Patent Order Punch Cards
name: label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: This set of six orange punch cards each have 53 columns. The standard IBM punch card has 80 columns. Each card is marked PO-33, PATENT ORDER (Letter Unit) on the left edge, and IBM D7 7517 on the bottom edge.
label: Description
content: The following information is punched and printed on each card, the unique patent number, the same customer number (11530), month (01), day (29), and serv. code (6M). These cards were used by the U.S. Patent Office when filling requests for copies of patents.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Science & Mathematics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3122.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3122
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3122.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch cards, set of
label: Object Name
content: punch cards
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: orange (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.2 cm x 12.2 cm; 3 7/32 in x 4 13/16 in