Ex parte PROVOST - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-0889                                                        
          Application 08/006,585                                                      

               This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the            
          final rejection of claims 1-23 and 41-47.  Claims 24-40 stand               
          allowed.                                                                    
               We affirm-in-part.                                                     
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The disclosed invention is directed to a method and system for         
          printing personal information on a prepared writing surface of a pre-       
          manufactured plastic card at the time of issuance.                          
               Claim 1 is reproduced below.                                           
               1.  A system for electronically recording client personal              
               information and issuing individually customized                        
               pre-manufactured plastic cards in a single interview with the          
               card issuing authority, wherein the customized pre-manufactured        
               plastic cards have a unique card identification affixed to each        
               card and wherein a permanent record is made of the recorded            
               client personal information by printing on a prepared writing          
               surface on the customized pre-manufactured plastic card at the         
               time of card issuance, comprising:                                     
                         data entry means for entering the unique card                
                    identification and for entering client personal                   
                    information which corresponds to the unique card                  
                    identification during a client interview with the card            
                    issuing authority;                                                
                         means for automatically creating an electronic client        
                    record of the unique card identification and corresponding        
                    client personal information at the time of card issuance;         
                         means for storing the electronic client record at            
                    time of card issuance; and                                        


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