Legal Opinion
Gottschalk v. Benson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 20, 1972No. 71-485PublishedCited by 433 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Respondents filed in the Patent Office an application for an invention which was described as being related “to the processing of data by program and more particularly to the programmed conversion of numerical information” in general-purpose digital computers. They claimed a method for converting binary-coded decimal (BCD) numerals into pure binary numerals. The claims were not limited to any particular art or technology, to any particular apparatus or machinery, or to any particular end use. They purported to cover any use of the claimed method in a general-purpose digital computer of any…
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