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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRAD D. RUMSEY
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Appeal No. 2006-0031
Application 09/377,286
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, OWENS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from a rejection of claims 1-6, 10-12, 14, 16
and 19. Claims 7, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18 and 20-30 stand withdrawn from
consideration by the examiner.
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a bonding pad system having a trace stub
to counteract an attractive force applied to solder by a trace.
Claims 1 and 10 are illustrative:
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