Appeal No. 96-1480
Application No. 08/179,779
Claim 6 on appeal is as follows:
6. A data code support, such as a card or sheet
comprising a surface having at least one predetermined unit of
surface area delineated thereon, said at least one
predetermined unit of surface area being divided into four
regions having similar dimensions, each region of said four
regions constituting a unitary recording area and portraying a
different binary notation commencing with the lowest order of
binary notations and thereafter successive binary notations,
said lowest order of binary notations being depicted by a
unitary recorded area or region being shaded to represent the
lowest order of a binary notation value of a group of selected
binary notation values, the remainder of said regions
selectively being shaded to depict any one of a predetermined
number of selected binary notation values.
Claim 6 in the parent application is reproduced as
follows:
6. A data code support, such as a card or sheet
comprising a surface having at least one unit of surface area
delineated thereon, said at least one unit of surface area
being divided into at least two regions having similar
dimensions, each region of said at least two regions
portraying a different column of binary notation commencing
with the lowest order column of binary notation and thereafter
the successive columns of binary notation, identical regions
of said at least one unit representing the same column, at
least one region of said at least one unit being shaded to
represent one binary notation value of a group of selected
binary notation values, each binary notation value of said
group of selected binary notation values having a
predetermined number and complementary arrangement of said
shaded regions.
Claim 23 was added in this application, and it reads as
follows:
23. A data code recognition method, said method
comprising the steps of:
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