(under subclass 500.02) Subject matter comprising means or steps for determining (i.e., evaluating) the performance of the designed circuit components.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, appropriate subclasses for measuring and testing of electrical devices in general and particularly
210+, for magnetic information storage element testing and subclasses 765+ for testing of a semiconductor device.
702, Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing, appropriate subclasses for data processing testing in general.
714, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery, subclasses 1+ for reliability and availability, subclasses 25+ for fault locating, subclass 30 for scan path testing, and subclasses 724+ for testing and detecting error/fault in one or more circuit components.