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`Cancel Claims 6-12, without prejudice.
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`(Withdrawn) A die responsive to a pressure applied thereto to cut a shape from a sheet
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`material against which the die is pressed, said die comprising a inside opening that corresponds
`to the shape to be cut from the sheet material, an outside border that surrounds said: inside
`opening, and a cutting edge that projects from said outside border to cut the shape from the sheet
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`material, said cutting edge being located on said outer border such that said cutting edge
`surrounds the inside opening of said die, whereby none ofsaid outside border extends past the
`cutting edge and none of said outside border lies between said cutting edge and said inside
`opening, so that said cutting edge is registered with the shape to be cut when said die is
`positioned on the sheet material and the outside border of said die surroundsthe shape.
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`2.
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`(Withdrawn) The die recited in Claim 1, wherein the cutting edge which projects from
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`the outside borderof said die is a cutting blade.
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`3.
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`(Withdrawn) The die recited in Claim 1, wherein said cutting edge is located on the
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`outside border of said die so as to lie exactly at the periphery of the inside opening of said die
`surrounded by said outside border, whereby said cutting edge exactly defines the shape to be cut
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`from the sheet material.
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`4.
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`(Withdrawn)
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`Thedie recited in Claim 1, wherein the cutting edge ofsaid die is located
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`at the interface of said inside opening with said outside border.
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`5.
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`(Withdrawn) The die recited in Claim 1, wherein the outside border of said die has a
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`width of at least 2.5 mm,
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`(Cancelled)
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`(Cancelled)
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`(Cancelled)
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`(Cancelled)
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`10.
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`(Cancelled)
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`11.
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`(Cancelled)
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`(Cancelled)
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`Please insert the following new claimsin substitution offormer Claims 6-12:
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`13.
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`(New) A methodforcutting out, by meansofa first die, a shape that is printed on a sheet
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`material, wherein the die includes an inside opening that correspondsto the shape to be cut from
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`the sheet material, a flat outside border having first and opposite faces that surround said inside
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`opening, and a cutting edge that projects from the first face of the flat outside border, such that
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`said cutting edge surroundsthe inside openingofsaid first die and corresponds exactly with the
`shape that is printed on the sheet material and noneofthe flat outside border of said die extends
`into the inside opening of said die past the interface ofsaid cutting edge with the first face ofsaid
`flat outer border, said method comprising the stepsof:
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`locating the shape printed on the sheet material to be cut therefrom;
`placing the first face of the flat outer border of said first die on the sheet material and
`looking through the inside opening of said first die so that the shape printed on the sheet material
`is located entirely within the inside opening ofsaid first die and the cutting edge which projects
`from the first face of said flat outside border is automatically registered so as to lie against the
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`sheet material and surround the shape to be cut therefrom; and
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`applying a force to the opposite face ofthe flat outside borderofsaid first die for pushing
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`said cutting edge throughsaid sheet material to cut the shape outwardly therefrom.
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`14.
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`(New) The methodrecited in Claim 13, comprising the additional step of applying said
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`force to the opposite face of the flat outside borderof said first die by meansofa rollerpress.
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`15.|(New) The method recited in Claim 13, comprising the additional step of forming said
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`first die by chemically etchingaflat piece of metal.
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`16.|(New) The methodrecited in Claim 15, comprising the additional step of formingatleast
`a second die by chemically etching the flat piece of metal, such that the second die is nested
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`within and spaced from thefirst die so asto lie at the inside openingofsaidfirst die, whereby the
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`size of the inside openingofsaid first die is larger than said seconddie.
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