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                            The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                    
                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             

                                                                                            Paper No. 24                  
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                               Ex parte JEFF LAURUHN                                                      
                                                and DARYL J. NELSON                                                       
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                                                Appeal No. 2002-0572                                                      
                                              Application No. 09/302,584                                                  
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                                              HEARD: February 19, 2003                                                    
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              Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
              STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         
                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision in an appeal from the examiner’s rejection of twice rejected                      
              claims 11-16.  Claims 21-26 have been allowed.  Claims 27-32, the only other claims                         
              currently pending, have been withdrawn from consideration as not being readable on                          
              the elected invention.                                                                                      
                     The present invention pertains to a printed circuit card having a plurality of                       
              keyways along the connective edge of the card that are arranged to allow the card to be                     










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