IP Library Granted Patent US 6,601,026
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US 6,601,026 · App. 09/398,233

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Inventors: Douglas E. Appelt, James F. Arnold, John S. Bear, Jerry Robert Hobbs, David Israel, Megumi Kameyama, David L. Martin, Karen Louise Myers, Gopalan Ravichandran, Mark Edward Stickel, William Mabry Tyson
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Granted: Jul 29, 2003 Filed: Sep 17, 1999
Inventors
Douglas E. Appelt
James F. Arnold
John S. Bear
Jerry Robert Hobbs
David Israel
Megumi Kameyama
David L. Martin
Karen Louise Myers
Gopalan Ravichandran
Mark Edward Stickel
William Mabry Tyson
Assignee (at issue)
Discern Communications, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 6,601,026
App. No.
09/398,233
Filed
1999-09-17
Granted
2003-07-29
Kind
B2