SCAN OPTICS INC has a total of 20 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1971. It filed its patents most often in United States, France and Germany. Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, packaging and shipping and measurement are C I M CARD IDENTIFICATION MACH, OPTICAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS and COMPUTER GES KONSTANZ.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 14 | |
#2 | France | 2 | |
#3 | Germany | 1 | |
#4 | United Kingdom | 1 | |
#5 | Italy | 1 | |
#6 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Computer technology | |
#2 | Packaging and shipping | |
#3 | Measurement | |
#4 | Audio-visual technology | |
#5 | IT methods for management | |
#6 | Machines |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Data recognition and presentation | |
#2 | Handling thin material | |
#3 | Analysing materials | |
#4 | Electric digital data processing | |
#5 | Data processing systems | |
#6 | Postal sorting | |
#7 | Television |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Pintsov Leon | 4 |
#2 | Stone David H | 4 |
#3 | Stone David | 4 |
#4 | Soussounis James M | 3 |
#5 | D Amato Donald | 3 |
#6 | Scanlon Edward F | 3 |
#7 | Thaler Michael | 2 |
#8 | Callahan James D | 2 |
#9 | Brazeal Jr Earl H | 2 |
#10 | Challahan James D | 1 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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US2005274914A1 | High speed image scanner | |
US6970267B1 | Gray scale optical mark reader | |
US6212130B1 | Method and apparatus for plural document detection | |
US5850480A | OCR error correction methods and apparatus utilizing contextual comparison | |
US5386482A | Address block location method and apparatus | |
US4817179A | Digital image enhancement methods and apparatus | |
US4813077A | Sales transaction record processing system and method | |
US4628532A | Alphanumeric handprint recognition | |
US4524963A | Document handling device | |
US4120049A | Line memory | |
US4122443A | Character position detector | |
US4171129A | Document transport | |
US4097847A | Multi-font optical character recognition apparatus | |
US3723970A | Optical character recognition system |