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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MILTON LIE
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Appeal No. 1999-0014
Application No. 08/748,123
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, 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 3, 5 through 10, 12 through 16,
and 18 through 21, which are all of the claims pending in this
application. Claims 4, 11, and 17 have been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to a processor with
hardware for expediting bit scan instructions. In particular
the output bits of the output destination index are
simultaneously calculated and presented in parallel without
requiring resolution of any bits before resolving any other
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