- Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON) has filed suit against bar-code reader maker Code Corp., alleging "widespread patent infringement."
- Patents involved cover Honeywell innovations that make bar code readers easier, faster and more accurate in usage, the company says.
- The suit names six patents, for such innovations as an autodiscriminating optical reader and a battery pack with capacity and pre-removal indicators, as well as an optical assembly for the scanner.
- Honeywell, which says it pioneered the bar code scanning market in the 1970s, says it has "zero tolerance for those who infringe our intellectual property."