Patent ID: 7288327

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising: a body; the body including: a base; and an array of two or more plated parts on the base; each plated part having: a respective top end disposed away from the base; at its top end, a respective upper surface that is disposed away from the base; and a respective side surface between the base and the respective upper surface; and a top structure that has a lower surface with two or more areas at each of which the top structure is supported over the respective upper surface of a respective one of the plated parts in the array, the respective plated part's top end including a limit artifact as a result of being adjacent to a non-plateable lower surface of a respective overhanging structure during plating; the limit artifact including at least one of the following: at least a part of the respective upper surface that is smooth; at least a part of the respective upper surface that is flat; at least a part of the respective upper surface that has no upward protrusions; and an L-shaped step between the respective upper surface and the side surface.