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Application of Theodore S. Bindshedler

427 F.2d 1261, 57 C.C.P.A. 1187
CourtCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals
DecidedJune 25, 1970
DocketPatent Appeal 8289
StatusPublished
Cited by1 cases

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Application of Theodore S. Bindshedler, 427 F.2d 1261, 57 C.C.P.A. 1187 (ccpa 1970).

Opinion

RICH, Acting Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals 1 affirming the rejection of claims 1-9, 14-16, and 42-49 2 of application serial No. 285,550, filed May 31, 1963, and entitled “Data-Records, and Data-Reeording and Utilizing Methods and Means.” 3 Claims 17-31 have been allowed.

The Invention

The broadest claims on appeal are directed to a method and apparatus for converting data into electric signals by printing characters or symbols representative of the data with magnetic ink on a non-magnetic record member and thereafter automatically sensing or reading the printed data by electromagnetic means. Some of the claims include the steps of printing the characters with a “hard” magnetic ink and permanently magnetizing the characters in a particular direction before they are read with a magnetic sensing head. Other claims are directed to apparatus which utilizes these methods to enter data into an accounting machine.

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