US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on March 17 for "Mathematical calculations with numerical indicators" (Texas, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,356, issued on March 17, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Mathematical calculations with numerical indicators" was invented by Christopher Gillam (Jacksonville, Fla.), Todd Fortenberry (Melissa, Texas) and David Diminnie (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes a method for assigning numerical indicators that each define a respective numerical format in a mathematical calculation. The method includes receiving a mathematical expression as an input. The mathematical expression includes at least one expression term. The method also includes assigning a first numerical indicator to each of the expres...