Patents by Inventor Lewis Everett Stotts

Lewis Everett Stotts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Data processor using a four section instruction format for control of multi-operation functions by a single instruction
    Patent number: 4037213
    Abstract: A data processing machine specifically designed to use a single format of instructions for all operations. The format provides for sufficient information to be provided to enable complex functions to be performed in response to a single instruction. More particularly, a machine organization and an instruction format therefor are disclosed to enable one instruction to enter sufficient control data for control of a long repetitious operation. The instruction is in four sections to enable a function to be specified, to identify one or more operands to be utilized and to specify a number of times the function is to be performed or to specify another limit to the repetitions of the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Damon Atkins, Charles Allen Murphy, Lewis Everett Stotts