Patent ID: 7298901

Claim:
A scannable form comprising: a. an elongate rectangular shape with first and second substantially straight longitudinal edges; b. at least two response columns parallel to the first longitudinal edge; c. a control mark column, parallel to the first longitudinal edge and parallel to the response column but spaced therefrom, the control mark column containing, in a direction parallel to the first longitudinal edge: (1) a first set of response control marks having a first length; (2) a second set of response control marks having the first length; (3) a start-of-form mark having a second length different from the first length; and (4) an end-of-form mark having a third length different from the first length and the second length; the first set of response control marks being column aligned with the start-of-form mark and before the second set of response control marks, the start-of-form mark being column aligned before the second set of response control marks, and the second set of response control marks being column aligned before the end-of-form mark; d. a response row corresponding to each response control mark, each response row being row aligned with the corresponding response control mark perpendicular to the first longitudinal edge, each response row containing at least two response receiving spaces, and each response receiving space being aligned in one of said response columns, the first set of response control marks being associated with response rows that have numeric value response receiving spaces; and e. a bar code in at least one of a first location and a second location, the first location being a first pre-determined distance below the end-of-form mark and a second pre-determined distance above a bottom edge of the form, the second location being a third pre-determined distance from at least one response row and a fourth pre-determined distance from one of the first and second longitudinal edges, the bar code being sufficiently spaced away from the response rows to avoid false detection of marks in the response rows, wherein the bar code on the scannable form comprises point of sale information.