Two-dimensional identification pattern, article including such a pattern, and methods for marking and identifying such a pattern

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PATENT NO 9141899
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13501618

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A method for marking an article with an identification pattern which may include information relating to the article and/or to the use thereof, the method including: defining an alphabet of a plurality of symbols; defining, for each symbol, at least two valid states and at least one invalid state; developing a reference pattern including a set of symbols from the alphabet; developing at least one representation of the reference pattern by allocating a specific valid state to each symbol of the reference pattern; and applying a marking, reproducing the representation of the reference pattern, onto the article.

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  • SICPA HOLDING SA

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Decoux, Eric Vevey, CH 36 239
Vuistiner, Dave Lausanne, CH 2 12

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