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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 JOHN W. PHILLIPS
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Appeal No. 2000-2225
Application 08/998,617
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, BARRETT and FLEMING, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-10. Pending claims 11-
30 have been allowed by the examiner.
The invention pertains to a computerized method for
distinguishing an ordinary binary floating point number from an
extraordinary binary floating point number.
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