Appeal No. 2004-1586
Application No. 10/132,863
and a method of using such keychain assembly in commerce.
Further details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
independent claims 1 and 4 which are reproduced below:
1. A keychain assembly for holding a plurality of keys
therein, said keychain assembly comprising:
a key retainer to hold the plurality of keys together;
and
a panel fixedly secured to said key retainer, said
panel defining a section having material printed thereon,
said panel having a predetermined thickness such that at
least a portion of said material printed thereon may be
removed by punching out a portion of said panel, said
section being divided into a plurality of sub-sections such
that each of said sub-sections includes said material
printed thereon and that said material printed on each of
said sub-sections is printed on less than half of each of
said sub-sections.
4. A method for providing incentives to customers of
an entity providing commercial activity, the method
including the steps of:
providing a keychain assembly having a panel with a
plurality of sub-sections with each sub-section having
writing in each of the plurality of sub-sections identifying
a commercial incentive;
giving the keychain assembly to one of the customers;
taking possession of the keychain assembly when the
customer engages the entity to perform commercial activity;
punching out one of the plurality of sub-sections to
recognize the use of the entity by the customer for the
commercial activity identified in the one of the plurality
of sub-sections; and
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