The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YUAN-LIANG LI _______________ Appeal No. 2006-2833 Application No. 10/334,807 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before HAIRSTON, JERRY SMITH, and LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judges. LUCAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 10 to 14. Claims 1 to 9 and 15 to 20 have been withdrawn. Invention Appellant’s invention relates to a power shunt for an integrated circuit described by the Appellant as follows: The claims in the patent are directed to an apparatus adaptable to provide a secondary power source path (called a "power shunt" and "conductive bridge" in the claims) between motherboard and IC package. Power has in the pastPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007