US 6,105,871 C1 (6688th)
PORTABLE BAR CODE SCANNER APPARATUS
James A. Campo, Brunswick, Ohio; Donald M. Embree, Uniontown, Ohio; Donald I. Sloan, Stow, Ohio; Roger H. Ramsey, Akron, Ohio; Robert G. Martinez, Akron, Ohio, and Dennis M. Futo, Middleburg Hts, Ohio, assignors to Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, N.Y.
Reexamination Request No. 90/006,603, Apr. 16, 2003.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 6,105,871, issued Aug. 22, 2000, Appl. No. 914,904, Jul. 16, 1992.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—472.03
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-20 are cancelled.
[1. A portable bar code scanner apparatus comprising:
a housing configured to be held in the palm of one hand with a front face of the housing facing upwardly from the palm and with an upper end of the housing facing outwardly;
a keyboard and a display mounted on the front face of the housing, the keyboard being oriented with its upper end nearest the upper end of the housing and having a full numeric set of keys that are individually engageable by the thumb or fingers of the hand holding the housing; and
means disposed within the housing for scanning a bar code positioned adjacent to the upper end of the housing.]