(12) United States Patent
Heller et al.
US006293465B1
(io) Patent No.: US 6,293,465 Bl (45) Date of Patent: *Sep. 25,2001
(54) CMOS IMAGING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED IDENTIFICATION CIRCUITRY
(75) Inventors: Jack Heller, Mesa; James Breisch,
Chandler, both of AZ (US)
(73) Assignee: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
( * ) Notice: This patent issued on a continued prosecution application filed under 37 CFR 1.53(d), and is subject to the twenty year patent term provisions of 35 U.S.C. 154(a)(2).
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/032,751
(22) Filed: Feb. 27, 1998
(51) Int. CI.7 G06K 7/10; G06K 7/14
(52) U.S. CI 235/454; 235/439
(58) Field of Search 235/439, 454,
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Primary Examiner—Michael G. Lee
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(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor &
Zafman LLP
