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         Appeal No. 2001-2065                                                       
         Application 09/124,871                                                     

         which has an area approximately equal to the area of the                   
         smaller scoring area and which is located adjacent thereto.                
              Claim 1 is reproduced below.                                          
                   1.  A system for the accurate location of a missile              
              embedded in a target, comprising:                                     
                   a target having a target face, said target face                  
              having a plurality of target areas formed of material                 
              into which one or more of the missiles may be selectively             
              embedded; said target areas including a first target area             
              which has a first magnitude of area size and a second                 
              target area which is adjacent to said first target area               
              and which has a second magnitude of area size which is                
              substantially larger than said first magnitude of area                
              size;                                                                 
                   signal receiving elements associated with respective             
              ones of said target areas for receiving and sensing                   
              electromagnetic signals which are received at each of                 
              said target areas when a missile is embedded in or near               
              respective ones of said target areas; said signal                     
              receiving elements being positioned on a side of said                 
              material opposite said target face and substantially                  
              conforming in size and shape to each of said target                   
              areas, said signal receiving element of said first target             
              area having an area size which is substantially equal in              
              magnitude to said first magnitude of area size, and said              
              signal receiving element of said substantially larger                 
              second target area having a total area size which is                  
              substantially equal to said second magnitude of area                  
              size, but including a signal sensing portion which is                 
              electrically distinct from the signal receiving element               
              of said first target area and also electrically distinct              
              from the remainder of the total area of the signal                    
              receiving element of said second target area; and                     
                   processing means electrically connected to said                  
              signal receiving elements and said sensing portion which              
              is electrically distinct from the remainder of the total              
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