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INVENTOR(S)Given Name (first and middle [if any]) Family Name or Surname Residence

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Mary L Valdivia Banning, CA

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6. A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to another federal agency for purposes of National Securityreview (35 U.S.C. 181) and for review pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 218(c)).

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Credit Card InformationCredit Card Type: Visa MasterCard American Express DiscoverCredit Card Account #:Credit Card Expiration Date:Name as it Appears on Credit Card:Payment Amount: $ (US Dollars):Cardholder Signature: Date:Refund Policy: The USPTO may refund a fee paid by mistake or in excess of that required. A change of purpose after the payment of afee will not entitle a party to a refund of such fee. The USPTO will not refund amounts of $25.00 or less unless a refund is specificallyrequested and will not notify the payor of such amounts (37 CFR 1.26). Refund of a fee paid by credit card will be issued as a credit to thecredit card account to which the fee was charged.Service Charge: There is a $50.00 service charge for processing each payment refused (including a check returned "unpaid") or chargedback by a financial institution (37 CFR 1.21 (m)) .

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Summary of the Invention

The present invention is provided in view of the below described problems:

a) Wallets are now made with slits designed to hold credit cards, IDs and the like butthese cards are difficult to remove from said slits.

b)

Many people have more than one type of credit card or identification and havetrouble determining where exactly said card is in the wallet.

The present invention will address these problems in a simplistic fashion by providing to

users a small vinyl tab that is color-coded to denote the card that it refers to and is

connected to said card by a small section that is made of a reusable, removable adhesive

material. This will allow carriers of these wallets the ability to easily and quickly

distinguish between the types of identification or payment cards in their wallet and

remove them from the slit that the card is stored in with relative ease. Please refer to the

included photographs for further information.

Index of Attached Photographs

Fig. 1 Shows the present invention attached to a card in a wallet slit

Fig. 2 Shows the device being used to remove said card from the wallet slit

Fig3. Shows the card out of the wallet slit with the present invention attached.

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