Patent ID: 7854197

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a plurality of printed circuit boards, comprising the steps of: providing a circuit substrate, the circuit substrate comprising a plurality of circuit board units and a plurality of connection portions interconnected between the neighboring circuit board units; providing a legend printing stencil, the legend printing stencil comprising a plurality of printing portions and a plurality of junction portions interconnected between the neighboring printing portions, each of the printing portions defining a plurality of legend holes therein, each of the junction portions defining a slot therein; disposing the legend printing stencil on the circuit substrate so that each of the printing portions covers the corresponding circuit board unit and each of the junction portions covers the corresponding connection portion; applying a legend ink material on the legend printing stencil and forcing the legend ink material through the legend holes and the slots; removing the legend printing stencil from the circuit substrate, thereby a plurality of printing legends being formed on the circuit board units and a legend ink layer being formed on each of the connection portions; electroplating the circuit substrate in areas without the printing legends and legend ink layers; and separating the circuit substrate into a plurality of individual printed circuit boards and printed connection portions.