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Pill printing and identification

US5992742A · kind A · utility

122Cited by
15References
2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 30, 1997
Grant dateNov 30, 1999
Priority date—
Expiry dateMay 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G1/0054
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A machine readable code on a label of a pill or imprinted directly thereon. The code may be used to track the identity of the pill for purposes of avoiding mix-up or trademark violations. The code has patterns whose resolution is too small for the unaided eye to discern.

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