Parity checking and parity generating means for binary adders

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: INPUT MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A PLURALITY OF OPERANDS, EACH OPERAND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BINARY SIGNALS; PARTIAL ARITHMETIC MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT MEANS, FOR PERFORMING PARTIAL ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS UPON SAID OPERANDS AND GENERATING PARTIAL ARITHMETIC SIGNALS; PARTIAL ARITHMETIC CHECKING MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC MEANS AND TO SAID INPUT MEANS, FOR GENERATING ERROR SIGNALS INDICATING THE INVALIDITY OF SAID SUPPLIED OPERANDS AND OF SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS PERFORMED UPON SAID OPERANDS, AS A FUNCTION OF SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC SIGNALS AND SELECTED ONES OF SAID BINARY SIGNALS; CARRY GENERATION MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC MEANS, FOR GENERATING SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF ARITHMETIC CARRIES, AS A FUNCTION OF SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC SIGNALS; FINAL ARITHMETIC MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID CARRY GENERATION MEANS AND TO SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC MEANS, FOR FORMING A BINARY SUM FOR SPECIFIED BINARY SIGNALS OF SAID SUPPLIED OPERANDS AS A FUNCTION OF SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC SIGNALS AND SAID ARITHMETIC CARRY SIGNALS; PARITY PREDICTION MEANS, CONNECTED TO SOME ONLY, LESS THAN ALL, OF THE OUTPUTS OF SAID CARRY GENERATION MEANS AND TO COME ONLY, LESS THAN ALL, OF THE OUTPUTS OF SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC MEANS, FOR GENERATING INDICATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PREDICTED PARITY OF THE BINARY SUM FORMED BY SAID FINAL ARITHMETIC MEANS, AS A FUNCTION ONLY OF SAID PARTIAL ARITHMETIC SIGNALS AND SAID ARITHMETIC CARRY SIGNALS DELIVERED TO SAID CONNECTED OUTPUTS; AND, UTILIZATION MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID FINAL ARITHMETIC MEANS AND TO SAID PARITY PREDICTION MEANS, FOR UTILIZING SAID BINARY SUM AND SAID PREDICTED PARITY INDICATIONS.