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                The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for               
                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                       

                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
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                                    Ex parte CHRISTOPHER K. SUTTON                                           
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                                           Appeal No. 2006-2461                                              
                                         Application No. 09/991,020                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                    
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                Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and BLANKENSHIP Administrative Patent                             
                Judges.                                                                                      
                JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    



                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                      This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                        
                examiner’s rejection of claims 1-24, which constitute all the claims pending in this         
                application.                                                                                 
                     The disclosed invention pertains to an electronic test program for testing a           
                device.  Specifically, the test program allows the user to select a set of                   
                specifications that define a particular test.  The selected set of specifications is         








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