Appeal No. 2006-2461
Application No. 09/991,020
The system further comprises tolerance manager 107 that defines
tolerance data and checks the measurement with the predefined tolerance data
[Akasheh, col. 3, lines 39-41]. Specifically, the tolerance manager allows the
user to select tolerance criteria to be used to test UUTs with various instruments
[Akasheh, col. 7, lines 18-21].
The setup mode of the tolerance manager includes a set tolerance
window 800 that enables the user to specify the desired tolerance parameters
[Akasheh, Fig. 8; col. 13, lines 52-57]. As shown in Fig. 8, the user can enter a
desired nominal value (e.g., “3.00”) for a given parameter (e.g., volts).
Significantly, the user can also select a desired operator (“<”, “<=”, “>”, “>=”, “==”,
or “|=”) from a menu of operators that specifies the type of comparison between
the returned reading and the nominal value [Akasheh, col. 13, lines 58-67; Fig.
8]. For example, the checkmark adjacent the “<” (less than) symbol indicates
that the user selected that option for the comparison [see Akasheh, col. 13, lines
65-67; Fig. 8].
We find this user-selectable operator in the tolerance manager fully meets
the limitation calling for “a selected one of a plurality of previously created
alternative specifications for assessing a datapoint generated by a test” as
claimed. That is, each respective operator (“<”, “<=”, “>”, “>=”, “==”, or “|=”)
dictates the type of comparison that constitutes a “previously created alternative
specification.” The user selects one such “specification” to specify the type of
comparison -- and ultimately the pass or fail criteria -- for a particular test. Even
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