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Suprema’s fingerprint matching and extracting algorithms ranked top in the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange
(MINEX) test by the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology). The NIST test results, released on
November 3, 2008, revealed that Suprema’s ‘matcher’ algorithm showed a 0.23% false rate, outperforming all 21
‘Matcher’ algorithms from 17 vendors. Also, the company’s ‘Extractor’ algorithm recorded a 0.30% false rate,
topping all 23 algorithms from 20 vendors.

Matcher Category

Rank Company False Rate (%) Nationality

1 Suprema, Inc. 0.23 Korea

2 BioVision Co., Ltd. 0.25 Korea
3 Sagem Morpho Incorporated 0.27 France/USA
4 Motorola 0.29 USA
5 NEC Corporation 0.33 Japan
6 Aware, Inc. 0.36 USA
7 Cogent Systems Incorporated 0.43 USA
8 BIO-key International, Inc. 0.43 USA
9 Neurotechnologija 0.44 Lithuania
10 XTec, Inc. 0.47 USA
10 SecuGen Corporation 0.47 USA
12 Startek Engineering Incorporated 0.47 Taiwan
13 Bioscrypt Incorporated 0.58 Canada
14 ImageWare 0.58 USA
15 Innovatrics 0.58 France
16 Identix Incorporated 0.59 USA
17 Dermalog Identification Systems GMBH 0.61 Germany

Extractor Category

Rank Company False Rate (%) Nationality

1 Suprema, Inc. 0.30 Korea

2 Motorola 0.32 USA
3 Neurotechnologija 0.32 Lithuania
4 BioVision Co., Ltd. 0.35 Korea
5 Identix Incorporated 0.35 USA
6 Startek Engineering Incorporated 0.36 Taiwan
7 Dermalog Identification Systems GMBH 0.38 Germany
8 Sagem Morpho Incorporated 0.39 France/USA
9 Aware, Inc. 0.41 USA

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10 BIO-key International, Inc. 0.42 USA

11 NEC Corporation 0.43 Japan
12 ImageWare 0.43 USA
13 Innovatrics 0.43 France
14 Bioscrypt Incorporated 0.43 Canada
15 Sonda Technologies Ltd. 0.45 Russia
16 Cogent Systems Incorporated 0.53 USA
17 XTec, Inc. 0.55 USA
18 SecuGen Corporation 0.55 USA
19 Crossmatch Technologies 0.62 USA
20 Precise Biometrics 0.65 Sweden

* Source: http://fingerprint.nist.gov/minex/

About MINEX Testing

The Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) is an ongoing evaluation of the INCITS 378 fingerprint
template. The test program has two mandates; 1.To provide measurements of performance and interoperability
of core template encoding and matching capabilities to users, vendors and interested parties; 2.To establish
compliance for template encoders and matchers for the United States Government's Personal Identity
Verification (PIV) program.

About the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory
agency of the United States Department of Commerce. The institute's mission is to promote U.S. innovation
and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that
enhance economic security and improve quality of life.

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