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National Medal Winner - Joseph N. Woodland
National Millennium Time Capsule National Medal
Winner
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."