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Claim 2

A CIRCUIT FOR CLASSIFYING AN INPUT PULSE BY DURATION INTO ONE OF SEVERAL CATEGORIES COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATORS, EACH CONNECTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY SAID INPUT PULSE AND INDIVIDUALLY HAVING A PERIOD EQUAL TO THE UPPER LIMIT OF ONE OF SAID SEVERAL CATEGORIES; A PULSE FORMER OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATORS AND ENERGIZED AT THE END OF SAID ASSOCIATED MULTIVIBRATOR PERIOD TO PRODUCE A SPIKE PULSE; A GATE CONNECTED TO EACH PULSE FORMER TO RECEIVE SAID SPIKE PULSE AND ALSO CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID INPUT PULSE, SAID GATE FUNCTIONING TO PASS SAID SPIKE PULSE IN THE ABSENCE OF SAID INPUT PULSE; WHEREBY THE NUMBER OF GATES PASSING SAID SPIKE PULSES IS INDICATIVE OF THE DURATION CATEGORY OF SAID INPUT PULSE.

Claim 3

A CIRCUIT FOR CLASSIFYING THE DURATION OF AN INCOMING ELECTRICAL PULSE AS BEING IN ONE OF N CATEGORIES COMPRISING: PROLONGED PULSE PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID INCOMING PULSE AND TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PULSE STARTING SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE SAME TIME AS SAID INCOMING PULSE AND PERSISTING FOR N+1 INCREMENTS OF TIME, WHERE N IS A INTEGER GREATER THAN ONE; N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID INCOMING PULSE, EACH OF SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS BEING ENERGIZED ONLY IF THE DURATION OF SAID INCOMING PULSE IS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A CERTAIN ONE OF THE DURATION CATEGORIES OTHER THAN THE LONGEST AND EACH OF SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE A SHORT PULSE AT A PREDETEMINED TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE START OF SAID INCOMING PULSE; MARKING PULSE PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS AND TO PRODUCE A MARKING PULSE PERSISTING FOR ONE INCREMENT OF TIME AND CORRELATED IN TIME TO SAID PROLONGED PULSE ACCORDING TO WHICH ONE OF SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS IS ENERGIZED BY SAID INCOMING PULSE AND GATE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE AND COMBINE SAID PROLONGED PULSE AND SAID MARKING PULSE.

Claim 4

A CIRCUIT FOR CLASSIFYING THE DURATION OF AN INCOMING ELECTRICAL PULSE AS BEING IN ONE OF N CATEGORIES COMPRISING: PROLONGED PULSE PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID INCOMING PULSE AND TO PRODUCE A PROLONGED PULSE STARTING SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE SAME TIME AS SAID INCOMING PULSE AND PERSISTING FOR N+1 INCREMENTS OF TIME, WHERE N IS A INTEGER GREATER THAN ONE; N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID INCOMING PULSE, EACH OF SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS BEING ENERGIZED ONLY IF THE DURATION OF SAID INCOMING PULSE IS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A CERTAIN ONE OF THE DURATION CATEGORIES OTHER THAN THE LONGEST AND EACH OF SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE A SHORT PULSE AT A PREDETEMINED TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE START OF SAID INCOMING PULSE; MARKING PULSE PRODUCING MEANS CONNECTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS AND TO PRODUCE A MARKING PULSE PERSISTING FOR ONE INCREMENT OF TIME AND CORRELATED IN TIME TO SAID PROLONGED PULSE ACCORDING TO WHICH ONE OF SAID N-1 SHORT PULSE PRODUCING MEANS IS ENERGIZED BY SAID INCOMING PULSE AND GATE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE AND COMBINE SAID PROLONGED PULSE AND SAID MARKING PULSE.