ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,817, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Nor decoder for large decode structures" was invented by Antonio Pelella (Highland Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A NOR decoder for large decode structures includes a first NOR decode circuit connected by a first node to an evaluation circuit. The first NOR decode circuit is configured to receive a first set of three or more inputs. The evaluation circuit is connected to a second node. The NOR decoder also includes a second NOR decode circuit connected by a third node to the evaluation circuit. The second NOR decode circuit is con...