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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:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395166 ; 395164 ;
Abstract
A data selection device having M+1 stages. Each stage has stored therein prioritized data. Selection of the highest prioritized data available at any instant in time is based on a comparison repeated M times of both the selectability and priority of data available from two different stages of the device. The highest prioritized data is provided at the output of the M+1 stage.