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Recognition Equipment Incorporated

114Patents
2Active
114Granted
43Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1972 → Jan 29, 1992

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4027142A Automated processing of financial documents Physics 275 Expired
US4396902A OCR/Variable head slot reader Physics 167 Expired
US3949363A Bar-Code/MICR/OCR merge Physics 165 Expired
US4766297A Dual mode stationary and portable scanning system Physics 144 Expired
US4308547A Liquid drop emitter Performing Operations; Transporting 144 Expired
US4542528A OCR and bar code reader with optimized sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US5146512A Method and apparatus for utilizing multiple data fields for character recognition Physics 132 Expired
US4020463A Apparatus and a method for storage and retrieval of image patterns Electricity 126 Expired
US4404649A Document processing system Physics 122 Expired
US4072859A Wand turn-on control Physics 113 Expired
US4048617A Retrace data elimination Physics 103 Expired
US4158194A Optical recognition system Physics 96 Expired
US4238760A Multi-spectrum photodiode devices Electricity 84 Expired
US4551717A Intelligent key display Electricity 82 Expired
US5204537A Thickness sensor comprising a leaf spring means, and a light sensor Performing Operations; Transporting 78 Expired
US3962681A Page width optical character processing method and system Physics 77 Expired
USD248946S Hand scan unit General 59 Expired
US5133022A Normalizing correlator for video processing Physics 59 Expired
US4402088A OCR And bar code reading using area array Physics 56 Expired
US3947817A Hand operated optical character recognition wand Physics 51 Expired
US4150997A Water base fluorescent ink for ink jet printing Chemistry; Metallurgy 50 Expired
US4158507A Laser measuring system for inspection Physics 49 Expired
US4028674A Automated signature verification system Physics 47 Expired
US3976973A Horizontal scan vertical simulation character reading Physics 47 Expired
US4053737A Magnetic reader for bar encoded characters Physics 46 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.