The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CALVIN J. BITTNER, BERTRAND M. GROSSMAN,
RICHARD D. JENKS,
STEPHEN M. WATT, and RICHARD Q. WILLIAMS
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Appeal No. 1998-3398
Application No. 08/634,515
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRETT, GROSS, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 18, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a method and apparatus
for optimizing a compiler program in a computer system. In
particular, the apparatus includes means for augmenting
mathematical functions in a source program, wherein the
augmentation means is interposed and internal to phases of the
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