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[LOGO]                            Letters patent
                                                                  NO.
Commonwealth                    Patents Act of 1990               707588
of Australia


                                 STANDARD PATENT


I, Vivienne Joyce Thom, Commissioner of Patents, grant a Standard Patent with
the following particulars:

Name and Address of Patentee:
CNF Technologies, Inc., 7722 East Gray Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260,
United States Of America

Names of Actual Inventors: Paul Charles and Walter C Peschke

Title of Invention: System and method for expansion of a computer

Application Number: 53059/96

Term of Letters Patent: Twenty years commencing on 7 March 1998

Priority Details:

Number             Date                      Filed With
08/399728          7 March 1995              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA






                                       Dated this 28 day of October 1999



                                                  /s/ V.J. Thom
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                                                    V.J. THOM
[LOGO]                                      COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS






Your Ref: T2844 - Australia                               Our Ref: 74660


                           PATENT REGISTRATION DETAILS
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     COUNTRY:               Australia

     TITLE:                 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANSION OF A COMPUTER

     PATENT NO:             707588

     PATENTEE:              CNF Technologies, Inc.

     APPLICATION DATE:      7 March 1996

     PRIORITY DETAILS:      United States Of America (US) 08/399728 07 MAR 1995

     PATENT ISSUE DATE:     28 October 1999

     PATENT EXPIRY DATE:    7 March 2016

     RENEWALS DUE FROM:     7 March 2001

This patent results from Application No 53059/96 which was filed with a Complete
Specification on 7 March 1996. It claims a convention priority date of 7 March
1995.

The term of this patent is 20 years from the date of application.

Please note that the Publication Date on the attached Patent Abridgement may
differ from the International Publication Date on the PCT Pamphlet. The
Publication Date is the date the PCT Pamphlet was made open to public inspection
by the Australian Patent Office. The Publication Journal Date is the date of
advertisement in the Australian Official Journal of Patents that the PCT
Pamphlet has been made open to public inspection.

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