George Laurer
American engineer
Died when: 94 years 73 days (1130 months)Star Sign: Libra
George Joseph Laurer III (September 23, 1925 – December 5, 2019) 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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