Appeal No. 2006-2461
Application No. 09/991,020
then applied to the test results. As a result, different specifications can be
applied to results of a test without having to execute the test again.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A product that provides a test executive program for controlling a test
on a device, said product comprising:
instructions for directing a processing unit to:
receive a selected one of a plurality of previously created
alternative specifications for assessing a datapoint generated by a
test, wherein each of the plurality of alternative specifications is a
different specification for assessing the datapoint, and
apply said selected specification to said datapoint generated by
said test; and
a media readable by said processing unit that stores said instructions.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Akasheh 6,134,674 Oct. 17, 2000
The admitted prior art on Page 1 of the specification.
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-19 and 21-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated over Akasheh.
2. Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Akasheh in view of appellant’s admitted prior art.
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