Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,712,942 · App. 08/645,108
Optical communications system having distributed intelligence
Inventors:
Mark R. Jennings, Frank Salvatore Leone, Richard J. Pimpinella
Patented Case
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Granted: Jan 27, 1998
Filed: May 13, 1996
Inventors
Mark R. Jennings
Frank Salvatore Leone
Richard J. Pimpinella
Assignee (at issue)
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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