The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DARRELL LYNN WERTZ,
PHILIP CLAY BRANDBERG
and BRENT DAVID YOHN
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Appeal No. 2003-1908
Application No. 09/747,608
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ON BRIEF
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Before MCQUADE, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Darrell Lynn Wertz et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 25, all of the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a “three point contact design that
may be used to connect varied electrical components to circuit
boards such that the components may be assembled or installed on
the circuit board and removed from the board without the need for
time consuming soldering and desoldering of the component leads”
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