METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BIT FIELD INSTRUCTION - Patent 0187762

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EP 0 187 762 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	23.07.1986 Bulletin 1986/30

(21)	Application number: 85902326.0

(22)	Date of filing: 22.04.1985

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 9/ 22^{( . )}
G06F 9/ 308^{( . )}

G06F 9/ 305^{( . )}
G06F 9/ 34^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1985/000719

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1986/000433 (16.01.1986 Gazette 1986/02)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL

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Priority:

27.06.1984 US 19840625063

(71)	Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
	Schaumburg, IL 60196 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ZOLNOWSKY, John Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US) TRISSEL, David, W. Del Valle, TX 78617 (US) MacGREGOR, Douglas, B. Austin, TX 78727 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ibbotson, Harold
	Motorola European Intellectual Property Midpoint Alencon Link Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 1PL Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 1PL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Hudson, Peter David
	Motorola, European Intellectual Property Operations, Midpoint Alencon Link Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7PL Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7PL (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BIT FIELD INSTRUCTION