TEST UNIT FOR USE AT A NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE - Patent 1295458

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EP 1 295 458 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/13

(21)	Application number: 00939905.6

(22)	Date of filing: 14.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04M 3/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0016/533

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0109/7496 (20.12.2001 Gazette 2001/51)

(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

(71)	Applicant: MCI Worldcom, Inc.
	Washington, DC 20036 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HARDY, William, Christopher Dallas, TX 75231 (US) GUPTA, Vaikunth, N. Potomac, MD 20854 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hofmann, Harald
	Sonnenberg Fortmann,Postfach 33 08 65 80068 München 80068 München (DE)

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