US PATENT SUBCLASS 382 / 125
.~.~.~ Extracting minutia such as ridge endings and bifurcations

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100  DF  APPLICATIONS {20}
115  DF  .~ Personnel identification (e.g., biometrics) {5}
124  DF  .~.~ Using a fingerprint {3}
125.~.~.~ Extracting minutia such as ridge endings and bifurcations

DEFINITION

Classification: 382/125

Extracting minutia such as ridge endings and bifurcations:

(under subclass 124) Subject matter in which the finest details of a fingerprint are measured so as to identify a person.

(1) Note. These details are commonly called "minutiae" and consist of features such as ridge endings, bifurcations,

tri-radii, and cores.