US PATENT SUBCLASS 382 / 182
.~ Limited to specially coded, human-readable characters

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181  DF  PATTERN RECOGNITION {8}
182.~ Limited to specially coded, human-readable characters {2}
183  DF  .~.~> Characters formed entirely of parallel bars (e.g., CMC-7)
184  DF  .~.~> With separate timing or alignment marks

DEFINITION

Classification: 382/182

Limited to specially coded, human-readable characters:

(under subclass 181) Subject matter wherein the pattern* recognition* unit is designed specifically to read a special alphabet of highly stylized letters or numbers that have incorporated into their form a machine-readable code.

(1) Note. This subclass does not include recognition of coded pattern*s such as the Universal Product Code (UPC), which is designed to be machine-readable only and which bears no resemblance to any human-readable alphabet.

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137, for the E-13B font of machine- and human-readable characters.

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235, Registers,

435+, for the reading of a code which is not an alphanumeric.