Barcode Inventors to be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame

The National Inventors Hall of Fame announced it will induct Norman Joseph Woodland and his co-inventor, Bernard Silver, for their contribution to the invention of the Universal Product Code (UPC). The UPC has become the world's most pervasive inventory tracking tool and has transformed the way consumers shop, how businesses and retailers manage inventory — from large industrial equipment to canned goods sold in grocery stores.