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Trivia The first product scanned was a packet of chewing gum in 1974.

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Norman Joseph Woodland invented the barcode and received a patent in You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. 1952.

It wasn’t until 22 years later when he was employed by IBM, that the barcode was developed to be used for product labeling.

Known as the Universal Product Code (UPC), a system that is still used today.
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