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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6423900 | Active cover plate for an electrical outlet An active cover plate is provided for a standard electrical device such as a switch or receptacle which has a body unit-molded from a synthetic resin. The active cover plate is so termed because an active load is embedded within it. The exterior of the bo... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6087588 | Active cover plate for an electrical outlet An active cover plate is provided for a standard electrical device such as a switch or receptacle which has a body unit-molded from a synthetic resin. The active cover plate is so termed because an active load is embedded within it. The exterior of the bo... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5522623 | Coded identification card and other standardized documents An apparently conventional document such as an identification (ID) card is constructed as a laminate within which is a code or other coding indicia such as a photograph, bar code or fingerprint. concealed from human view. The document is read by a convent... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5259907 | Method of making coded playing cards having machine-readable coding An apparently conventional playing card is invisibly coded so that it can only be read face down, by an electrooptic reading means. The card may be of non-laminated conventional card stock which has a substantially white surface conventionally printed wit... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5169155 | Coded playing cards and other standardized documents An apparently conventional playing card is invisibly coded so that it can only be read face down, by an electro-optic reading means. The card may be of non-laminated conventional card stock which has a substantially white surface conventionally printed wi... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5067713 | Coded playing cards and apparatus for dealing a set of cards A deck of cards is coded by marking each card on its face with a bar code which is essentially invisible to the human eye, but can be read by a detector matched to the source of wavelength of the light used to irradiate each card as it is passed over the ... | 11/26/1991 |
