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          Appeal No. 2004-1586                                                         
          Application No. 10/132,863                                                   


                    returning the keychain assembly to the customer for use            
               thereby until another commercial activity identified in                 
               another of the plurality of sub-sections is requested.                  
                                 PRIOR ART REFERENCES                                  
               The examiner relies on the following prior art references:              
          Edge                          3,281,165            Oct. 25, 1966             
          Lemberg                       3,797,147            Mar. 19, 1974             
          Kasprzycki et al. (Kasprzycki) 4,521,981           Jun. 11, 1985             
          Kanzelberger                  5,398,435            Mar. 21, 1995             
          Kebarian                 Des.   380,084            Jun. 24, 1997             
          Crystal City Sports Pub Card (1996)(hereinafter referred to as               
          “Sports Pub”)1                                                               
                                   THE REJECTIONS                                      
               The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:                          
          1)   Claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by the                  
               disclosure of Kasprzycki;                                               
          2)   Claims 1 and 4 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
               unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Edge and                  
               either Kasprzycki or Kebarian;                                          
          3)   Claims 1 and 4 through 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
               unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Sports Pub and            
               either Kasprzycki or Kebarian;                                          




               1 The appellant does not dispute the examiner’s assertion               
          that Sports Pub was available as of 1996.                                    
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