Attorney's Docket No. 12543-006001

                                   ASSIGNMENT

         For valuable consideration, I, PAUL AMADEO of San Diego, California,
hereby assign to American Pacific Technology, a California corporation having a
place of business at 6827 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, CA 92121; and its
successors and assigns (collectively hereinafter called "the Assignee"), the
entire right, title and interest throughout the world in the inventions and
improvements which are subject of an application for United States Patent signed
by us, entitled METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID STAKING OF ANTENNAE IN SMART CARD
MANUFACTURE, filed October 12, 2001, and assigned U.S. Serial Number
____________, and I authorize and request the attorneys appointed in said
application to hereafter complete this assignment by inserting above the filing
date and serial number of said application when known; this assignment including
said application, any and all United States and foreign patents, utility models,
and design registrations granted for any of said inventions or improvements, and
the right to claim priority based on the filing date of said application under
the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the
Patent Cooperation Treaty, the European Patent Convention, and all other
treaties of like purposes; and I authorize the Assignee to apply in all
countries in our name or in its own name for patents, utility models, design
registrations and like rights of exclusion and for inventors' certificates for
said inventions and improvements; and I agree for ourselves and our respective
heirs, legal representatives and assigns, without further compensation to
perform such lawful acts and to sign such further applications, assignments,
Preliminary Statements and other lawful documents as the Assignee may reasonably
request to effectuate fully this assignment.

Date:  10/24/01                        Paul Amadeo
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                                       PAUL AMADEO