^^^^^
A tip for those of you who don't have a SMD soldering station handy:
For these situations, where the chip is important and the board you're taking it
from is not (usually it is the other way around) an easy way of removing SOJ
packages is with a wide-bladed screwdriver; simply shear them off the PCB.
Sometimes the PCB pads come off (but you can then remove them with a soldering
iron one at a time).
Oh, be sure to use resin-cored solder, not acid flux ;-)
Neal.