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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marshall L. Brown, Brackney, PA (US);
James A. Busby, Vestal, NY (US);
Raymond A. Phillips, Jr., Vestal, NY (US);
John A. Potenza, Endwell, NY (US);
Jirina D. Shupp, Friendsville, PA (US);
J. Robert Young, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/166 ; H01L 2/3544 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/166 ; H01L 2/3544 ;
Abstract
An improved bonding strip for a printed circuit to facilitate quality inspection. The bonding strip has functional regions and non-functional regions. A functional region is indicated by an area of the bonding strip having a first dimension in width. A non-functional region is indicated by an area of the bonding strip having a second dimension in width. The first dimension may be either wider or narrower than the second dimension.