Ltd | Dainichiseika Color and Chemicals Mfg Co Ltd |
| US7366908B2 | 0.191 | Digital watermarking with content dependent keys and autocorrelation properties for synchronization | GRANT | 2008-04-29 | 1996-08-30 | 32931657 | Good | Digimarc Corp | Digimarc Corp |
| US7072575B2 | 0.190 | System and method for synchronizing video indexing between audio/video signal and data | GRANT | 2006-07-04 | 2000-01-10 | 19637490 | Good | LG Electronics Inc | LG Electronics Inc |
| US6360949B1 | 0.190 | Retro-reflective scan module for electro-optical readers | GRANT | 2002-03-26 | 1995-10-10 | 23054112 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5025386A | 0.190 | Automated mail collecting and telecommunication machine II | GRANT | 1991-06-18 | 1988-08-01 | 22995883 | Good | USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC | USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC |
| US5291009A | 0.189 | Optical scanning head | GRANT | 1994-03-01 | 1992-02-27 | 25289493 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | SCANQUEST Corp |
| US5918214A | 0.187 | System and method for finding product and service related information on the internet | GRANT | 1999-06-29 | 1996-10-25 | 24961344 | Good | IPF Inc | IPF Inc |
| US6631845B2 | 0.187 | Two window optical scanner | GRANT | 2003-10-14 | 2001-04-03 | 25242755 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6036601A | 0.186 | Method for advertising over a computer network utilizing virtual environments of games | GRANT | 2000-03-14 | 1999-02-24 | 22973744 | Good | Adaboy Inc | Adaboy Inc |
| US4900905A | 0.186 | Automated mail collecting and telecommunication machine | GRANT | 1990-02-13 | 1988-08-01 | 22850362 | Good | USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC | USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC |
| US5204915A | 0.183 | Method of extracting feature from line pattern and line pattern recognition method using the same | GRANT | 1993-04-20 | 1989-09-21 | 17134705 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| US20020130961A1 | 0.180 | Display device of focal angle and focal distance in iris recognition system | APPLICATION | 2002-09-19 | 2001-03-15 | 27350425 | Good | LG Electronics Inc | Iris ID Inc |
| US6227450B1 | 0.180 | Electronically-controlled mechanically-damped off-resonant light beam scanning mechanism and code symbol readers employing the same | GRANT | 2001-05-08 | 1990-09-11 | 25461188 | Good | Metrologic Instruments Inc | Metrologic Instruments Inc |
| EP0276109A2 | 0.180 | Method and apparatus for capturing information in drawing or writing | GRANT | 1988-07-27 | 1987-01-20 | 27263293 | Good | BTG International Ltd, National Research Development Corp UK | BTG International Ltd |
| US6101483A | 0.179 | Personal shopping system portable terminal | GRANT | 2000-08-08 | 1998-05-29 | 22203034 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6738053B1 | 0.178 | Predefined electronic pen applications in specially formatted paper | GRANT | 2004-05-18 | 2000-02-16 | 32303693 | Good | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB |
| WO2001061450A2 | 0.175 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE USER INTERFACE | APPLICATION | 2001-08-23 | 2000-02-16 | 27539078 | Good | ||
| WO2001016872A1 | 0.175 | SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF HANDWRITTEN INFORMATION | APPLICATION | 2001-03-08 | 1999-08-30 | 26655062 | Good | ||
| US6871780B2 | 0.173 | Scalable distributed database system and method for linking codes to internet information | GRANT | 2005-03-29 | 2000-11-27 | 22958043 | Good | Airclic Inc | Descartes Systems Group Inc, Descartes US Holdings Inc |
| US6065676A | 0.173 | Ultra-compact bar-code scanner | GRANT | 2000-05-23 | 1992-04-17 | 25355917 | Good | PSC Scanning Inc | Datalogic Scanning Inc |
| US5971279A | 0.171 | Hand held scanner for the visually impaired | GRANT | 1999-10-26 | 1996-12-19 | 25087747 | Good | En Vision America Inc | EN-VISION AMERICA Inc, En Vision America Inc |
| US5790105A | 0.171 | Pressure sensitive resistor tablet coordinate input device | GRANT | 1998-08-04 | 1996-04-12 | 14636946 | Good | SMK Corp | SMK Corp |
| US20060252526A1 | 0.169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DIRECTIVES FOR PERSONNEL | APPLICATION | 2006-11-09 | 2001-08-03 | 26907331 | Good | ||
| US7343627B2 | 0.169 | Secure document-data-handling system and methodology | GRANT | 2008-03-11 | 2002-04-29 | 29249581 | Good | Sharp Laboratories of America Inc | Sharp Corp |
| US5591949A | 0.166 | Automatic portable account controller for remotely arranging for payment of debt to a vendor | GRANT | 1997-01-07 | 1995-01-06 | 23456766 | Good | Hanger Solutions LLC | Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC |
| US6714778B2 | 0.166 | Context sensitive web services | GRANT | 2004-03-30 | 2001-05-15 | 25319189 | Good | Nokia Oyj | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| US20030158796A1 | 0.165 | Distributed personal automation and shopping method apparatus and process | APPLICATION | 2003-08-21 | 2001-12-08 | 27737269 | Good | III Holdings 3 LLC | III Holdings 3 LLC |
| US20030013463A1 | 0.165 | Smart all-purpose expert management system | APPLICATION | 2003-01-16 | 2001-07-10 | 4663960 | Good | ||
| US6098877A | 0.164 | Interface and method for controlling an optical reader having a scanning module | GRANT | 2000-08-08 | 1997-05-21 | 25335495 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US6988245B2 | 0.164 | System and method for providing videomarks for a video program | GRANT | 2006-01-17 | 2002-06-18 | 29733624 | Good | Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV | Koninklijke Philips NV |
| US20060136546A1 | 0.164 | System and method to initiate a mobile data communication utlizing a trigger system | APPLICATION | 2006-06-22 | 2002-07-19 | 30771059 | Good | M Qube Inc | Mantis Communications LLC |
| US5180904A | 0.160 | Bar code scanner with automatic de-activation of scan upon bar code recognition | GRANT | 1993-01-19 | 1982-01-25 | 27558354 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5732184A | 0.159 | Video and audio cursor video editing system | GRANT | 1998-03-24 | 1995-10-20 | 24179523 | Good | Digital Processing Systems Inc Canada | Digital Processing Systems Inc Canada, HBC Solutions Inc |
| US5983277A | 0.157 | Work group computing for electronic design automation | GRANT | 1999-11-09 | 1996-10-28 | 21848177 | Good | Altera Corp | Altera Corp |
| US4971410A | 0.157 | Scanning and collection system for a compact laser | GRANT | 1990-11-20 | 1989-07-27 | 23525340 | Good | NCR Corp | NCR Corp |
| US4397142A | 0.156 | Coded threads and sheet material useful for making such coded threads | GRANT | 1983-08-09 | 1981-12-07 | 23278134 | Good | Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co | 3M Co |
| US7058510B2 | 0.156 | System and method for providing personalized weather reports and the like | GRANT | 2006-06-06 | 2000-04-12 | 27068481 | Good | Weather Central Inc | DTN LLC |
| US7073127B2 | 0.156 | Video editing GUI with layer view | GRANT | 2006-07-04 | 2002-07-01 | 29780118 | Good | ArcSoft Inc | ArcSoft Inc |
| US6556628B1 | 0.153 | Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving differential signals over a plurality of conductors | GRANT | 2003-04-29 | 1999-04-29 | 23167824 | Good | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina System |
| US20030212980A1 | 0.152 | Synthesizing signal net information from multiple integrated circuit package models | APPLICATION | 2003-11-13 | 2002-05-13 | 29400862 | Good | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP |
| US5468949A | 0.152 | Portable laser diode scanning head | GRANT | 1995-11-21 | 1985-02-28 | 27558356 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| EP1100032A2 | 0.152 | Method implemented on a wireless pre-paid platform of business-to-business transaction processing and billing. | GRANT | 2001-05-16 | 1999-11-12 | 27031899 | Good | Nortel Networks Ltd | Nortel Networks Ltd |
| US5900617A | 0.150 | Optical scanning module having multiple-sided enclosure | GRANT | 1999-05-04 | 1989-10-30 | 27499886 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| EP0362970A2 | 0.150 | A writing instrument for use in capturing information in drawing or writing | GRANT | 1990-04-11 | 1985-11-05 | 27441773 | Good | BTG International Ltd, National Research Development Corp UK | BTG International Ltd |
| US6192380B1 | 0.147 | Automatic web based form fill-in | GRANT | 2001-02-20 | 1998-03-31 | 21980672 | Good | Intel Corp | Intel Corp |
| US6549230B2 | 0.147 | Portable conference center | GRANT | 2003-04-15 | 1999-10-27 | 23698335 | Good | Electronics for Imaging Inc | PNF Co Ltd |
| US5208449A | 0.146 | PORTABLE TRANSACTION TERMINAL | GRANT | 1993-05-04 | 1991-09-09 | 25044388 | Good | PSC Inc USA | Datalogic Mobile Inc |
| US6078806A | 0.145 | Method for using applications in a mobile station a mobile station and a system for effecting payments | GRANT | 2000-06-20 | 1995-02-15 | 8542862 | Good | Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| US4392053A | 0.144 | Optical probe | GRANT | 1983-07-05 | 1981-08-25 | 23140335 | Good | WESTERN PUBLISHING Inc | GOLDEN BOOKS PUBLISHING COMPANY Inc, WESTERN PUBLISHING Inc |
| US5852809A | 0.143 | System and method for routing data and communications | GRANT | 1998-12-22 | 1992-09-11 | 25479778 | Good | MemoryLink Inc | MemoryLink Inc |
| US5187353A | 0.143 | Bar code symbol scanner utilizing monitor photodiode of laser diode package as a photoreceiver | GRANT | 1993-02-16 | 1990-04-18 | 27057087 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US5854148A | 0.142 | Optically readable mark recorded cloth and a production process thereof | GRANT | 1998-12-29 | 1991-08-12 | 26705884 | Good | Toray Industries Inc | Toray Industries Inc |
| US5721768A | 0.142 | Pre-paid card system and method | GRANT | 1998-02-24 | 1994-06-06 | 26943919 | Good | Call Processing Inc | Call Processing Inc |
| US6732935B2 | 0.141 | Multipurpose lens holder for reading optically encoded indicia | GRANT | 2004-05-11 | 2001-03-15 | 25200825 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US20020120507A1 | 0.137 | Feature rich advertisments including consumer requests for additional information | APPLICATION | 2002-08-29 | 2000-04-04 | 46278671 | Good | ||
| US20020059075A1 | 0.136 | Method and system for managing a land-based vehicle | APPLICATION | 2002-05-16 | 2000-05-01 | 27498421 | Good | General Electric Co | General Electric Co |
| US6587831B1 | 0.134 | System and method for online scheduling and shift management | GRANT | 2003-07-01 | 1999-10-21 | 23674672 | Good | Workforce Logistics Inc | SCHEDULEBRAIN Inc |
| US20010053980A1 | 0.134 | Method and system for blind electronic warranty registration | APPLICATION | 2001-12-20 | 1999-12-16 | 22627349 | Good | Onewarrantycom Inc | Onewarrantycom Inc |
| US5842196A | 0.133 | Database system with improved methods for updating records | GRANT | 1998-11-24 | 1996-04-03 | 24508917 | Good | Sybase Inc | Sybase Inc |
| US6904154B2 | 0.133 | Acoustic device | GRANT | 2005-06-07 | 1995-09-02 | 27267883 | Good | New Transducers Ltd | NVF Tech Ltd, Google LLC |
| US5933812A | 0.132 | Portable transaction terminal system | GRANT | 1999-08-03 | 1995-04-12 | 23663271 | Good | Verifone Inc | HP Inc |
| US7974874B2 | 0.131 | Method of enhancing email text with hyperlinked word pointing to targeted ad | GRANT | 2011-07-05 | 2002-04-05 | 28678023 | Good | Consallus Group LLC | Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC |
| US20040205826A1 | 0.129 | Method and system for emulating an HTTP server through a broadcast carousel | APPLICATION | 2004-10-14 | 2002-09-20 | 31992778 | Good | OpenTV Inc | OpenTV Inc |
| US5442188A | 0.129 | Strip chart recorder paper attribute detector and monitor | GRANT | 1995-08-15 | 1992-04-22 | 25359996 | Good | Gould Instrument Systems Inc | Gould Instrument Systems Inc |
| US20020194061A1 | 0.129 | Method and system for request based advertising on a mobile phone | APPLICATION | 2002-12-19 | 2001-03-29 | 25232532 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US5873068A | 0.128 | Display based marketing message control system and method | GRANT | 1999-02-16 | 1994-06-14 | 4173020 | Good | New North Media Inc | Nortel Networks Ltd, Bell Canada Inc, Innovatia Inc, Nortel Networks Corp, Bruncor Inc |
| US5012049A | 0.127 | Position determining apparatus | GRANT | 1991-04-30 | 1989-01-03 | 26967652 | Good | ||
| US4766301A | 0.124 | Textile fabric with woven-in bar code | GRANT | 1988-08-23 | 1985-08-20 | 19846442 | Good | VAN DER LAAN ROBERT ALLARD OVERAMBT 7 5821 CC VIERLINGSBEEK NETHERLANDS | VAN DER LAAN ROBERT ALLARD OVERAMBT 7 5821 CC VIERLINGSBEEK NETHERLANDS |
| US20020032597A1 | 0.122 | System and method for providing request based consumer information | APPLICATION | 2002-03-14 | 2000-04-04 | 27539317 | Good | ||
| WO2001041007A2 | 0.118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERNET-BASED CONSUMER-TO-BUSINESS VALUE CYCLE | APPLICATION | 2001-06-07 | 1999-12-02 | 27538778 | Good | ||
| US5144120A | 0.117 | MIRRORLESS SCANNERS WITH MOVABLE LASER OPTICAL AND SENSOR COMPONENTS | GRANT | 1992-09-01 | 1988-05-11 | 22712906 | Good | Symbol Technologies LLC | Symbol Technologies LLC |
| US20020035536A1 | 0.114 | Method and system for forming a list-based value discovery network | APPLICATION | 2002-03-21 | 2000-09-18 | 22878050 | Good | Icon One Inc | Knapp Investment Co Ltd, Icon One Inc |
| US5839119A | 0.111 | Method of electronic payments that prevents double-spending | GRANT | 1998-11-17 | 1996-09-27 | 24898182 | Good | Xerox Corp | Xerox Corp |
| US7398002B2 | 0.107 | Video editing method and device for editing a video project | GRANT | 2008-07-08 | 2001-06-28 | 21678660 | Good | Corel TW Corp | INTERVIDEO DIGITAL Technology CORP, Corel Corp |
| US5852973A | 0.105 | Portable manually actuated mail bar code stamp | GRANT | 1998-12-29 | 1997-04-04 | 25246912 | Good | ||
| US20030115102A1 | 0.100 | Method and an apparatus for promoting a product or brand | APPLICATION | 2003-06-19 | 2000-02-02 | 23973244 | Good | ||
| US5815142A | 0.099 | Apparatus and method for marking text on a display screen in a personal communications device | GRANT | 1998-09-29 | 1994-07-25 | 23069824 | Good | International Business Machines Corp | MediaTek Inc |
| US6931129B1 | 0.096 | Method and apparatus for generating pseudo random numbers in a video device having an embedded cipher unit | GRANT | 2005-08-16 | 1999-08-29 | 34742755 | Good | Intel Corp | Intel Corp |
| US8789939B2 | 0.090 | Print media cartridge with ink supply manifold | GRANT | 2014-07-29 | 1998-11-09 | 3811233 | Good | Google LLC | Google LLC |
| US20020023029A1 | 0.084 | System and method for revenue chain management | APPLICATION | 2002-02-21 | 2000-03-06 | 26882910 | Good | ||
| US20020123921A1 | 0.081 | System and method for fulfilling staffing requests | APPLICATION | 2002-09-05 | 2001-03-01 | 25169194 | Good | ||
| US4339182A | 0.075 | Control systems for microfilm readers | GRANT | 1982-07-13 | 1979-11-02 | 15316199 | Good | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US5793506A | 0.056 | Optical transmission system for cable television signals and video and telecommunications signals | GRANT | 1998-08-11 | 1995-02-18 | 7754369 | Good | Alcatel NV | Alcatel Lucent NV |
| US3918029A | NR | Scanning system and method | GRANT | 1975-11-04 | 1971-07-06 | 26856520 | Good | ||
| US3668311A | NR | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING HALFTONES | GRANT | 1972-06-06 | 1969-11-19 | 25371503 | Good | EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co | COMMERCIAL GRAPHCS Inc, EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co |
| US3355016A | NR | Sorting device for code bearing articles | GRANT | 1967-11-28 | 1965-01-04 | 23678115 | Good | ||
| KR100240627B1 | NR | STRUCTURE OF RECOGNITION CODE AND ITS RECOGNITION METHOD AND CODE CONTROLLER STRUCTURE | GRANT | 2000-01-15 | 1997-06-12 | 19509345 | Good | ||
| JPS60129891A | NR | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD USING BAR CODE SYMBOL | GRANT | 1985-07-11 | 1983-12-19 | 17045274 | Good | ||
| JPH0798751A | NR | DOCUMENT PROVIDED WITH INDEX ON IMAGE OR LANGUAGE NOTATION OVERLAPPING | GRANT | 1995-04-11 | 1993-05-21 | 9447327 | Good | ||
| JPH06506080A | NR | No title | GRANT | 1994-07-07 | 1991-04-03 | 26298678 | Good | ||
| JPH0337707A | NR | STYLUS LOCATOR AND DATA INPUT SYSTEM | GRANT | 1991-02-19 | 1989-06-28 | 23471795 | Good | ||
| JP2001211327A | NR | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING COPYING MACHINE AND RECORDING MEDIUM | APPLICATION | 2001-08-03 | 1999-12-10 | 23856132 | Good | ||
| GB2373613A | NR | Ordering and action system using portable data collection device | GRANT | 2002-09-25 | 2001-03-20 | 9911136 | Good | ADAXIAL Ltd | ADAXIAL Ltd |
| GB2306669A | NR | Manual entry interactive paper and electronic document handling and processing system | GRANT | 1997-05-07 | 1995-11-01 | 24201664 | Good | Ricoh Co Ltd | Ricoh Co Ltd |
| GB2280329A | NR | Pen type input image scanner connected to printer port of a computer | GRANT | 1995-01-25 | 1993-06-29 | 26230792 | Good | Primax Electronics Ltd | Primax Electronics Ltd |
| FR2709630A1 | NR | Electronic device especially fax machine including a bar code printer and reader for control of the device | GRANT | 1995-03-10 | 1993-08-30 | 9450446 | Good | Canon Research Center France SAS | Canon Research Center France SAS |
| US5907835A | 0.550 | Electronic filing system using different application program for processing drawing commands for printing | GRANT | 1999-05-25 | 1994-11-18 | 27459907 | Fair | Canon Inc | Canon Inc |
| US6441921B1 | 0.544 | System and method for imprinting and reading a sound message on a greeting card | GRANT | 2002-08-27 | 1997-10-28 | 26796276 | Fair | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6895106B2 | 0.524 | Method for stitching partial radiation images to reconstruct a full image | GRANT | 2005-05-17 | 2001-09-11 | 25490566 | Fair | Eastman Kodak Co | Carestream Health Inc |
| US4887128A | 0.521 | Method and apparatus for reproducing documents with variable information | GRANT | 1989-12-12 | 1988-01-04 | 26838424 | Fair | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US6288689B1 | 0.497 | Eyepiece image display apparatus | GRANT | 2001-09-11 | 1997-05-26 | 15141414 | Fair | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | Mitsubishi Electric Corp |
| US8091791B2 | 0.451 | Method and device for coding articles | GRANT | 2012-01-10 | 2002-07-08 | 29724407 | Fair | SICPA Holding SA | SICPA Holding SA |
| US4901359A | 0.431 | Method and apparatus for automatically cutting material in standard patterns | GRANT | 1990-02-13 | 1985-12-14 | 6288437 | Fair | Duerkopp Systemtechnik GmbH | Duerkopp Systemtechnik GmbH |
| US20020193975A1 | 0.409 | Manipulation of electronic media using off-line media | APPLICATION | 2002-12-19 | 2001-06-19 | 25382462 | Fair | International Business Machines Corp | LinkedIn Corp |
| US5504818A | 0.403 | Information processing system using error-correcting codes and cryptography | GRANT | 1996-04-02 | 1991-04-19 | 27470373 | Fair | Cufer Asset Ltd LLC | Cufer Asset Ltd LLC |
| US6229964B1 | 0.401 | Image with sound playback apparatus | GRANT | 2001-05-08 | 1998-02-26 | 21858381 | Fair | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US4358278A | 0.398 | Learning and matching apparatus and method | GRANT | 1982-11-09 | 1980-02-25 | 22414141 | Fair | ||
| US4465349A | 0.391 | Microfilm card and a microfilm reader with automatic stage positioning | GRANT | 1984-08-14 | 1982-02-12 | 23367180 | Fair | Minox GmbH | Minox GmbH |
| US4806976A | 0.369 | Copy apparatus with pattern writing capability | GRANT | 1989-02-21 | 1986-07-25 | 27324173 | Fair | Minolta Co Ltd | Minolta Co Ltd |
| US5575659A | 0.346 | Document interpreting systems | GRANT | 1996-11-19 | 1991-02-22 | 10690432 | Fair | Scanna Tech Ltd | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US20030158701A1 | 0.332 | Alignment method and apparatus therefor | APPLICATION | 2003-08-21 | 1993-01-21 | 27563441 | Fair | Nikon Corp | Nikon Corp |
| US5872616A | 0.325 | Method of printing frame numbers from DX-coded photographic film | GRANT | 1999-02-16 | 1996-10-22 | 24953230 | Fair | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co, Duerr Systems Inc |
| US5480306A | 0.313 | Language learning apparatus and method utilizing optical code as input medium | GRANT | 1996-01-02 | 1994-03-16 | 22796328 | Fair | TRANSPACIFIC INFRARED LLC | TRANSPACIFIC INFRARED LLC |
| US5959281A | 0.310 | Interactive card reading system | GRANT | 1999-09-28 | 1997-02-07 | 25169568 | Fair | Lulirama International Inc | Lulirama International Inc |
| US4891011A | 0.308 | System for assisting the learning of a subject | GRANT | 1990-01-02 | 1988-07-13 | 22815999 | Fair | ||
| US6789123B2 | 0.306 | System and method for delivery of dynamically scalable audio/video content over a network | GRANT | 2004-09-07 | 2001-12-28 | 24743994 | Fair | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US4337375A | 0.305 | Manually controllable data reading apparatus for speech synthesizers | GRANT | 1982-06-29 | 1980-06-12 | 22569767 | Fair | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| EP0132241A2 | 0.270 | Method of signature verification | GRANT | 1985-01-23 | 1983-07-01 | 20351867 | Fair | Esselte Security Systems AB | Esselte Security Systems AB |
| US5984190A | 0.244 | Method and apparatus for identifying integrated circuits | GRANT | 1999-11-16 | 1997-05-15 | 25325182 | Fair | Micron Technology Inc | Micron Technology Inc |
| US4889365A | 0.242 | Counterfeit resistant label and method of making the same | GRANT | 1989-12-26 | 1988-04-11 | 22658391 | Fair | Label Printers | LABEL PRINTERS ILLINOIS PARTNERSHIP CONSISTING OF GERALD A CHOUINARD THEODORE RISCH DONALD TADE AND WILLIAM KANE GENERAL PARTNERS, Label Printers |
| US6330427B1 | 0.240 | Talking novelty device with book | GRANT | 2001-12-11 | 1999-09-08 | 23547919 | Fair | NOVELPOINT LEARNING LLC | NOVELPOINT LEARNING LLC |
| US4505682A | 0.238 | Learning aid with match and compare mode of operation | GRANT | 1985-03-19 | 1982-05-25 | 23507181 | Fair | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| US4604065A | 0.235 | Teaching or amusement apparatus | GRANT | 1986-08-05 | 1982-10-25 | 10533816 | Fair | Price Stern Sloan Publishers Inc | Price Stern Sloan Inc |
| US6748327B1 | 0.233 | Method for spatial estimation of solar radiation flux density and other solar correlated meteorological variables | GRANT | 2004-06-08 | 2001-10-11 | 32328764 | Fair | ||
| US5314336A | 0.228 | Toy and method providing audio output representative of message optically sensed by the toy | GRANT | 1994-05-24 | 1992-02-07 | 25262816 | Fair | ||
| US20040026636A1 | 0.227 | Device and method for inspecting playing card and playing card used therefor | APPLICATION | 2004-02-12 | 2001-02-15 | 18900976 | Fair | Angel Co Ltd | Angel Co Ltd |
| US4457719A | 0.227 | Electronic learning aid for providing sequencing and spelling exercises | GRANT | 1984-07-03 | 1982-05-25 | 23507191 | Fair | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| US6999766B1 | 0.217 | Method and apparatus for optimization of a cellular network | GRANT | 2006-02-14 | 1997-05-19 | 25327850 | Fair | Qualcomm Inc | Qualcomm Inc |
| US4466801A | 0.213 | Electronic learning aid with means for repeating an element of nonspoken sound | GRANT | 1984-08-21 | 1982-05-25 | 23507113 | Fair | Texas Instruments Inc | Texas Instruments Inc |
| US6574660B1 | 0.207 | Intelligent content delivery system based on user actions with client application data | GRANT | 2003-06-03 | 1999-12-28 | 23879019 | Fair | Intel Corp | Intel Corp |
| US4851840A | 0.204 | Optical analog to digital converter | GRANT | 1989-07-25 | 1988-01-06 | 22497871 | Fair | Wright State University | Wright State University |
| US5695345A | 0.202 | Synchronized combined sound and sight entertainment and educational system | GRANT | 1997-12-09 | 1996-05-24 | 24619227 | Fair | ||
| US6296022B1 | 0.196 | Woven fabric with machine-readable code | GRANT | 2001-10-02 | 1999-09-18 | 10861122 | Fair | J&J Cash Ltd | J & J Cash Ltd, J&J Cash Ltd |
| US6877096B1 | 0.193 | Modular computer applications with expandable capabilities | GRANT | 2005-04-05 | 2000-04-11 | 34375617 | Fair | GOOGOLSPACE Inc | CHUNG EDWARD |
| US5190285A | 0.188 | Electronic game having intelligent game pieces | GRANT | 1993-03-02 | 1991-09-30 | 25079931 | Fair | AT&T Bell Laboratories Inc | Nokia Bell Labs, AT&T Corp |
| US6839260B2 | 0.187 | Semiconductor device having different types of memory cell arrays stacked in a vertical direction | GRANT | 2005-01-04 | 2000-01-18 | 18541424 | Fair | Hitachi Ltd | Hitachi Ltd |
| US6527641B1 | 0.187 | System for profiling mobile station activity in a predictive command wireless game system | GRANT | 2003-03-04 | 1999-09-24 | 23600918 | Fair | Nokia Oyj | RPX Corp, Nokia USA Inc |
| US4884974A | 0.186 | Interactive talking book and audio player assembly | GRANT | 1989-12-05 | 1987-12-21 | 22469437 | Fair | View Master Ideal Group Inc | View Master Ideal Group Inc |
| US20030104820A1 | 0.176 | Location-specific messaging system | APPLICATION | 2003-06-05 | 2001-12-04 | 21729677 | Fair | International Business Machines Corp | PayPal Inc, Individual |
| US5107541A | 0.174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING INFORMATION IN DRAWING OR WRITING | GRANT | 1992-04-21 | 1985-11-05 | 27262836 | Fair | National Research Development Corp UK | BTG International Ltd |
| US5611694A | 0.173 | Interactive talking picture machine | GRANT | 1997-03-18 | 1993-06-09 | 22121622 | Fair | ||
| US20020192009A1 | 0.169 | Memory pen device | APPLICATION | 2002-12-19 | 2001-06-14 | 25375173 | Fair | ||
| US6865367B2 | 0.164 | Voice book device | GRANT | 2005-03-08 | 2002-03-18 | 27785949 | Fair | Syhitech Co Ltd | Syhitech Co Ltd |
| US20010045645A1 | 0.162 | Multichip semiconductor device and memory card | APPLICATION | 2001-11-29 | 2000-04-20 | 18630875 | Fair | Toshiba Corp | Toshiba Corp |
| US20030167412A1 | 0.151 | Network identity mark issuance/management system apparatus method and recording medium containing program therefor | APPLICATION | 2003-09-04 | 2002-03-01 | 27800040 | Fair | NEC Corp | NEC Corp |
| US6785343B1 | 0.147 | Rectangular-to-polar conversion angle quantizer | GRANT | 2004-08-31 | 2000-10-20 | 32908964 | Fair | Northrop Grumman Corp | Northrop Grumman Systems Corp |
| US20020197589A1 | 0.146 | Interactive educational apparatus with number array | APPLICATION | 2002-12-26 | 2001-06-26 | 26873657 | Fair | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US5059126A | 0.146 | SOUND ASSOCIATION AND LEARNING SYSTEM | GRANT | 1991-10-22 | 1990-05-09 | 24073969 | Fair | ||
| US4570250A | 0.144 | Optical sound-reproducing apparatus | GRANT | 1986-02-11 | 1983-05-18 | 23969147 | Fair | CBS Inc | CBS Broadcasting Inc |
| US20020076683A1 | 0.142 | Real time audio assisted instructional device | APPLICATION | 2002-06-20 | 2000-12-14 | 24955905 | Fair | Mustek Systems Inc | Mustek Systems Inc |
| US6252948B1 | 0.139 | Telephone note-taking device | GRANT | 2001-06-26 | 1992-03-13 | 12992428 | Fair | Sanyo Electric Co Ltd | Hanger Solutions LLC |
| US20040043365A1 | 0.137 | Electronic learning device for an interactive multi-sensory reading system | APPLICATION | 2004-03-04 | 2002-05-30 | 31982759 | Fair | Mattel Inc | Mattel Inc |
| US6823188B1 | 0.129 | Automated proximity notification | GRANT | 2004-11-23 | 2000-07-26 | 24508211 | Fair | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US20030051026A1 | 0.129 | Network surveillance and security system | APPLICATION | 2003-03-13 | 2001-01-19 | 25076808 | Fair | INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION SCIENCES | INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION SCIENCES |
| US5689823A | 0.129 | Radio having an option board interface and an option board for use therewith | GRANT | 1997-11-18 | 1995-02-21 | 23548468 | Fair | Motorola Inc | Motorola Solutions Inc |
| US20030129572A1 | 0.123 | Learning center | APPLICATION | 2003-07-10 | 2002-01-05 | 26990114 | Fair | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US20040104890A1 | 0.121 | Compact book and apparatus using print media | APPLICATION | 2004-06-03 | 2002-09-05 | 31982365 | Fair | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US6462675B1 | 0.120 | Method system and program for auditing driver compliance to a current speed limit | GRANT | 2002-10-08 | 2000-10-13 | 24770496 | Fair | International Business Machines Corp | International Business Machines Corp |
| US6905391B2 | 0.111 | Scanning toy | GRANT | 2005-06-14 | 2002-01-05 | 23359476 | Fair | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc | Leapfrog Enterprises Inc |
| US6369710B1 | 0.108 | Wireless security system | GRANT | 2002-04-09 | 2000-03-27 | 24131789 | Fair | Lucent Technologies Inc | Nokia of America Corp |
| US5846686A | 0.106 | Agent for forming a fine pattern of ferroelectric film and method of forming a fine pattern of ferroelectric film | GRANT | 1998-12-08 | 1991-11-14 | 27338294 | Fair | Rohm Co Ltd | Rohm Co Ltd |
| US6523314B1 | 0.095 | Ceiling grid with resilient centering tabs | GRANT | 2003-02-25 | 2000-12-29 | 25025228 | Fair | USG Interiors LLC | USG Interiors LLC |
| US6564252B1 | 0.087 | Scalable storage system with unique client assignment to storage server partitions | GRANT | 2003-05-13 | 1999-03-11 | 34682321 | Fair | Microsoft Corp | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC |
| US6656319B1 | 0.084 | Fluid-activatable adhesive articles and methods | GRANT | 2003-12-02 | 2000-10-25 | 24799400 | Fair | 3M Innovative Properties Co | 3M Innovative Properties Co |
| US6195570B1 | 0.081 | Mobile terminal provided with display controlling function by detecting insertion of earphone jack | GRANT | 2001-02-27 | 1997-09-30 | 17419417 | Fair | NEC Corp | NEC Corp |
| US5527641A | 0.079 | Coated metal sheet for dry cell positive electrode can and positive electrode can formed of such metal sheet | GRANT | 1996-06-18 | 1993-03-17 | 13784235 | Fair | Sanyo Excell Co Ltd, Sanyo Electric Co Ltd, Nisshin Steel Co Ltd | FDK Corp, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co Ltd |
| US6331495B1 | 0.075 | Semiconductor structure useful in a self-aligned contact etch and method for making same | GRANT | 2001-12-18 | 1998-01-22 | 21746822 | Fair | Micron Technology Inc | Micron Technology Inc |
| US5263865A | 0.067 | Personal learning system | GRANT | 1993-11-23 | 1991-12-02 | 25180498 | Fair | AT&T Bell Laboratories Inc | Nokia Bell Labs, AT&T Corp |
| US6448661B1 | 0.058 | Three-dimensional multi-chip package having chip selection pads and manufacturing method thereof | GRANT | 2002-09-10 | 2001-02-09 | 19705535 | Fair | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |
| US20040115430A1 | 0.030 | Electronic systems incorporated into textile threads or fibres | APPLICATION | 2004-06-17 | 2001-04-10 | 9912597 | Fair | ||
| US5794540A | 0.022 | Child's easel/table | GRANT | 1998-08-18 | 1996-08-16 | 24807493 | Fair | Fisher Price Inc | Fisher Price Inc |
| EP0870555A1 | 0.015 | Mandrel for winding strip material and its use | GRANT | 1998-10-14 | 1997-04-10 | 9505754 | Fair | Kvaerner Metals Clecim SA | Clecim SAS |
| US3824706A | NR | EDUCATIONAL DEVICE | GRANT | 1974-07-23 | 1973-05-09 | 23410279 | Fair | ||
| US3080611A | NR | Method for the production of cigarette filters | GRANT | 1963-03-12 | 1960-11-08 | 22079506 | Fair | Eastman Kodak Co | Eastman Kodak Co |
| US2528611A | NR | Method of making illustrated phonograph records | GRANT | 1950-11-07 | 1947-03-18 | 24955119 | Fair | Vogue Recordings Inc | Vogue Recordings Inc |
| JPS63254586A | NR | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING SAME | GRANT | 1988-10-21 | 1987-04-10 | 13935008 | Fair | ||
| JPH1141469A | NR | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | GRANT | 1999-02-12 | 1997-07-23 | 16625686 | Fair | ||
| JPH1132206A | NR | IMAGE PROCESSOR | GRANT | 1999-02-02 | 1997-07-10 | 16168700 | Fair | ||
| JPH10257309A | NR | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING ID CARD | GRANT | 1998-09-25 | 1997-03-06 | 12890303 | Fair | ||
| JPH10208038A | NR | PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR | GRANT | 1998-08-07 | 1997-01-21 | 11707937 | Fair | ||
| JPH0991371A | NR | CHARACTER DISPLAY DEVICE | GRANT | 1997-04-04 | 1995-09-21 | 17099798 | Fair | ||
| JPH0836452A | NR | WRITING PEN AND WRITING PEN DEVICE | GRANT | 1996-02-06 | 1994-07-21 | 15883177 | Fair | ||
| JPH07141104A | NR | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING COORDINATE SPECIFIC INFOMATION AND COORDINATE SPECIFIC INFORMATION DISPLAY BOARD | GRANT | 1995-06-02 | 1993-11-19 | 17760598 | Fair | ||
| JPH0662230A | NR | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE | GRANT | 1994-03-04 | 1992-08-10 | 16969134 | Fair | ||
| JPH06309084A | NR | OPTICAL COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE | GRANT | 1994-11-04 | 1993-04-27 | 14860431 | Fair | ||
| JPH0537700A | NR | FACSIMILE EQUIPMENT | GRANT | 1993-02-12 | 1991-07-26 | 16200651 | Fair | ||
| JP2833975B2 | NR | No title | GRANT | 1998-12-09 | 1992-09-28 | 26543600 | Fair | ||
| JP2003125361A | NR | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | APPLICATION | 2003-04-25 | 2001-10-12 | 19134025 | Fair | ||
| JP2002027833A | NR | METHOD FOR RAISING SEEDLING OR SEEDLING AND SEEDING METHOD OR SEEDING APPARATUS | APPLICATION | 2002-01-29 | 2000-07-17 | 18711372 | Fair | ||
| JP2001096837A | NR | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD IMAGE RECORDER AND RECORDING MEDIUM | APPLICATION | 2001-04-10 | 1999-07-29 | 26520652 | Fair | ||
| JP2000332984A | NR | IMAGE PROCESSOR IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE SYSTEM METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | APPLICATION | 2000-11-30 | 1999-05-14 | 15137366 | Fair | ||
| JP2000022945A | NR | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | APPLICATION | 2000-01-21 | 1998-07-01 | 16189823 | Fair |
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Validity Report Full Report
US6641053B1 — Foreground/background document processing with dataglyphs Priority Date: 2002-10-16, Publication Date: 2003-11-04, Current Assignee: BASSFIELD IP LLCReport Generated: 2022-09-30