IP Library Granted Patent US 5,717,749
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US 5,717,749 · App. 08/742,175

Means and method for providing local telephone number portability

Inventors: Elbert Lee Sneed, Jr., Dorothy V. Stanley
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Granted: Feb 10, 1998 Filed: Nov 4, 1996
Inventors
Elbert Lee Sneed, Jr.
Dorothy V. Stanley
Assignee (at issue)
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 5,717,749
App. No.
08/742,175
Filed
1996-11-04
Granted
1998-02-10
Kind
A