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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WENZHONG LIU and PING SHANG
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Appeal No. 2006-1467
Application No. 10/302,271
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, KRATZ and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-5, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a head gimbal assembly
(HGA) or electrical conductor rework process. In the claimed
process, a magnetic head transducer (slider) is removed by
directing a hot air gun to a solder ball. The solder ball holds
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