The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES R. PETERSON ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0263 Application No. 08/517,902 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KRASS, RUGGIERO and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges. KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-26, all of the claims pending. The invention is directed to computer methods and apparatus for computing reciprocals and performing divide operations. More particularly, an estimated reciprocalPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007