American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, patented jointly with Bernard Silver in the US in 1952. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Co-invented the barcode as a retail identification system.
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Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was an American Jewish inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952.
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Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 - December 9, 2012) was an American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode.
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best known as one of the inventors of the barcode
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The barcode was invented by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver and patented in the US in 1952.
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