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==History== US patent 3621157, filed in 1970 by Pierre Schwab,<ref name="Patent3621157">[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3621157 U.S. Patent 3621157.]: "Miniature switch with multiple cam-operated switch contacts", filed June 1, 1970.</ref> is the earliest known DIP switch patent, which discloses a rotary style DIP switch. US patent 4012608, filed in 1975 by Joseph Lockard,<ref name="Patent4012608">[https://patents.google.com/patent/US4012608 U.S. Patent 4012608.]: "Miniature switch with substantial wiping action", filed March 25, 1975.</ref> is a DIP switch with sliding levers, the modern DIP switch.
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