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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8840032
APP PUB NO 20110121069A1
SERIAL NO

13015801

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Barcodes are provided that convey images to help consumers and/or to help identify information about the origin of an article. The images conveyed by the barcodes may be associated with a merchant, a department, an event, a season, a theme or a product, for example. The barcodes may be placed on any number of articles including purchaser receipts, gift receipts, marketing receipt coupons, paper coupons, electronic coupons, rewards cards, gift cards, registry printouts, and products/packaging, for example. Under some embodiments, the barcodes help consumers to associate articles with a particular merchant or department. Under other embodiments, the barcodes help consumers to distinguish purchaser receipts from gift receipts. In some embodiments, the barcodes are generated dynamically by altering font-based barcodes to convey the image.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • TARGET BRANDS, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boldt, Ellen A Minnetonka, US 2 89
Butcher, John J Chanhassen, US 2 89
Domka, Vicki L Becker, US 2 89
Eggleston, Bonnie Apple Valley, US 2 89
Erickson, Eric B Minneapolis, US 3 93
Halbur, Ted C Lino Lakes, US 68 1084
Kaiser, John J St. Paul, US 9 172
Kuhn-Wallace, Kelly Minneapolis, US 2 89
Lindahl, Kim O Golden Valley, US 8 174
Sha, David Minneapolis, US 5 422

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