The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WARREN M. FARNWORTH and JOSEPH T. LINDGREN
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Appeal No. 2006-2181
Application No. 10/878,586
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and GAUDETTE, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20.
Claims 1 and 9 are illustrative:
1. A bond pad array comprising:
a substrate having an array of contact regions, wherein
the ratio of a dimension of a contact region to a separation
distance between adjacent contact regions is at least 10:1; and
a respective tapered nickel contact formed over each
contact region.
9. The bond pad array of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the
dimension of the contact region to the separation distance
between contact regions is at least 15:1.
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