MULTIPROCESSOR WITH OPTICAL CONNECTION TO A NETWORK - Patent 1192556

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EP 1 192 556 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.10.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/14

(21)	Application number: 00937567.6

(22)	Date of filing: 17.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 15/76

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0013/419

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0070/448 (23.11.2000 Gazette 2000/47)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

17.05.1999 US 134552 P
20.05.1999 US 315026
24.05.1999 US 135851 P
24.05.1999 US 135852 P
28.05.1999 US 136759 P
16.05.2000 US 571558 P

(71)	Applicant: Ellis, Frampton E. III
	Arlington, VA 22206 -1331 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ellis, Frampton E. III Arlington, VA 22206 -1331 (US)

(74)	Representative: Flint, Adam
	W.H. Beck, Greener & Co.,7 Stone Buildings,Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3SZ London WC2A 3SZ (GB)

(54)	MULTIPROCESSOR WITH OPTICAL CONNECTION TO A NETWORK