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National Medal Winner - Joseph N. Woodland

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PHOTO: Bar code technology on soup can
Woodland, N. Joseph, National Medal of Technology, 1992
Bar code technology
"I filed for the basic patent on bar code in 1949. My first thought was to suggest that one of the contents of the Capsule could be an example of a bar code, such as a soup can with a UPC printed on the label."


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