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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Earley Stevenson, Kircaldy, SC;
Assignee:
Pico Electronics Limited, Glenrothes, SC;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235159 ; 235156 ;
Abstract
A calculator utilizing floating point logic by means of registers in the form of random access memories the bit positions of which are sequentially addressable, reversible timing means for addressing each register sequentially in either direction and programming means for causing numbers to be handled in said registers in the form of the exponent and mantissa of said numbers. The preferred embodiment of calculator also has control logic for said registers enabling bits to be displaced in said registers in a direction selected by said timing means for effecting the operations of multiplication and division by ten.