The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte LAURENCE MC LAI
Appeal No. 2005-0077
Application No. 10/293,545
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12,
all the claims pending in the present application. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A method of preparing a modified trace design having at
least one trace for use in effecting selective demetallization of
a metal-containing web in a continuous submersion bath etch
process, the method comprising:
preparing an original trace design;
translating the original trace design for placement on the
web, wherein at least some segments of the original trace design
are transverse to a direction of elongation of the web; and
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