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EP 0 872 091 A1
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Date of publication:
21.10.1998
Bulletin 1998/43
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Application number:
96943690.0
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Date of filing:
27.11.1996
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
H04L
12/
56
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International application number:
PCT/US1996/019720
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International publication number:
WO 1997/020415
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05.06.1997
Gazette 1997/24)
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Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB
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Priority:
29.11.1995
GB 19950024398
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Applicant:
General DataComm, Inc.
Middlebury, CT 06762-1299 (US)
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Inventor:
JONES, Trevor
Essex CM9 7YY (GB)
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Representative:
Kazi, Ilya
Mathys & Squire, 100 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8AL
London WC1X 8AL (GB)
(54)
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