Application of Edward M. Jones

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the rejection of claims 1-10 of application serial No. 659,717, filed May 16, 1957, entitled “Non-Linear Code Member.” No claim has been allowed.

Claims 1-5 and 7 are directed to a code disc per se and claims 6 and 8 set forth a “method of encoding analog information into digital values” utilizing the disc. Claims 9 and 10 are directed to combinations of elements of an “analog-to-digital encoder” in which the disc is one of the elements.1

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