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Gauge and method for determining the number of words per printed page

Patent 4129947 Issued on December 19, 1978. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 18, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

972528

1354977

1796955

2376811

Inventor

Application

No. 05/852618 filed on 11/18/1977

US Classes:

33/1B, Printed sheet33/1SStatistical measurements

Examiners

Primary: Stearns, Richard R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

B42D 15/00 (20060101)

Abstract

A gauge is provided for measuring the width of a selected word, for example "the", and using this width to determine the number of words per line on a printed page. The same gauge, in one embodiment of the invention, also includes means for determining the number of lines per page thus enabling the user to estimate the number of words per printed page for speed reading purposes.

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