Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
An information bearing member adapted to be scanned by energy applied thereto comprising first and second coded symbols wherein the first coded symbol includes a first array of parallel bars of varying widths in which alternate bars are of different colors with the first and last bar being of the same color and the second coded symbol includes a second array of parallel bars of varying widths in which the alternate bars of said second array are of different color with the first and last bars of said second array being of different colors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
An information bearing member adapted to be scanned by energy applied thereto comprising first and second coded symbols wherein the first coded symbol includes a first array of parallel bars of varying widths in which alternate bars are of different colors with the first and last bar being of the same color and the second coded symbol includes a second array of parallel bars of varying widths in which the alternate bars of said second array are of different color with the first and last bars of said second array being of different colors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The member of claim 1 in which said first and second coded symbols further include a third array of parallel bars of equal widths.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The member of claim 2 which includes a plurality of first coded symbols and a second symbol in which the third array of bars of said first coded symbols are aligned in parallel with the first array.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The member of claim 3 in which the third array of bars of said second coded symbol are aligned in parallel with the second array.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The member of claim 4, in which the third array of bars are contiguous with the first and second array of bars.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The member of claim 5, in which the first, second and third array of bars of said first and second coded symbols are black.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The member of claim 6, in which the alternate bars of said first and second coded symbols are white, with the last bar of the second array of said second coded symbol being white.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The member of claim 7, in which the first and last bars of the first array of said first coded symbols are black.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The member of claim 8 in which the first bar of the second array of said second coded symbol is black and the last bar is white.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The member of claim 9, in which the first and second arrays of said first and second coded symbols represents in coded form a plurality of data characters.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The member of claim 10, in which the first bar of the first and second arrays of said first and second coded symbols is of the same color with the remaining bars of the first and second arrays representing the same data character having opposite colors.