Patents by Inventor Marcello Coppola

Marcello Coppola has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ATM switch
    Patent number: 5987008
    Abstract: An ATM routing switch for bidirectional transmission of digital signal cells some requiring integrity of transmission while others accept some loss of cells in transmission, has a plurality of output ports each handling a plurality of cell queues and control circuitry for decoding control bits in each input cell to determine which output port is to be used, which queue is required and whether flow congestions exists at the source of the input cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Robert Simpson, Neil Richards, Peter Thompson, Pascal Moniot, Marcello Coppola, Pierre Dumas, Thierry Grenot, David Mouen Makoua