1. The picture you posted is out of date. A manufacturers code can now be 7 digits in a UPC. Shut the back door! 2. A "man"ufacturers code doesn't have anything to do with "man"ually entering data.
Thankfully, you didn't have to "spell it out to a patent expert."
Beautiful DD, street; anyone wondering about that contrary claim; need only to read your posts in this "thread"..thanks again for the LINKS and INFO. (=facts...whereas contrary assertion are only opinion in the thread.)