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George Laurer

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American inventor

United StatesScientistsLived 1925 to 2019 · aged 94
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George Joseph Laurer III was an American engineer for IBM at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. He published 20 bulletins, held 28 patents and developed the Universal Product Code (UPC) in the early 1970s. He devised the coding and pattern used for the UPC, based on Joe Woodland's more general idea for barcodes.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1925 to 2019 · aged 94
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