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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD B. SALMONSON
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Appeal No. 2004-1015
Application No. 09/619,869
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ON BRIEF
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Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Richard B. Salmonson appeals from the examiner’s rejection
of claims 1 through 16 and 18 through 20, all of the claims
pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “an assembly process of a chip,
such as a microprocessor chip, and heat sink to a circuit board”
(specification, page 2). Representative claims 1, 9 and 14 read
as follows:
1. A printed circuit board assembly comprising
a printed circuit board, having coarse alignment features;
a socket attached to the printed circuit board and an
actuator attached to the socket, the socket and actuator being
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