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Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) III is a continuing test of INCITS 378 fingerprint templates, as established in Annex A of NIST SP 800-76-2. The test is used to establish compliance of template generators and template matchers for the U.S. Government's Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program.

MINEX III evaluates template generation and template matching software submitted to NIST in the form of a software library compliant to the MINEX III API . Participants submit a template generator, and optionally, a template matcher. All testing is performed offline. MINEX III was preceded in the MINEX family of tests by Ongoing MINEX (2006-2015) and MINEX04 (2004-2006). Frequently asked questions about MINEX III have been answered, but additional questions may be e-mailed to the minex [at] nist.gov (MINEX III Liaisons). 

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## Template Generators

*Ascending "Pooled 2 Fingers FNMR @ FMR≤10-2"*

## Template Matchers

*Ascending "Pooled 2 Fingers FNMR @ FMR≤10-2"*

* indicates that participant is member of the pool.*Last updated: 23 January 2024*

### Recent Changes

                  - 20 February 2024:  New results added: BioLogica Sistemas Ltda (004C+000D) (❌  Generator Report )
                  - 25 January 2024: Retired ( cogent+0510 ) Restored  (gemalto+0108 ) (  ✅  Generator Report ,  ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 23 January 2024:  New results added: SecuGen Corporation (secugen+0106) (❌  Generator Report )
                  - 19 January 2024:  New results added: Omnigarde LLC (omnigarde+0007) (❌  Generator Report )
                  - 08 January 2024:  New results added: Idemia (morpho+0114) (  ✅  Generator Report ,   ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 08 January 2024: Retired Idemia  (morpho+0110 )
                  - 03 January 2024:  New results added: Miaxis Biometrics Co. Ltd. (0071+0024) (  ✅  Generator Report ,   ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 03 January 2024: Retired  Miaxis Biometrics Co. Ltd. (0071+0022 )
                  - 02 January 2023:  New results added: Imagid Inc. (imagid+0100) (❌  Generator Report )
                  - 15 December 2023:  New results added: TigerIT Bangladesh Limited (TigerIT+0066) (  ✅  Generator Report ,   ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 13 December 2023:  New results added: Thales (cogent+0515) (  ✅  Generator Report ,   ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 13 December 2023:  Retired: Gemalto Cogent (gemalto+0108)
                  - 07 November 2023:  New results added: BioLogica Sistemas Ltda. (004C+000C) (❌  Generator Report )
                  - 30 October 2023:  New results added: Neurotechnology (Neurotechnology+020A) (  ✅  Generator Report ,   ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 30 September 2023:  New results added: Omnigarde, LLC (omnigarde+0006) (❌  Generator Report )
                  - 27 September 2023:  New results added: AA Technology (aatec+0410) (  ✅  Generator Report ,   ✅  Matcher Report  )
                  - 12 September 2023:  New results added: SecuGen Corporation (secugen+0038) (  ✅  Generator Report  )

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Results PageCompliant Submissions PageHow to ParticipateApplication FormMINEX III Compliance GuidelinesAPI SpecificationWhat's NewFAQ

### MINEX Links

MINEX OverviewOngoing MINEXMINEX IIMINEX04NIST SP 800-76-2

### FIPS 201-2

ANSI INCITS 378-2004PIV InformationGSA FIPS 201 HomepageCBEFF PID Registration (IBIA)

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