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Bar code scanner decoding

EP 1836646 B1 · Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.

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  • Filed December 2, 2005 and granted March 21, 2012. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 2, 2025.
  • Supplementary protection certificates extend only medicine and crop-protection patents, and it isn't classified as either.
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FiledDecember 2, 2005
PublishedSeptember 26, 2007
GrantedMarch 21, 2012
Term endedDecember 2, 2025
Application numberEP 05852991
Classification (CPC)G06K7/14 +2 more

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