Ex Parte Steele - Page 2

                 Appeal 2007-2218                                                                                        
                 Application 10/035,595                                                                                  


                        Appellant invented systems and methods for performing floating point                             
                 operations, and more particularly systems and methods for performing                                    
                 floating point addition with embedded status information associated with a                              
                 floating point operand.  (Spec. [002]).                                                                 
                        Representative independent claim 1 under appeal reads as follows:                                
                        1.  A system for providing a floating point sum, comprising:                                     
                                an analyzer circuit configured to determine a first status of a                          
                        first floating point operand and a second status of a second floating                            
                        point operand based upon data within the first floating point operand                            
                        and data within the second floating point operand respectively; and                              
                                a results circuit coupled to the analyzer circuit and configured                         
                        to assert a resulting floating point operand containing the sum of the                           
                        first floating point operand and the second floating point operand and                           
                        a resulting status embedded within the resulting floating point                                  
                        operand.                                                                                         
                        The Examiner rejected claims 1-5 and 7-40 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).                              
                        The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on                             
                 appeal is:                                                                                              
                        Huang  US 5,995,991 Nov. 30, 1999                                                                
                        The Examiner also rejected claims 1-5 and 7-40 under 35 U.S.C.                                   
                 § 103(a).                                                                                               
                        The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on                             
                 appeal is:                                                                                              
                        Lynch   US 6,009,511 Dec. 28, 1999                                                               




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