Appeal No. 2000-2225
Application 08/998,617
Although the examiner states that the claimed invention
has no practical application, the examiner never explains why he
has reached this position. The claimed invention is directed to
a computerized method for distinguishing an ordinary binary
floating point number from an extraordinary binary floating point
number. Appellant has disclosed that this method, which is
performed within a computer processor, makes the computer more
efficient in handling various tasks. In an age where computers
have permitted man to achieve so much, it would make no sense to
assert that methods which enhance the performance of these
computers do not represent practical and useful applications of
the methods they implement. We find that the computerized method
recited in the claims on appeal constitutes the application of a
mathematical procedure in a useful way within the meaning of
State Street.
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