Hope it's ok, I'm going to use .41-.425mm for my thru-holes now. "Patents?
We don't need no stinkin' patents..." :)
Good day.
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> Subject: [DC] Patent No.: US6,617,529 B2
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> DC members,
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> I have encountered a patent which any through-hole land patterns with an
> annular ring of >0.4mm and used for lead-free soldering is in violation
> of. We have used 0.4mm as our standard annular ring for all
> through-hole devices with hole sizes greater than 1.6mm for years. A
> link to the patent is provided below. Are there any IPC documents I can
> use to invalidate this patent? Any suggestions or comments will be
> welcomed.
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> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL
> &p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,617,529.WKU.&OS=PN/6,617,
> 529&RS=PN/6,617,529
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> Scott Nimon
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