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US 5,963,556 · App. 08/731,905

Device for partitioning ports of a bridge into groups of different virtual local area networks

Inventors: George Varghese, John Bassett, Robert E. Thomas, Peter Higginson, Graham Cobb, Barry A. Spinney, Robert J. Simcoe
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Granted: Oct 5, 1999 Filed: Oct 22, 1996
Inventors
George Varghese
John Bassett
Robert E. Thomas
Peter Higginson
Graham Cobb
Barry A. Spinney
Robert J. Simcoe
Assignee (at issue)
Digital Equipment Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,963,556
App. No.
08/731,905
Filed
1996-10-22
Granted
1999-10-05
Kind
A