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                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                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 YUAN-LIANG LI                                             
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                                           Appeal No. 2006-2833                                              
                                         Application No. 10/334,807                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                    
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                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                Claims 1 to 9 and 15 to 20 have been withdrawn.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 past                    






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