Article posted: 12/13/2012 2:12 PM

Bar code’s co-inventor N. Joseph Woodland dies, 91

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Norman Joseph Woodland and a partner submitted a patent in 1949 for the first bar code. The patent was issued in 1952.

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Norman Joseph Woodland, the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of commerce worldwide, has died. He was 91.